Phlebotomist - Laboratory - PT - Nights

Position Status:

Part time

Shift:

Third Shift (Nights – Less than 12 hours per shift) (United States of America)

Hours per week:

20

Job Information
Exemption Status: Non-Exempt

A Brief Overview
Provides blood specimen collection services in the acute care (hospital) setting, to include order management, specimen collection (venipuncture and capillary puncture specimens) and point of care testing. Serves patients in all areas of the acute care setting, including ED/Trauma, Critical Care, medical floors, airborne and contact isolation rooms, surgery, maternal/child, and behavioral health. May provide blood collection services at client facilities, such as long-term care facilities. Responds to team activation events such as code blue, stroke, sepsis, and trauma. Works closely with other laboratory personnel, caregivers, and patients to obtain high quality specimens while demonstrating the Stormont Vail Tenets.

Education Qualifications

• High School Diploma / GED Completion of an accredited phlebotomy training program may be substituted for education. Required

Experience Qualifications

• Experience with phlebotomy. Preferred
• Experience in a lab or hospital setting. Preferred
• Venipuncture and capillary puncture experience. Preferred
• Experience with electronic medical records and patient privacy. Preferred

Skills and Abilities

• Accuracy and attention to detail. (Required proficiency)
• Follows all OSHA guidelines and hospital and laboratory safety procedures. (Required proficiency)
• Ability to maintain quality, safety, and/or infection control standards. (Required proficiency)
• Ability to deal with stressful situations (Required proficiency)

Licenses and Certifications

• Drivers License - DOT Clean MVR with 3-year baseline. Required
• Registered Phlebotomy Technician - AMT Preferred
• PBT-Phlebotomy Technician - ASCP Preferred

What you will do

• Obtain and properly identify blood specimens by performing venipunctures and capillary punctures in all age groups (infants, pediatrics, adults, and geriatrics) and patient types throughout the hospital and long-term care facilities.
• Prioritize collection of specimens, including team activation events, STAT, timed, routine and therapeutic drug-monitoring collections.
• Perform and result waived point of care testing.
• Access, select, release and print interfaced orders from the electronic medical record system, resolving unusual or duplicative orders as needed.
• Process specimens according to established procedures.
• Follow the Phlebotomist Service Standards: (1) Use patient-centric communication; (2) Demonstrate empathetic responses to patients' concerns; (3) Acknowledge wait times and service delays; (4) Protect patient privacy; (5) Demonstrate teamwork with all members of the healthcare team; (6) Follow the organization's and laboratory's professional behavior guidelines/policies.
• Assist with teaching, training, and mentoring phlebotomist interns and trainees.
• Collect specimens for legal blood alcohol, drug screens, and paternity tests; testify in regional court systems to explain collection procedure if subpoenaed.
• Maintain and monitor supply stock in the laboratory.
• Respond appropriate to patient adverse reactions to venipuncture.
• Travel to outside locations for phlebotomy collections when requested.

Travel Requirements

• 20% Higher percentage is for phlebotomist providing services to long-term care and behavioral health facilities.

Required for All Jobs

• Complies with all policies, standards, mandatory training and requirements of Stormont Vail Health
• Performs other duties as assigned

Patient Facing Options

• Position is Patient Facing

Remote Work Capability

• On-Site; No Remote

Scope

• No Supervisory Responsibility
• No Budget Responsibility

Physical Demands

• Balancing: Continuously greater than 5 hours
• Carrying: Continuously greater than 5 hours
• Climbing (Ladders): Rare