Phlebotomist - Lab - SUPPLEMENTAL VARYING SHIFTS

QUALIFICATIONS

Required: Must have a High School Diploma or General Education Diploma (G.E.D.).

Preferred: Experience in patient care or a healthcare education/background. Recent phlebotomy experience. PBT (ASCP) certification or an equivalent.

Lic/Reg/Cert: 

TYPICAL PHYSICAL/MENTAL DEMANDS

Involves light physical and moderate cognitive demands. Requires walking one to three miles, sitting, standing, and adjusting bed or chair heights. Must be able to bend, reach intermittently, and manage time constraints while handling multiple tasks and frequent interruptions. Ability to prioritize and organize tasks effectively, and make sound decisions when faced with patient care issues.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

• Phlebotomy: Provides phlebotomy services for the hospital or off-site locations. Performs venipunctures, heel punctures and capillary sticks using specified techniques that ensures both patient and employee safety. Maintains specimen integrity to ensure quality test results.


• Processing: Collects other laboratory specimens as designated by procedure.  Triages incoming specimens, accessions, labels and distributes specimen appropriately. Performs all data entry for specimen identification and accessioning.  Organizes workload and correctly prioritizes orders for collection giving proper urgency to STAT Runs outstanding reports to locate specimens. Provide troubleshooting for order issues, specimen collections and rejection protocols. Fills out appropriate specimen logs. 


• Professionalism: Wears I.D. badge while on the job. Vocera badge is worn while working in the inpatient hospital setting. Vocera badge is active, and employee is signed on during work hours. Actively seeks to keep up appearance of the facility including own work area as well as public areas even if not part of regular duties.


• Customer service: Thanks customers for their support and business; demonstrates appreciation. Provides prompt, courteous service to both inpatients and outpatients in a manner that promotes customer satisfaction. Actively listens to the customer and follows through or seeks authorized personnel to assist. 


• Promotes Patient Safety Goals: All employees are responsible for patient safety. Understand the importance of reporting errors and near misses to protect and improve patient care. Follows established Red Rules for patient identification, specimen collection and labeling.


• Commitment to Team: Exemplifies values, behavior and delivers quality patient care as stated in our handbook Employee Standards of Excellence. Be supportive of fellow colleagues; develop good working relationships with all employees. Contribute to problem solving activities within the department and the organization. Consistently meets attendance standards and follows the department staffing policy. Demonstrate a willingness to flex schedule to meet the needs of the department.


• Support Corporate Compliance Initiatives: Conducts all activities with the highest standards of professionalism and confidentiality. Comply with all applicable laws, regulations, policies and procedures. Support the organization’s corporate integrity efforts by acting in an ethical and appropriate manner, reporting known or suspected violations of applicable laws via the Compliance Hotline and cooperating fully with all investigations.

MARGINAL JOB FUNCTIONS

·        Assist in processing, answer phones, stocking, cleaning, and disinfecting the laboratory.

·        Performs other duties as assigned.