Phlebotomist

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Draw blood from patients
• Take tissue samples
• Draw bodily fluids
• Meet a lot of new people on a day-to-day basis
• Practice proper patient identification
• Label vials with information such as patient name and date sample was obtained
• Draw blood using a specific method based on the patient's health
• Deliver all samples taken to a laboratory
• Being friendly to patients
• Maintain work environment safe and healthy
• Provide assistance if patients have a reaction when blood is drawn
• Ensure that all equipment is sanitized in order to avoid infections from occurring
• Avoiding direct contact with blood
• Be able to handle aggressive patients
• Must be accurate and careful when drawing blood from a patient
• Patient counseling to help those who are afraid of needles

Salary: $29,720

Educational Requirements: Bachelor’s or Associate’s degree and certification. Continuing education is required in order to renew certification

Demand for this career: 25% increase from 2014 to 2024

Reflection: I would not like to become a phlebotomist because they do not make a lot of money and also the job doesn’t sound very interesting to me.