Phlebotomist
Redding, CAJob$35.15–39.42/hrSeen 6 days agoSeen in employer's feed 6 days ago
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Job overview
The Phlebotomist collects blood and other patient specimens for diagnostic testing while ensuring patient comfort and safety. The role includes identifying patients, explaining procedures, performing venipunctures, and preparing specimens for laboratory analysis. It also responds to urgent and timed lab requests, processes samples, and performs clerical duties. The position requires a high school diploma or GED, a California-approved phlebotomy license program, and one year of acute care experience, with less experience considered if no qualified applicants apply.
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Job Summary and Responsibilities
As a Phlebotomist, you will competently collect blood and other patient specimens for diagnostic testing, ensuring comfort and safety.
Every day you will identify patients, explain procedures, proficiently perform venipunctures, and accurately label/prepare specimens for laboratory analysis, adhering to safety protocols.
To be successful, you will demonstrate exceptional technical proficiency, meticulous attention to detail, and excellent interpersonal skills for accurate diagnostics and patient satisfaction.
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Performs venipuncture and capillary puncture procedures on all age groups as appropriate according to departmental standards in a timely manner
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Performs proper patient identification and labeling of all draws according to departmental standards
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Obtains correct specimens for tests according to departmental standards
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Responds to STAT, ASAP, Timed and special lab requests (Rapid Response, Trauma, etc...) per departmental standards
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Performs clerical duties including answering the phones, assisting hospital staff within the lab and greeting customers in a polite and professional manner at all times
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Receives and processes samples according to departmental standards
Job Requirements
Required
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High School Diploma/GED
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Completion of CA state approved phlebotomy license program
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One year of acute care experience (includes NICU, Pediatrics, Critical Care Patients) as a Phlebotomist. May consider candidates with less experience if no qualified applicants apply
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Phlebotomist: CA
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Basic Life Support - CPR
Preferred
- Associate Of Arts in related field
Where You'll Work
Mercy Medical Center Redding offers comprehensive health care to nearly 300,000 residents in a six-county region. It is one of only two Level II trauma centers, the only Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and the only Joint Commission-certified Advanced Thrombectomy-Capable Stroke Center north of Sacramento north of Sacramento. Mercy Medical Center Redding is a 266-bed regional medical center providing inpatient and outpatient services as well as specialized cardiovascular care, stroke care, orthopedics, neurological surgery, comprehensive cancer care, maternity care, and a robust robotic surgery program. In addition, the hospital’s network of care includes Mercy Home Health and Hospice and Dignity Health Connected Living.
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Pay Range
$35.15 - $39.42 /hour
We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.
How this job compares
Set against the 3,783 open Phlebotomist jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 28, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$35.15–39.42/hr
- California median$23–30/hr165 hourly ranges
- US median$20–25/hr1,891 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $37.28/hr, is 38% above the California median midpoint ($27/hr) — in the top quarter of Phlebotomist hourly ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 182 open Phlebotomist jobs in California and 3,783 across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
- Labcorp48 open
- Getlabs21 open
- TridentCare21 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience; Phlebotomist postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year at the median (1,532 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 2,699 of the 3,783 open Phlebotomist jobs (71%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 28, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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