That’s a pertinent question. You will be investing money and time, and you want to know whether it will be worthwhile. Job markets are different and you need to understand yours. If for instance you live in a small community where there is only one hospital, it might be hard to get a job right away after your phlebotomy training; they already have phlebotomists working in their labs and blood banks.
Someone in a big city stands a higher chance of getting employed right away. In big cities, there are more hospitals to start with. People also change jobs a lot more often than they do in small towns so there will be plenty of openings.
But how about if you expanded your horizons a bit? Your local police department most likely has a section where they investigate homicides and that’s one area where phlebotomists are needed. In many homicide cases, blood is a crucial lead.
You may also want to check the coroner’s if you think you have the gumption for it. The coroner works on bodies to determine cause of death. In fact, he probably does more bloodwork on a body than a hospital does. If in your phlebotomy training you studied tissue analysis and learnt how to analyze bodily fluids, you stand a good chance of getting a job there.
You will increase your chances of getting a job with a phlebotomy course if you can add one or two other basic courses to it. Customer service and people skills, a course which is offered online by numerous institutions and which takes one a short time to qualify is one way to make sure that you can get a job as the receiving person in the lab. If you have good IT skills, there is no reason why a phlebotomy accreditation will not get you into a hospital managing their bloodwork database.
As with any other accreditation that you get, it depends on how good you are and how well you are ready to do your job. Tell hospitals that you’re willing to volunteer unpaid time if you can – that’s one way to get your foot in the door and while you’re in there, keep your eyes and ears open, learning as much as you can. Don’t be surprised when your volunteering period is up and the hospital offers you a position.
Don’t forget also that your phlebotomy training could be the start of a medical career, so as you take your course, think of the possibilities that lie ahead and how you can combine them with your accreditation to get into good medical or nursing schools.
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