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. Please refer to Tuition & Fees for further information about program costs.
Applicants are accepted quarterly. Please contact us for current training schedules.
Full-time, 6-week training requires the following commitment from trainees:
Training Structure:
Graduates from the Phlebotomy Training Program are eligible for Washington State Medical Assistant-Phlebotomy licensure and receive a certificate of completion. The certificate qualifies the graduate to take the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) National Board of Certification exam (BOC). Some states may require additional licensure.
As part of the training program, selected applicants are hired as Phlebotomist Trainees into the paid internship. After training is complete, the paid internship requires a 24-month work commitment as a phlebotomist at participating Providence hospital laboratories designated by the Providence School of Phlebotomy.
ETL graduates must be prepared to accept full-time open phlebotomy positions available at the time of program completion, shifts vary.
Applicants must be eligible to work at Providence facilities and eligible for WA State MA-P licensure.
