Phlebotomist - $2,000 Sign-On Bonus

Job description

• Purpose of Job
  • Collect and preserve blood samples and certain other body fluids for analysis.
• Job Requirements
  • Education
    • High school diploma or General Educational Development (GED) required.
    • Participates in mandatory in-services and continuing education programs as mandated by policies and procedures, accrediting agencies and as directed by Service Leader or Service Executive.
  • 
    Experience
    • 6 months of phlebotomy experience that qualifies for American Society of Clinical Pathology (ASCP) certification preferred.
    • OR
    • Completion of a structured, American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) approved phlebotomy training course or equivalent preferred such as Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), Registered Nurse (RN), or MA AND experience in the following areas.
    • Routine venipuncture experience preferred.
    • AND
    • Routine dermal puncture experience preferred.
  • 
    License/Certifications
  • 
    Skills/Knowledge/Abilities
    • Requires strong attention to detail.
• Physical Requirements
  • Weight Demands
    • Medium Work - Exerting up to 50 pounds of force.
  • 
    Physical Activity
    • Not necessary for the position (0%): - Crawling
    • Occasionally Performed (1%-33%):
      • Climbing
      • Keyboarding/typing
      • Sitting
    • Frequently Performed (34%-66%):
      • Balancing
      • Crouching
      • Keyboarding/typing
      • Lifting
      • Pulling/Pushing
    • Constantly Performed (67%-100%):
      • Carrying
      • Distinguish colors
      • Fingering/Touching
      • Grasping
      • Hearing
      • Reaching
      • Repetitive Motions
      • Seeing/Visual
      • Speaking/talking
      • Standing
  • 
    Job Hazards
    • Not Related:
      • Explosives (pressurized gas)
      • Electrical Shock/Static
      • Radiation Alpha, Beta and Gamma (particles such as X-ray, Cat Scan, Gamma Knife, etc)
      • Radiation Non-Ionizing (Ultraviolet, visible light, infrared and microwaves that causes injuries to tissue or thermal or photochemical means)
      • Mechanical moving parts/vibrations
    • Rare (1-33%): - Equipment/Machinery/Tools
    • Frequent (67%-100%):
      • Chemical agents (Toxic, Corrosive, Flammable, Latex)
      • Biological agents (primary air born and blood born viruses) (Jobs with Patient contact) (BBF)
      • Physical hazards (noise, temperature, lighting, wet floors, outdoors, sharps) (more than ordinary office environment)
• Essential Job Functions
  • Essential Functions I
    • Performs duties of a Phlebotomist to assist in the daily workload by performing assigned tasks.
      • Assists in daily workload.
        
        
      • Compliant per PPE guidelines.
      • Performs basic dermal and venipuncture collection.
        
        
      • Maintains compliance with established processes: turn-around time expectations, collecting and handling specimens, proper documentation of sample collection.
        
      • Accommodates patient and laboratory needs by professionally responding to requests for flexibility in duties, schedules, and staffing.
    • Documents orientation, training, and education to ensure employee competence, provide excellent services, and meet accreditation requirements by effective verbal or written communication.
      • Organizational and department competencies are completed 100% of the time.
      • Evidence that new procedures and procedure revisions are read and understood.
    • Communicates efficiently by answering telephones, taking messages, and forwarding information or calls to appropriate staff.
      • Identifies problems and initiate immediate follow-up as necessary with the Sample Processing Supervisor or designee to ensure accurate, timely laboratory services by using critical thinking skills and decisive judgment.
        
        
      • Appropriate communication skill as directly observed by the Sample Processing Supervisor or designee.
      • Phone calls are acted upon promptly and handled in a professional manner per the customer service protocol as directly observed.
    • Participates in Continuing Education.
      • Required annual Continuing Education hours met.
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    Essential Functions II
    • Participates in mandatory in-services and/or CE programs as mandated by policies and procedures/external agencies and as directed by management.
    • Follows and understands the mission, vision, core values, Employee Standards of Compassionate Care/AIDET and company policies/procedures.
    • Other duties as assigned.