Phlebotomist , 2nd Shift – VUMC Diagnostic Wilson County Laboratories

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Organization:

Laboratory - Clinical

Job Summary:

Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), Wilson County Hospital (VWCH) is seeking to hire a Phlebotomist, whom will have responsibilities for performing Phlebotomy and Customer Service with minimal guidance. The Phlebotomist is responsible for accessioning specimens or patient tissue materials for testing including packaging specimens or tissue materials to be sent out to referring laboratory. The Phlebotomist works closely with all laboratory staff, medical staff, and external customers. The Phlebotomist performs customer service functions including telephone etiquette and basic troubleshooting and problem resolution.

Additional responsibilities include light typing. good communication skills, and performing well in high stress situations. The Phlebotomist is a patient care provider whom will possess the knowledge, training, and experience needed to be competent in the following specific to the age of patients served; the ability to obtain and interpret information; a knowledge of growth and development; and an understanding of the range of treatments needed by these patients. The patients served include all age groups as follows: neonates, pediatrics, adolescents, adults, and geriatrics.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
• Collecting venous and capillary whole blood specimens
• Chain of Custody urine and venous blood specimens
• Accessioning, labeling, procuring specimens for testing and transport
• Registering patients and placing or deleting test orders in EMR/LIS, operation of LIS
• Assisting technologists and Administrative Laboratory Director with laboratory operation as requested and where appropriate as checked competent

Preferred:
Two or more years of high volume venipuncture, including hard sticks
Phlebotomy ASCP Certification or categorical equivalent certification

Position Shift:
VUMC diagnostic labs, Wilson County Hospital Phlebotomy Lab Services, located at our Wilson County Hospital Campus in Lebanon, Tennessee (TN), Full Time, 2nd Shift, Weekends, Friday-Monday, 4 10 hour shifts, 12pm-10:30pm, CST

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Unit Summary

Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) has been rated the #1 Hospital in Nashville and the state of Tennessee by the US News & World Report. VUMC’s Diagnostic Laboratories are undergoing an exciting time of change, including a planned expansion to a new state-of-the-art 110,000 sq ft laboratory. This, along with an established Professional Advancement Ladder (PAL), provides additional opportunities for growth within our system. VUMC is an academic medicine environment, providing team members frequent interaction with clinical teams and exposure to complex and novel infectious cases.

Discover Vanderbilt University Medical Center:

Located in Nashville, Tennessee, and operating at a global crossroads of teaching, discovery, and patient care, VUMC is a community of individuals who come to work each day with the simple aim of changing the world. It is a place where your expertise will be valued, your knowledge expanded and your abilities challenged. It is a place where your diversity — of culture, thinking, learning, and leading — is sought and celebrated. It is a place where employees know they are part of something that is bigger than themselves, take