Lead Phlebotomist

Lab Administration  
Full Time
PM Shift 
14:30-23:00

Consistently named best hospital, Lexington Medical Center dedicates itself to providing quality health services that meet the needs of its communities. Ranked #1 in the Columbia metro area by U.S. News & World Report, Lexington Medical Center is the only hospital named one of the Best Places to Work in South Carolina and the first hospital in the state to achieve Magnet with Distinction status for excellence in nursing care.

The 607-bed teaching hospital anchors a health care network that includes six community medical centers and employs more than 8,700 health care professionals. The network includes a cardiovascular program recognized by the American College of Cardiology as South Carolina’s first HeartCARE CenterTM and an accredited Cancer Center of Excellence affiliated with MUSC Hollings Cancer Center for research and education. The network also features an occupational health center, the largest skilled nursing facility in the Carolinas, an Alzheimer’s care center and nearly 80 physician practices.  Its postgraduate medical education programs include family medicine and transitional year.

 

 

 

 

Job Summary

Assists the Central Processing Supervisor with the daily technical and administrative management of the Specimen Procurement and Processing Department. Maintains a thorough knowledge of patient and lab specimen conditions appropriate to laboratory test performance, patient preparation, specimen collection, transport and processing. Responsible for the development and maintenance of high standards for daily operation and maintenance for all members of the section for the assigned shift. Special emphasis will be placed on patient communication, comfort, and reassurance, as well as excellent communications with other hospital department staff, all co-workers, and physicians.

Minimum Qualifications

Minimum Education: High School Diploma or Equivalent
Minimum Years of Experience: 5 Years of Experience as a Phlebotomist
Substitutable Education & Experience (Optional): 5 Years of Experience can be substituted for the following:
3 Years of Experience at LMC working as a Phlebotomist (Demonstrated that they Exceed Expectations on the Critical Elements of the Job).
--OR--
3 Years of Experience with an approved National Certification in Phlebotomy.
Required Certifications/Licensure: None.
Required Training: Completion of a formal training program in Phlebotomy, Medical Assistant, or other applicable area (Equivalent experience may be considered)

Essential Functions

• Knowledge and Expertise:
  • Maintains a high level of skill in the performance of venipuncture/capillary puncture for blood specimen collection for laboratory analyses. Responsible for collection of blood specimens on difficult patients. Takes responsibility, in a positive manner for collecting patients other techs could not obtain.
  • Monitors pending orders and distributes to maintain good specimen turnaround and workload division. Meets or exceeds all section specimen turnaround and quality standards.
  • Performs lab testing in areas of documented competency. Documents instrument and reagent QC and performs preventative maintenance of instruments.
  • Maintains knowledge and competent performance of glucose tolerance testing and patient management during GTT.
  • Performs testing on proficiency samples and maintains records that demonstrates that proficiency testing samples are tested in the same manner as patient specimens.
  • Maintains knowledge of and follows policies and procedures for the Laboratory Informations System. Maintains knowledge of the manual backup system.
  • Demonstrates competence to provide developmentally appropriate care/treatment for patient populations from newborn through geriatric (over 65 years).
  • Prepares workload comparison reports as directed. Workload comparisons among techs and shifts, along with reviewing needed documentation to complete QA reports.
  • Assists supervisor with the developments of and updates to procurement training curriculum.
  • Responsible for training and orientation of new employees along with maintaining yearly competency for employees.
  • Presents training seminars to co-workers as assigned.
  • Responsible for coordinating the dispatch of Stats during scheduled hours.
  • Stays abreast of all policy and procedural changes, reads, and signs off in a timely fashion. Encourages others to do so.
  • Attends continuing education programs and seminars as scheduling and budgeting permits in order to remain technically current.
  • Stays current with procedures involving referral testing along with competency in patient