Laboratory Phlebotomist at San Juan Regional Medical Center

Responsibilities

• Collects and processes specimens in a manner that optimizes final test results. This includes:
• • Patient preparation
• • Verification of patient identification
• • Application of patient identification system
• • Instructions for blood and non-blood collections, including drug screen collections
• • Competent skills in the collection of venous and capillary punctures including assistance with • IV starts
• • Special handling requests
• • Timed specimen collections
• • Is fully competent with performing waved testing
• Fully competent with specimen receipt and processing. This includes:
• • Specimen accompanied by request
• • Receipt date/time documented
• • Specimen condition
• • Unacceptable specimen rejection and notification
• • Suboptimal material handling
• • Unacceptable specimen disposition
• • LIS accessioning system, continued specimen identification, security, and integrity
• Knowledge and competency in requirements for a test request. These include:
• • Instructions for completion of test request forms
• • Instructions for clinical information
• • Instructions for specimen source
• • Instructions for diagnosis
• Other Duties:
• • Patient blood draws
• • May occasionally drive a hospital vehicle to collect blood samples
• • Understands the Medicare medical necessity procedure for collection of specimens and handling of Advanced Beneficiary Notice (ABN)
• • Competent in the use of the Stedy
• • Authorized to accept and document verbal phone orders
• • Knowledge of laboratory testing and computer skills
• • Understand guidelines for emergency testing: Priority for patient specimen handling
• • Knowledge of computer downtime procedures
• • Competent with specimen identification standards according to CLSI
• • Competent with protocol for minimization of large draw volumes
• • Has knowledge of proper preservation, transport media, and the importance of prompt delivery of laboratory specimens
• • Has knowledge of storage requirements for specimen integrity
• • Knowledge of how to order and cancel patient orders
• • Provides communication link from the hospital personnel and technologists, section supervisors and/or laboratory director
• • Maintains certification and skills for direct patient care. This also includes annual CEUs, safety and laboratory competency requirements
• • Security access to LIS to complete required duties only
• • Orders, distributes, and stocks laboratory supplies
• • Make sure that scheduling needs are communicated to the section supervisor or laboratory director and work with other processors for coverage
• • Participate in laboratory meetings
• • Demonstrates teamwork by example in day-to-day coordination of duties with other staff, by accepting an equitable amount of callback, weekend, and holiday work assignments. Scheduling conflicts are virtually always resolved through cooperative discussions with fellow staff members
• • Successful performance will be monitored by specimens per year lost for testing due to unsatisfactory identification, improper collection, storage or technique
• • All patients (in-house or out) and physicians and physician office personnel will be handled in a courteous, friendly and professional manner. No more than two valid client complaints per calendar year
• • Each employee is responsible for implementing SJRMC’s Service Standards into their daily work.
• Safety, Courtesy, Effectiveness, and Stewardship
• • Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• • High School diploma or equivalent
• • Previous laboratory skills preferred
• • Phlebotomy certification preferred

Skills

• • Good communication and computer skills

Education Requirements