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phlebotomist course

cena · 2011-09-02 13:18:18

Is there any course you can take for this kind of job in ireland.

02-09-2011 1:18pm

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Is there any course you can take for this kind of job in ireland.

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#2 02-09-2011 2:00pm

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http://www.dcu.ie/news/2005/oct/s1005e.shtml

No sure how current this is.

But if you can become a phlebotomist after 3 months course thats a course well worth doing given that a phlebotomist makes the same basic salary as an intern who has done 4, 5, or 6 years.

Though I can't imagine what about it takes 3 months to learn

Edit: Googled and found this old thread on this:
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=58212865

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Just checked the salary scales:
http://www.dohc.ie/publications/pdf/salary_scales_new_entrant2011.pdf

Get this - a phlebotomy trainee has an annual salary of 16,783EUR
The base level salary for a phlebotomist proper is 27,353EUR rising to 34,500 after 7 years.

This is actually considerably reduced from the jan 2010 figures which were more or less equivalent to interns wages. They also seem to have scrapped the grade of senior phelbotomist which earned up to 44k !!!!!

Why there is a trainee grade is beyond me

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Is the cert recognised internationally.

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#4 02-09-2011 2:39pm

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cena wrote: »

Is the cert recognised internationally.

Sorry no idea. You would want to email the course people and ask them.

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#5 02-09-2011 3:04pm

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opinion guy wrote: »

Sorry no idea. You would want to email the course people and ask them.

I'll that. Sounds like a good job, but I'd say there wouldn't be many jobs here in that career

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#6 25-09-2011 3:25am

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There is not a huge staff turnover in the field of phlebotomy. A lot of phlebotomists are nurses who for one reason or another, no longer wish to directly nurse patients. There is a course available at the National Ambulance Service College in the Phoenix Park. Try them.

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