SUMMARY

This position is an integral part of the laboratory team working closely with technologists, nurses, physicians, all hospital employees and patients.

 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

 

• Assembles and maintains stock of all phlebotomy equipment as required for all tests performed in-house and sent out to reference laboratories.

• Verifies and records identity of patient; converses with patient to allay fear of procedure, especially children.

• Performs ever improving venipunctures and finger/heel sticks as required to obtain an optimal specimen for testing using approved safety supplies and techniques including latex gloves, safety needles, etc. Performs occasional phlebotomies in a patient’s home or physician’s office as approved by the Laboratory Manager.

• Distributes all specimens to the proper testing section.

• Conducts interviews, takes vital signs in preparation for therapeutic phlebotomies.

• Prepares patient, applies electrodes and performs technically readable EKG in preparation for professional interpretation.

• Clerical functions that are varied and defined by the supervisor, include but are not limited to: takes phone orders and verifies written orders, conducts telephone reporting, inquiry, send facsimile transmissions, performs the most current billing procedures and processes, maintains all files in appropriate alphabetical and/or chronological order

• Navigates efficiently and effectively through the Healthland Health Solutions Clinicals Lab Information System to ensure accurate entry of physician’s orders, complete documentation for technical analysis and specimen handling and to retrieve reports as required.

• Participates in all quality assurance activities as required by CLIA’88 to ensure compliance with the preanalytical phase of specimen analysis.

 

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

High school diploma or general education degree (GED). One to three months related experience and/or training is desired but not mandatory.

 

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Must have ability to read and interpret documents such as physician’s orders, safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Must have ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Must have ability to speak effectively before groups of clients or employees of Minidoka Memorial Hospital.

 

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Must have the ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Also, ability to compute ratio, draw and interpret bar graphs.

 

REASONING ABILITY

Applies common sense understand to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Deals with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

 

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

Phlebotomy licensure is preferred but not widely required.

 

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

 

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, sit, and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

 

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform thee essential functions.

 

Personal protective equipment will be provided and routinely used while handling specimens. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles and toxic or caustic chemicals. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.