Program Description

The 6-week training period allows for extensive experience with current technology, expert instructors, and a diversity of patient phlebotomy opportunities, including adult/child in-patient and out-patient environments. This training is an earn-to-learn based program.

Program Duration:

• Training Hours: 40hrs/week for 6-weeks, which includes-
  • Classroom Training: 5 days; Between 0700 and 1530 PST
  • Clinical Training: Schedule is site/location specific; May include weekend and overnight shifts

Program Structure:

• Lecture & Hands-on Student Lab
• Live & Online Learning
• Clinical Training: Minimum of 100 clinical hours & 100 successful draws
• Instructors include experienced faculty, phlebotomists, and hospital leaders

• Blood and non-blood collection, transport, processing, and handling techniques for patients of all ages and conditions, and for various testing requirements
• Healthcare delivery and medical terminology
• Infection control and safety
• Basic human anatomy and physiology
• Point of care and waived testing
• Workplace communication and professionalism
• Laboratory operations and practice
• Simulation practice & clinical practice in patient care environment

Licensure Requirement:

Washington State Medical Assistant-Phlebotomy licensure is required for all phlebotomists working in WA State. Interns may remain in Clinical Student Intern positions until WA State licensure is active.
WA MA-P License fee is ~$150. Graduates who complete training in WA State are eligible for WA state licensure. Currently, phlebotomy state licensure is not required for Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, or Montana. The program curriculum and training hours meet national and state phlebotomy training requirements.

Certification Exam:

Graduates from the Phlebotomy Training Program receive a certificate of completion, which qualifies them for the optional American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) National Board of Certification exam (BOC).

Guaranteed Providence Work Placement:

Earn-to-Learn (ETL) Paid Internship + 24-month Providence Work Contract

As part of the training program, selected applicants are hired as Clinical Student Interns. After training is complete, graduates may apply to open phlebotomist positions. Some locations have float pool options where graduates may work as a supplemental phlebotomist until permanent positions become available. The paid position requires a 24-month work commitment as a phlebotomist at participating Providence laboratories after training is complete.

Please contact us with questions.