Clinical Lab Assistant - Phlebotomist/ Presbyterian Hospital, (1691)

Schedule

Saturday – Sunday 0200–1230 with weekends, holidays, on-calls, and other shifts as needed.

Location

Presbyterian Hospital

About the role

The Clinical Lab Assistant Phlebotomist works independently with minimal supervision and performs one or more identified modalities. Compensation scales with the number of modalities performed; candidates without experience may enter a paid apprenticeship track. Regular in-person attendance during scheduled hours is essential.

Essential Functions

• Perform duties in a professional and courteous manner.
• Maintain supplies and inventory necessary for departmental functions.
• Observe students and/or new staff as needed.
• Exhibit basic problem-solving skills to ensure exceptional customer and patient care.
• Handle hospital communication responsibilities, including on-call duties during scheduled hours (cell phone) by location.
• Demonstrate effective telephone and verbal communication skills.
• Apply professional judgment when interacting with clients, patients, and coworkers.
• Perform clerical functions as needed, including documenting critical communications such as call-ins in the absence of a supervisor.
• Maintain confidentiality of personal and confidential information.
• Participate in on-call coverage to meet service levels and cover holidays, evenings, and weekends as required.
• Possess basic PC skills.

Modalities

• Check-in and Order Entry/Reconciliation (Clinical, Anatomic, Research, Referral Testing) including patient identification, electronic order reconciliation, manual entry, and insurance/payment processing.
• General Phlebotomy (ages 10 and above) via vacutainer, butterfly, and syringe collections.
• Special Collections and/or external shipping certification (arterial blood gas, pediatric and infant draws, sweat collection, breath collections, occupational health/drug screen collections, MRSA and COVID collections, therapeutic phlebotomies).
• Assist with provider-performed procedures (FNA, Bone Marrow, EBUS, Bronchial lavage).
• Specimen Processing (receipt, sorting, delivery/loading, decanting, retrieval for send-out testing, surgical sample triage, storage, and disposal).
• Non-conformity investigation and problem resolution (e.g., Problem Desk, TLC, NCE responses) with proper documentation.
• Lab Equipment Maintenance and/or support (superuser), including chemical and biohazard waste management for non-testing instrumentation (cryostats and stainline).
• Sample Testing (waived to moderate) including instrument maintenance, biohazard disposal, QC, result review, and resolution of technical specimen problems.
• Consistent training and/or assisting in competency assessments of modalities and initial training documentation.
• Department-specific skilled technical assistance such as BB-Product prep (irradiating units, thawing cryo and plasma, splitting plasma and platelets).
• Infectious Disease – planting patient specimens (tissue and bone processing, plate inoculation, knowledge of anaerobic versus aerobic incubation).
• Genetics and Cytometry – nucleic acid extraction, cell culture and harvesting, renal transplant kit oversight, and patient testing scheduling/monitoring.
• Histology and Cytology – cytology specimen processing, slide preparation and staining, histology specimen processing including bone marrow grossing and processing for each tissue type.
• TRI Honest Broker – department-specific clerical or support functions including organization of AP/HP cases, slide distribution, FFPE block and slide filing, material retrieval, case management (ordering, billing, report upload), client material return, unit allocation and issue (cryo, plasma, platelet, bone, tissue), and skilled inventory management (ordering, receiving, monitoring par levels, end-of-month reconciliations, blood supply, reagents, supplies).

Minimum Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Preferred: PBT (ASCP) or equivalent certification; completion of a relevant Clinical Lab Assistant or comparable program.

Immunization Requirements

• Prove immunity to Hepatitis B, or be immunized, or sign a waiver refusing immunization.
• Provide documentation of a PPD test conducted not more than 90 days prior to hire, or have a PPD test conducted through TriCore.
• In departments/locations with direct patient contact: prove immunity or be eligible to receive rubella, rubeola, and varicella immunization.

General Requirements

• Valid driver’s license and good driving record; must be insurable by lab insurance carrier as required by location.
• Eligible to work in a health care facility as provided by the New Mexico Caregivers Criminal History Screening Act or other applicable law.

Minimum Experience

Candidates with no training or experience may be considered for an apprenticeship. Selected candidates will be placed into CLA Level 1, Level 2, Level 3, or Level 4 based on the number of modalities completed on a regular basis. Assigned modalities are determined by department leadership.