Lead Phlebotomist - North County

This is a full-time, benefitted position working 8-hour varied shifts on varied days. This position is scheduled in coordination with the supervisor to help provide full daily coverage. For example, if the supervisor works 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., the Lead will work 10:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Rotating weekend and holiday coverage is required.

Why join Scripps Health?

At Scripps Health, your ambition is empowered and your abilities are appreciated:

• Nearly a quarter of our employees have been with Scripps Health for over 10 years.
• Scripps is a Great Place to Work Certified company for 2025.
• Scripps Health has been consistently ranked as a top employer for women, millennials, diversity, and as an overall workplace by various national publications.
• Becker's Healthcare ranked Scripps Health on its 2026 list of 150 top places to work in health care.
• We have transitional and professional development programs to create a learning environment that enables you to thrive in your specific field as well as in your overall career.
• Our specialties have been nationally recognized for quality in areas such as cardiovascular care, oncology, orthopedics, geriatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, and gastroenterology.

Why Scripps Clinics Labs?
 

• Our team offers a collaborative, mission-driven environment where employees are supported in delivering high-quality care and growing professionally.
• What sets us apart is our unique scope of services - One site supports Urgent Care, with select tests resulted on site.
• Two sites include Health Express, creating strong collaboration with nursing and enhancing team-based care.

 
What You'll Do:
 

• Support the laboratory manager in providing excellent patient care.

• Serve as an ambassador for the laboratory in interactions with patients, physicians, nurses, and visitors.

• Adhere to all safe patient handling standards including demonstration of pre-analytical safety procedures and Infection control protocols.

• Participate in laboratory performance improvement, which includes error identification and appropriate follow up, investigation, correction, documentation, and notification to appropriate caregiver and lab leadership.

• Responsible for New Hire Orientation & Student Orientation.

• Assist with scheduling, Lawson ordering, mediating for site administration meetings.

• Responsible for performing all functions as a Certified Phlebotomy Technician including the following:

• Manage workflow through distribution of phlebotomy workload between team members and assess priority of draws based on criticality of each situation.

• Assess staffing needs and assignments of team members on each shift.

• Respond to life critical situations such as Trauma, Stroke Codes, Code Sepsis or Code Blues.

• Ensure samples are collected following time-sensitive priorities (STAT, Timed and routine).

• Observe aseptic technique and isolation procedures whenever indicated.

• Clarify unclear orders, resolve any orders or patient identification discrepancies prior to sample collection and document ABN necessity whenever indicated.

• Identify patients according to policy prior to sample collection and label samples accurately.

• Perform phlebotomy through venipuncture or capillary puncture and observe age-specific techniques for all patient age groups.

• Preserve sample integrity by deliverin