Overview
Are your planning to get into the medical profession, but don’t know what part of health care area to specialize in? Do you like working with doctors, nurses, patients and other people in the medical profession but don’t want to specifically become a nurse or a doctor? Well, there are a variety of roles within the health care sector that allow people to help others while working in supportive roles. For instance, the role of a phlebotomist is to help the doctor and other medical professionals draw blood from the patients for further testing or for storage in blood banks. Apart from this, they are trained to safely take urine and stool samples for further testing. To become a qualified phlebotomist in Georgia, you must join a phlebotomy program being offered by reputable medical schools or technical institutes.
- Bauder College in Atlanta, Georgia.
- Everest College in Atlanta West, Georgia.
- Everest Institute in Jonesboro, Decatur, Marietta and Norcross, Georgia.
- West Georgia Technical College in Carrollton, Douglasville, Waco, Newman and LaGrange, Georgia.
- Atlanta Technical College in Atlanta, Georgia.
- Central Georgia Technical College in Macon, Eatonton and Midgeville Georgia.
- Clinical Skills Training Center in Atlanta, Georgia.
Top cities in Georgia hiring phlebotomists
- Statesboro
- Atlanta
- Berlin
- Carlton
- Dublin
- Edison
- Fairmount
- Harlem
- Louisville
- Marietta
- Nashville
Essential training and certification
Obviously, becoming a certified phlebotomist gives a person an edge while applying for a phlebotomy technician job. With this certification, potential employers are able to ascertain that a prospective phlebotomist has met the minimum requirements as laid down by the certifying bodies. Additionally, to practice as a phlebotomy technician, a phlebotomist certificate is a must have document.
Normally, phlebotomist training offered by most institutes take up a semester (three months) or a year depending on the college you joined. After completing your training (on the human anatomy, blood sampling procedures and lab safety, physiology) you are required to earn your phlebotomy certification. In Georgia, the most recognized phlebotomy certifying bodies are such as:
- National Phlebotomy Association
- American Society for clinical Pathology
- Association of Phlebotomy Technicians
These phlebotomy certifying bodies offer two types of certifications and which are recognized the world over; the Certified Phlebotomy Technician (CPT) and the Registered Phlebotomy Technician (RPT).
Personality and skills required for this vocation
Reassuring, hard working, positive, patience, gentle and empathetic are some of the most sought after qualities a phlebotomist must possess. Apart from these qualities, a phlebotomist must possess the following skills so as to be successful:
- Excellent observation skills.
- Outstanding interpersonal skills
- Good communication skills
- Presence of mind
- Capability to learn new things as quickly as possible
- Efficient computer skills
Salary expectations and career prospects
Basically, the medical profession is quite dynamic, meaning it is always changing. As such, the demand for qualified medical personnel, for instance phlebotomy technicians is on the increase.
Phlebotomy technician salaries depend on such factors as the type of an employer, skills, educational qualifications, years of practical experience and the employer’s location. Phlebotomists who work in urban areas, especially with leading medical facilities normally earn more than those working in rural based hospitals. Initially, a phlebotomist salary is to some extent low compared to what other new medical professionals start with. A new entrant phlebotomist salary start from $26 000 per year, but as he or she goes on gaining experience it shoots up to $30 000 per year. For someone with more than ten years of experience, the earnings can go up to $35,000 per year. Note; some employers pay their phlebotomists on an hourly basis.
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