Phlebotomist, Lab, 20hr, Days

About the role

The Outreach Phlebotomist performs all venipunctures and capillary collections on patients and transports specimens to the Laboratory. This position works in various settings such as physician's offices, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and home draws.

Responsibilities

• Performs venipuncture and capillary phlebotomy procedures on patients using appropriate specimen collection equipment and techniques.
• Reviews requisitions and orders from physicians to ensure appropriate tests are drawn and tests meet Medical Necessity guidelines.
• Prepares Advance Beneficiary Notice (ABN) for tests that do not meet Medical Necessity guidelines and obtains appropriate signatures from patient and self.
• Performs EKG, pulse oximetry, and point-of-care testing procedures as requested and associated quality control and maintenance of instrumentation.
• Processes specimens including centrifugation, pour-off, aliquoting, labeling, and packaging.
• Provides essential patient data and insurance information for registration of specimens. May create registration for outreach specimens in Hospital Admission/Discharge/Transfer (ADT) system.

Requirements

• High School graduate with successful completion from a recognized program for training in phlebotomy or prior documented experience performing phlebotomy.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required within 3 months of employment. Maintenance of annual competencies in BLS.

Qualifications

• FLEX, maybe required to work and travel to other locations and campuses per the needs of the department.

Skills

• Attention to detail.
• Strong communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Benefits

Details about benefits are not specified in the posted job description.

Pay

The final offer may vary within the range of $19.32 - $36.70 based on experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity considerations.

Schedule

Shift 1 - Day Shift, 8 Hours (United States of America) Hours 20

Contact Information

If you have questions about this position, please contact the Recruitment Team at talentacquisition@umassmemorial.org.