Phlebotomist (Flint Hills) - Lab - PT - Variable
About the role
Part‑time position with variable shifts (less than 12‑hour shifts) averaging 30 hours per week. Non‑exempt status. Provides blood specimen collection services in the acute care (hospital) setting, including order management, specimen collection (venipuncture and capillary puncture) and point‑of‑care testing. Serves patients in all areas of the acute care setting — ED/Trauma, Critical Care, medical floors, airborne and contact isolation rooms, surgery, maternal/child, and behavioral health. May also provide blood collection at client facilities such as long‑term care facilities. Responds to team activation events (code blue, stroke, sepsis, trauma) and works closely with laboratory personnel, caregivers, and patients to obtain high‑quality specimens while demonstrating Stormont Vail Tenets.
That seems good. Responsibilities: Use- for list of duties from "What you will do". Also maybe include "Required for All Jobs" (complies with policies, performs other duties as assigned) but that could be in Requirements. We'll keep responsibilities as the bullet list.
List items:
- Obtain and properly identify blood specimens by performing venipunctures and capillary punctures in all age groups (newborns, pediatrics, adults, and geriatrics) and patient types.
- Access, select, release and print test orders from the electronic medical record system. Resolves unusual or duplicative orders as needed. Transcribes outside orders into the electronic medical record system as required.
- Process specimens according to established procedures. Prepare specimens for transport per International Air Transport Association (IATA) regulations to other laboratories as needed.
- Perform and result waived point of care tests. Maintain quality waived test results by following department procedures.
- Instruct patients in proper procedures for specimen collection when necessary. Answer patient questions regarding collection techniques and offers additional resources if patient requests them.
- Follow the Phlebotomist Service Standards: (1) Use patient‑centric communication; (2) Demonstrate empathetic responses to patients' concerns; (3) Acknowledge wait times and service delays; (4) Protect patient privacy; (5) Demonstrate teamwork with all members of the healthcare team; (6) Follow the organization's and laboratory's professional behavior guidelines/policies.
- Assist with teaching, training, and mentoring phlebotomist interns and trainees.
- Collect specimens for legal blood alcohol, drug screens, and paternity tests; testify in regional court systems to explain collection procedure if subpoenaed.
- Maintain and monitor supply stock in the laboratory.
- Respond appropriately to patient adverse reactions to venipuncture.
- Travel to outside locations for phlebotomy collections when requested.
- Travel Requirements: 20% travel to other locations for specimen collection may be required depending on department/shift needs.
- Complies with all policies, standards, mandatory training and requirements of Stormont Vail Health; performs other duties as assigned.
We could combine travel requirement as separate bullet.
Now Requirements: Should include Education Qualifications, Required Experience Qualifications, Licenses and Certifications (required), maybe also "Required for All Jobs" but we already used that. Let's include:
- High School Diploma / GED. Completion of an accredited phlebotomy training program may be substituted for education.
- Experience with phlebotomy (required).
- Current valid driver’s license and clean MVR with 3‑year baseline and annual MVR review (required).
- Registered Phlebotomy Technician – AMT (preferred) and Phlebotomy Technician – PBT – ASCP (preferred) – but those are preferred, maybe go to Qualifications? Actually they are licenses/certifications preferred. We could put required licenses in Requirements, preferred in Qualifications.
Thus Requirements bullet list:
- High School Diploma or GED (or accredited phlebotomy training program substitute).
- Experience with phlebotomy.
- Current valid driver’s license and clean MVR (3‑year baseline, annual review).
Qualifications: Preferred experience, preferred licenses/certifications, preferred skills? But we have Skills section for abilities. So Qualifications could include:
- Preferred experience in a lab or hospital setting.
- Preferred venipuncture and capillary puncture experience.
- Preferred experience with electronic medical records and patient privacy.
- Preferred certification: Registered Phlebotomy Technician – AMT; Phlebotomy Technician – PBT – ASCP.
Also maybe include "Patient Facing Options" etc? But that's more about role.
Skills: list of required proficiencies: Accuracy and attention to detail; Follows all OSHA guidelines and hospital and laboratory safety procedures; Ability to maintain quality, safety, and/or infection control standards; Ability to deal with stressful situations.
We could also include other skills like patient‑centric communication etc but those are in responsibilities.
Now Schedule: include shift variable, less than 12 hour shift, hours per week 30.
We could also mention part‑time.
Now ensure we don't include boilerplate like EEO, remote work guidelines? Actually remote work guidelines are present but they say On‑Site; No Remote Scope. That's not a benefit; it's about remote work capability. Could be included in About the role or Schedule? Probably not needed. The instruction: remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. Remote work guidelines might be considered not boilerplate but it's about remote work. However the posting says Remote Work Capability: On‑Site; No Remote Scope. That's not a benefit; it's just stating it's on-site. Could be omitted as it's not substantive? Might be considered metadata but we could include in About the role? But it's not essential. I'd omit to keep concise.
Physical demands and working conditions are substantive but we don't have a section for them. Could we put them under Requirements? Not really. Could we create a separate section like "Physical Demands"? Not in allowed headings. The allowed headings are limited to those eight. So we must fit them somewhere. Perhaps we can include them under Responsibilities? Not appropriate. Could we include them under Qualifications? Not really. The instruction says: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." It doesn't forbid adding other sections not listed? It says: "use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." The e.g. suggests those are examples but likely they expect only those headings. It says "Use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." So we should stick to those headings. So we need to place physical demands and working conditions somewhere. Perhaps we can include them under Responsibilities as part of job duties? Not exactly. Could we include them under Requirements? Not really. Could we include them under Qualifications? Not really. Could we include them under Skills? Not really. Maybe we can create a section "Requirements" that includes education, experience, licenses, and also physical demands