Phlebotomist - UTN

About the role

Contacts inpatients and outpatients to collect blood specimens by means of venipuncture, capillary puncture, or other specialized procedures. Performs outpatient EKGs at the Outpatient Center and as necessary within the hospital. Verifies that patients meet collection and test preparation criteria. Instructs patients as required in the collection and handling of urine and other specimens. Sorts and transports specimens, requests and results to appropriate destinations. Obtain and process laboratory specimens for testing. Provide clerical and receptionist service to the lab.

Responsibilities

• Performs various laboratory collection and processing procedures such as administration of timed tolerance tests, collecting and processing of blood, urine, and other specimens as indicated by procedures.
• Performs EKGs for outpatient services.
• Makes STAT and routine rounds to all parts of the hospital to perform venipuncture or capillary puncture according to the age of the populations served.
• Performs special specimen collections requiring aseptic technique and critical timing.
• Organizes STAT, scheduled and random specimen collections and documents deliveries.
• Ascertains that all incoming specimens meet established criteria for quality testing.
• Performs various computer functions such as assignment of patient encounters (Mini Reg.), ensures proper patient identification, order entry, documentation of specimen collection, proper specimen labeling, specimen receipt, and prints collection list using the Cerner Lab System.
• Prints, sorts, and distributes patient test reports according to laboratory schedule.
• Performs additional computer tasks required for outreach specimen processing, reference lab test order processing, and statistical data entry using a variety of other computer programs.
• Sets up and maintains departmental files including preparation of reports and special requisitions.
• Maintains department equipment including recording requirements and reporting malfunctions.
• Sorts and distributes mail.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent (GED)
• Completion of Phlebotomy Certification Course, Medical Assistant Program, or graduate of a nursing program.
• Six (6) months phlebotomy experience.
• Experience using a Laboratory Information System.

Skills

• Ability to attend to more than one aspect of a situation simultaneously.
• Efficiency in processing of verbal information, either in written or spoken form is a major requirement and prerequisite of the job.
• Some independent thought, planning or origination of options and solutions is necessary.
• Ability to apply principles of reasoning and problem solving to resolve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.

Benefits

Not specified.

Pay

Not specified.

Schedule

Not specified.