Phlebotomist - Manhattan Lab - PRN

Position Status

Part time
Shift: Variable
Less than 12 hour shift (United States of America)

A Brief Overview

Performs a variety of laboratory tasks in the ambulatory (clinic) setting, to include order management, specimen collection (venipuncture and capillary puncture specimens), and waived testing.

Education & Qualifications

• High School Diploma / GED Completion of an accredited phlebotomy training program may be substituted for education.

Required Experience

• Experience with phlebotomy.
• Experience in a lab or hospital setting preferred.
• Venipuncture and capillary puncture experience preferred.
• Experience with electronic medical records and patient privacy preferred.

Preferred Experience

• Phlebotomy Technician - AMT certification preferred.
• Phlebotomy Technician - PBT - ASCP certification preferred.

Skills & Abilities

• Accuracy and attention to detail (required proficiency).
• Follows all OSHA guidelines and hospital and laboratory safety procedures (required proficiency).
• Maintains quality, safety, and/or infection control standards (required proficiency).
• Deals with stressful situations (required proficiency).

What You Will Do

• Obtain and properly identify blood specimens by performing venipunctures and capillary punctures in all age groups (newborns, pediatrics, adults, and geriatrics) and patient types.
• Place the patient on the laboratory schedule.
• Access, select, release and print test orders from the electronic medical record system.
• Resolve unusual or duplicative orders as needed.
• Transcribe 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 procedure for specimen collection when necessary.
• Answer patient questions regarding collection techniques and offer 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.
• Absorb and mentor phlebotomist interns and trainees.
• Maintain and monitor supply stock in the laboratory.
• Respond appropriately to patient adverse reactions to venipuncture.

Additional Duties

• Assist with teaching, training and mentoring phlebotomist interns and trainees.
• Respond appropriately to patient adverse reactions to venipuncture.
• Ability and means to travel to alternate clinic locations as needed.

Physical Demands

• Balancing: Continuously greater than 5 hours
• Carrying: Continuously greater than 5 hours
• Climbing (Ladders): Rarely less than 1 hour
• Climbing (Stairs): Rarely less than 1 hour
• Crouching: Occasionally 1-3 Hours
• Feeling: Continuously greater than 5 hours
• Grasping (Fine Motor): Continuously greater than 5 hours
• Grasping (Gross Hand): Continuously greater than 5 hours
• Handling: Continuously greater than 5 hours
• Hearing: Continuously greater than 5 hours
• Kneeling: Rarely less than 1 hour
• Lifting: Frequently 3-5 Hours up to 25 lbs
• Pulling: Occasionally 1-3 Hours up to 200 lbs
• Pushing: Occasionally 1-3 Hours up to 200 lbs
• Reaching (Forward): Continuously greater than 5 hours up to 25 lbs
• Reaching (Overhead): Occasionally 1-3 Hours up to 25 lbs
• Repetitive Motions: Continuously greater than 5 hours
• Sitting: Occasionally 1-3 Hours
• Standing: Continuously greater than 5 hours
• Stooping: Occasionally 1-3 Hours
• Talking: Continuously greater than 5 hours
• Walking: Frequently 3-5 Hours

Working Conditions

• Chemical: Rarely less than 1 hour
• Combative Patients: Occasionally 1-3 Hours
• Dusts: Rarely less than 1 hour
• Electrical: Rarely less than 1 hour
• Infectious Diseases: Frequently 3-5 Hours
• Mechanical: Rarely less than 1 hour
• Needle Stick: Continuously greater than 5 hours
• Noise/Sounds: Continuously greater than 5 hours
• Poor Ventilation, Fumes and/or Gases: Rarely less than 1 hour
• Risk of Exposure to Blood and Body Fluids: Continuously greater than 5 hours
• Risk of Exposure to Hazardous Drugs: Rarely less than 1 hour
• Hazards (other): Rarely less than 1 hour

Stormont Vail is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Adheres to the philosophy and practice of providing equal opportunities for all employees and prospective employees, without regard to the following classifications: race, color, ethnicity, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, religion, national origin, citizenship, age, marital status, uniformed service, disability or genetic information. This applies to all aspects of employment practices including hiring, firing, pay, benefits, promotions, lateral movements, job training, and any other terms or conditions of employment. Retaliation is prohibited against any person who files a claim of discrimination, participates in a discrimination investigation, or otherwise opposes an unlawful employment act based upon the above classifications.