Phlebotomy

Department: Health Occupations

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This six-week course consists of classroom instruction along with mandatory labs and 120 clinical hours. The clinical hours will extend beyond the classroom instruction.

Summer: Not offering Summer 2024

Fall 2024: Sept. 16th - Nov. 8th

• Mandatory On-Campus Lab Days: Sept. 18th, Oct. 9th 9:00am - 3:00pm
• Clinical Internship: TBA (clinical schedules will be coordinated individually - these are daytime shifts ONLY - no evening or weekend hours available)

Registration Deadline: Aug. 30th (unless class fills before this date)

Tuition: $775 (includes class and clinical)

Book: "Phlebotomy Worktext and Procedures Manual," 5th Edition (ISBN 9780323642668)

This course prepares students for entry-level positions as phlebotomists in hospitals, clinical labs and physician offices. With practical experience obtained at a clinical partner facility, students learn to draw blood using various techniques in micro-collection and gain experience in specimen collection, transport, reporting and recording of patient data. There are 120 clinical hours required in addition to the online coursework and mandatory lab days.

NOTE: While the college does not offer the national certification exam on campus, our curriculum prepares anyone to sit for the exam.

Classroom Instruction & Mandatory Lab 

The classroom instruction for this course will include online work (done at home on your personal computer), mandatory Zoom meetings, and mandatory on-campus lab days (see above). Students will be required to complete weekly coursework and assignments via Canvas (St. Charles Community College's instructional website) and be present and participate in online Zoom meetings and in-person labs held at the Center for Healthy Living on the Dardenne Creek Campus.

Clinical Internship

The 120 clinical hours provide students the means to accomplish the required venipunctures in order to complete the Phlebotomy program at SCC and seek out certification (if desired). Students will begin clinical hours once approved by the instructor.

Clinical schedules run 4-5 days a week. Students will not be able to complete clinicals with less than a 4 day a week commitment.

Prior to beginning their clinical hours, students will be required to complete and pass a urine drug screening (done at a facility designated by SCC). Additional information will be provided by the Program Coordinator.

All clinical shifts are during the daytime, no evening or weekend hours are available. Individual schedules will be coordinated between the student and the clinical facility. All clinical hours must be completed by Jan 17th.

Registration Requirements

Complete before registration:

• College Application: all students must apply to St. Charles Community College prior to registering for class. Please complete and submit the application here: https://www.stchas.edu/admissions/apply

Items due during registration

• Acceptable background screening results from the Family Care Safety Registry (https://health.mo.gov/safety/fcsr/)
• Copy of flu vaccine (Sept. - Mar.)
• Copy of results from 2-step TB Test
• Copy of MMR vaccine documentation
• Copy of Hepatitis B vaccine documentation
• Covid Vaccine

**IMPORTANT**

While SCC does not require the Covid vaccination, it is currently a requirement of our clinical partners for students who will be onsite at one of their facilities. 

Students who do not provide documentation of receiving the Covid vaccination are not guaranteed clinical placement.  Tuition is non-refundable for students failing to submit Covid vaccination documentation. 

Registration can be done:

• Click the link to register online: Fall 2024 Registration Form
• If needed, registration can also be done in-person on the Dardenne Creek Campus (1 Academy Place, Dardenne Prairie, MO 63368) - office hours are Monday - Friday from 8:00am - 4:00pm

Tuition will be due within three business days of your registration being processed. Individualized information will be communicated during the enrollment process.

This is a non-credit, certificate course. Tuition is due at time of registration and is non-refundable and non-transferable.

Salary Outlook

In the state of Missouri, phlebotomists earn a mean average of $31,630 per year. 
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics

According to the U.S. Department of Labor, earnings increase significantly as a worker’s degree of education rises.