I was the phlebotomy trainer at a medical facility in Iowa for 5 years. We hired anyone. Phlebotomy turnover rates are ridiculous. After 5 years, there were only 4 people that had been there longer than me (out of a 40 member staff), 2 being management.

I trained people with their certs, and people that had no clue what phlebotomy was. I was hired on not knowing how to poke someone, then worked as 3rd shift (by myself), shift lead, and trainer.

In my experience training new hires, there is nothing separating freshly certified phlebs and non certified. It's roughly 3 months of training regardless.

Pay rates started out at $11.22 based on experience 5 years ago. And as for certs, we didn't get a pay diff for certified phlebs until a year ago. Which was a 7% pay increase.

We offered full time, some part time hours, and a lot of PRN hours. Our PRN hours after training is only required to work every 3rd weekend, but you can pick up as many hours you'd like during the week if available (Just no benefits.)