Phlebotomist
Phlebotomists obtain blood specimens for testing purposes by skin puncture
or venipuncture using proper techniques on adults, children and infants.
Work Environment:
Employment is found in hospital or commercial laboratories, clinics,
large medical offices, blood banks, patient service centers, and life
insurance companies.
Job Outlook:
The job market is plentiful and in just a few short months you can become
a significant player in the health care community.
Licensure/Certification:
For information concerning phlebotomy national certification, please
go to www.phlebotomy.com website
Salary:
The salaries range from $9.50/hour to $18.00/hours. The median expected
salary for a typical phlebotomist in Phoenix, AZ is $23,094 (according
to http://swz.salary.com as of June
2004)
Program Offerings:
Phoenix College offers a Certificate of Completion in Phlebotomy. The
program requires 7.5 credits involving six courses. Phlebotomy is also offered at the Southwest Skill Center at Estrella Mountain.
For more information contact:
Phoenix College:602-285-7110 or 602-285-7862 or visit http://www.pc.maricopa.edu/healthenhancement/Phlebotomy.htm
SouthWest Skill Center @ Estrella Mountain:Program Advisor at 623.535.2808 or visit http://www.estrellamountain.edu/swsc/program_phlebotomy.asp
Block Transfer for Health Professions:
As a student enrolled in Allied Health and Health Professions degrees
and certificate programs at one of the Arizona community colleges, you
have an opportunity to complete your bachelor’s degree through
a statewide pathway. This pathway maximizes the use of your community
college credits towards the degree. To help you understand the pathway
and the route to your degree, use the information that has been prepared
by faculty and advisors from both the community colleges and the Arizona
public universities.
The Arizona public universities and community colleges have established
a unique transfer agreement specifically for the Health Professions
Career programs. Instead of relying on a course-by-course evaluation
of a student’s academic transcript, the faculty agreed that it
would be more appropriate to consider the Associate in Applied Science
(AAS) degrees or Certificates of Completion as “blocks”
for transfer to the university.
Click here for the Block Transfer Flow
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