Phlebotomist - Full Time - Days

About the role

Nebraska Methodist Health System focuses on providing exceptional care to the communities they serve and the people they employ. This includes helping families grow through special deliveries, conveying difficult diagnoses with compassion, going above and beyond for patients' needs, and celebrating patients who overcome diseases or personal health challenges.

Responsibilities

• Collect and preserve blood samples and certain other body fluids for analysis.
• Comply with Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) guidelines.
• Perform basic dermal and venipuncture collection.
• Maintain compliance with established processes: turn-around time expectations, collecting and handling specimens, proper documentation of sample collection.
• Accommodate patient and laboratory needs by professionally responding to requests for flexibility in duties, schedules, and staffing.
• Document orientation, training, and education to ensure employee competence, provide excellent services, and meet accreditation requirements by effective verbal or written communication.
• Organize and department competencies are completed 100% of the time. Evidence that new procedures and procedure revisions are read and understood.
• Communicate efficiently by answering telephones, taking messages, and forwarding information or calls to appropriate staff.
• Identify problems and initiate immediate follow-up as necessary with the Phlebotomy Leadership or designee to ensure accurate, timely laboratory services by using critical thinking skills and decisive judgment.
• Appropriate communication skill as directly observed by the Leadership or designee. Phone calls are acted upon promptly and handled in a professional manner per the customer service protocol as directly observed.
• Participate in Continuing Education. Required annual Continuing Education hours met.

Requirements

• High school diploma, General Educational Development (GED) or equivalent preferred.
• 6 months of phlebotomy experience that qualifies for American Society of Clinical Pathology (ASCP) certification, or approved equivalent certification, preferred.
• OR Completion of a structured, American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) approved phlebotomy training course, or approved equivalent course, or equivalent preferred such as Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), Registered Nurse (RN), or MA AND experience in the following areas:
• Routine venipuncture experience preferred.
• Routine dermal puncture experience preferred.

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities

• Strong attention to detail.
• Willingness to adjust schedule/shift and pick up open shifts to meet patient needs.

Job Description

Job Summary: Nebraska Methodist Hospital, located at 8303 Dodge Street, Omaha, NE, offers a Day Shift, 4am - 12:30pm schedule with weekend and holiday rotations. The Phlebotomist performs essential functions including collecting and preserving blood samples and other body fluids for analysis, complying with PPE guidelines, and accommodating patient and laboratory needs.

Job Requirements

• Education: High school diploma, GED, or equivalent preferred.
• Experience: 6 months of phlebotomy experience that qualifies for ASCP certification, or approved equivalent certification, preferred. OR Completion of a structured, ASCP approved phlebotomy training course, or approved equivalent course, or equivalent preferred such as LPN, RN, or MA AND experience in routine venipuncture and dermal puncture.
• Licenses/Certifications: Requires American Society of Clinical Pathology (ASCP) certification or approved equivalent.

Physical Requirements

• Weight Demands: Medium Work - Exerting up to 50 pounds of force.
• Physical Activity: Not necessary for the position (0%), Occasionally (1%-33%), Frequently (34%-66%), Constantly (67%-100%).

Job Hazards

• Not Related: Explosives (pressurized gas), Electrical Shock/Static, Radiation Non-Ionizing (Ultraviolet, visible light, infrared and microwaves).
• Related: Chemical agents (Toxic, Corrosive, Flammable, Latex), Biological agents (primary airborne and blood borne viruses), Jobs with Patient Contact, Blood or Body Fluid (BBF), Physical hazards (noise, temperature, lighting, wet floors, outdoors, sharps).

About Methodist

Nebraska Methodist Health System comprises four hospitals in Nebraska and southwest Iowa, more than 30 clinic locations, a nursing and allied health college, and a medical supply distributorship and central laundry facility. Founded in 1891, the organization prioritizes service to communities and offers financial assistance, health education, outreach, and community benefit activities. They are committed to diversity and inclusion, being an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.