Phlebotomy Technician Laboratory Assistant -Evenings

Job Summary

Join our team at Geisinger Medical Laboratories. You can find your passion for caring and innovation as a team member in our state-of-the-art laboratories. Our mission is to provide exceptional patient care through innovative, efficient, and high-quality laboratory services.

Job Duties

• Collects, accessesions, and processes patient specimens in preparation for testing in the various sections of Laboratory Medicine.
• Absesses fitness of specimens for all levels of testing.
• Performs venipunctures and skin punctures to obtain blood specimens according to Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute guidelines.
• Exhibits knowledge of adequate and correct collection requirements.
• Accurately accessioning procedures to ensure positive identification of the specimens.
• Safely handles potentially infectious blood, body fluids, body tissues, and other patient specimens in compliance with regulatory standards.
• Affects suitability and acceptability of patient specimens. Rejects unacceptable specimens according to established protocols.
• Reviews order and specimen details to ensure accuracy. Recognizes and resolves discrepancies as appropriate.
• Troubleshoots missing specimens and other preanalytical errors including courier log review, and specimen archives.
• Accessions and results according to procedure via appropriate computer application.
• Correctly assigns billing numbers, location codes, and physician numbers. Verifies physician orders when test requests are unclear.
• Prepares specimens as appropriate including centrifugation, aliquoting, and labeling. Delivers prepared specimens to appropriate testing areas in a timely manner.
• Navigates and accesses multiple computer applications as needed. Applies laboratory programs to store, locate, retrieve, and process specimens for additional testing as requested.
• Maintains computer logs, quality control, disinfection procedures, and departmental assigned duties.
• Manages phone inquiries and provides information regarding specimen collection, transport, and patient results as appropriate.
• Serves as a mentor to students and new employees. Assists with packaging ordering and referral of specimens to reference laboratories in compliance with U.S. Department of Transportation and commercial carrier regulations as required.
• Maintains equipment, participates in established preventative maintenance program, and alerts supervisor of any equipment problems.
• Assists in proper handling, storage, and maintenance of supplies, and notifies supervisor when inventory is low.
• As appropriate in addition to point of care testing, records keeping and instrument maintenance, performs other testing processes limited to the scope of the assigned duties.
• Completes related training and maintains competency to perform assigned testing processes.
• Provides phlebotomy coverage as required to Medical Group offices, skilled nursing facilities, or performs in-home phlebotomy for homebound patients.
• Successful completion of initial and subsequent competency exams required.
• Completes departmental continuing education requirements.

Position Details

• One of the following is required upon hire: Certified Phlebotomy Technician - American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP), Graduate of NAACLS approved Phlebotomy program, One year of related experience.
• Hiring Incentive: This position qualifies for a $5,000 SIGN ON BONUS for eligible candidates.

Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre (GSWB)

• Full time
• Evenings 2p-3p start time, weekends and holidays as scheduled

Benefit Highlights

• Full benefits (health, dental and vision)
• Three medical plan choices, including an expanded network for out-of-area employees and dependents
• Pre-tax savings plans with healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts (FSA) and a health savings account (HSA) with employer contribution
• Company-paid life insurance, short-term disability, and long-term disability coverage
• 401(k) plan that includes automatic Geisinger contributions
• Generous paid time off (PTO) plan that allows you to accrue time quickly
• Up to $5,000 in tuition reimbursement per calendar year
• MyHealth Rewards wellness program to improve your health while earning a financial incentive
• Family-friendly support including adoption and fertility assistance, parental leave pay, military leave pay and a free Care.com membership with discounted backup care for your loved ones
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP): Referrals for childcare, eldercare, & pet care; Access free legal guidance, mental health visits, work-life support, digital self-help tools and more
• Voluntary benefits including accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance, identity theft protection, universal life and pet and legal insurance

Our Purpose & Values

• KINDNESS: We strive to treat everyone as we would hope to be treated ourselves.
• EXCELLENCE: We treasure colleagues who humbly strive for excellence.
• LEARNING: We share our knowledge with the best and brightest to better prepare the caregivers for tomorrow.
• INNOVATION: We constantly seek new and better ways to care for our patients, our members, our community, and the nation.
• SAFETY: We provide a safe environment for our patients and members and the Geisinger family