Phlebotomist (Monday-Friday 6:00am-2:30pm with weekend rotation)

About the role

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives. The Clinical Laboratory/Division of Pathology is an integral part of the patient care provided by Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Needham. The laboratory provides state of the art testing services for both in-patients and outpatients. These services include anatomical pathology, cytopathology, clinical chemistry, microbiology, hematology, transfusion medicine and immunology. More than 35,000 people working together. Nurses, doctors, technicians, therapists, researchers, teachers and more, making a difference in patients' lives. Your skill and compassion can make us even stronger.

Responsibilities

• Follows all procedures and protocols for blood collection
• Collects blood using proper safety and infection control procedures.
• Able to use the LIS and HIS proficiently: performing registration, test ordering, report printing
• Orders all tests on outpatients using all appropriate test codes and includes any needed comments.
• Processes Outreach samples effectively and efficiently
• Performs patient registration on an on going basis, performs proper patient identification.
• Collects specimens using the correct collection containers and labels all specimens properly.
• Answers telephone courteously and gives results and/or relays messages as required.
• Performs client service duties: interacts in a professional manner, answers client questions, problem solving.

Requirements

• High School diploma or GED required.
• Certificate 1 Phlebotomy Certificate preferred.
• 0-1 Years Related Work Experience Required.
• Basic familiarity with computers.
• Ability to navigate at a basic level within web-based applications.
• Influenza vaccination required as a condition of employment.

Skills

• Decision Making: Ability to make decisions that are based on specific instructions, standard practices and established procedures which generally require little or no supervision.
• Problem Sol