Lab Aide/Phlebotomist

About the role

FT and PT position available.

Responsibilities

• Perform phlebotomies and capillary punctures on inpatients and outpatients; obtain adequate specimen from all patient age ranges—neonatal to geriatric.
• Prepare, organize, and distribute specimens in the lab for testing.
• Collect specimens at the proper time according to procedure; collect STATS within 15 minutes of notification.
• Correctly identify patient by using two identifiers prior to specimen collection.
• Correctly label patient specimens with patient name, date, identification number, time and phlebotomist initials.
• Perform test order entry for laboratory testing.
• Take phone orders from physician for patient testing and correctly complete required documentation for phone orders.
• Perform general cleaning, wash glassware, and maintain blood collection area and equipment.
• Be familiar with Laboratory office routine and able to function in office if necessary (filing, logging, looking up results, etc.).
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Perform breath alcohol testing and collect urine drug of abuse screens according to procedure.

Qualifications

• Must be able to read, write neatly, file, and organize.
• Due to extremely large amounts of patient contact, must have outstanding grooming habits and outgoing personality.

Experience

• Previous healthcare and phlebotomy experience preferred.

Physical Demands

• Requires frequent sitting.
• Occasional walking and standing.
• Occasionally required to lift and carry up to 35 lbs.
• Eye-hand, manual, and finger dexterity are required.
• Requires corrected hearing and vision to normal range.
• Requires working irregular hours and under stressful conditions.
• Some exposure to sharps, communicable diseases, hazardous materials, and body fluids is required.
• Occasional bending, twisting, stooping, kneeling, reaching, and grasping is required.
• Overhead work is occasionally required.
• Occasional pushing and pulling of objects up to 75 pounds.
• Requires the ability to distinguish letters or symbols.
• Use of office equipment such as computer terminals, telephones, or copiers is required.

Working Conditions

• Shifts will vary depending upon the needs of the Laboratory and could be early morning, late afternoon, early evening, weekends, and holidays.
• Routinely required to wear appropriate clothing for the procurement of Laboratory specimens; if regular street clothes are chosen, an approved lab jacket or coat must be worn when dealing with patients.