What are the responsibilities and job description for the Phlebotomist - McMurray position at Preferred Primary Care Physicians?
Preferred Primary Care Physicians is currently recruiting for a full- time Phlebotomist in one of our practices in the McMurray area. Prior physician office experience preferred.
Ideal candidate must be comfortable working on a computer and have the ability to multi-task in a fast paced working environment.
Job Purpose
Serves patients by preparing specimens for laboratory testing; performing screening procedures.
Duties
EOE
Ideal candidate must be comfortable working on a computer and have the ability to multi-task in a fast paced working environment.
Job Purpose
Serves patients by preparing specimens for laboratory testing; performing screening procedures.
Duties
- Verifies test requisitions by comparing information with nursing station log; bringing discrepancies to the attention of unit personnel.
- Verifies patient by reading patient identification.
- Obtains blood specimens by performing venipunctures and fingersticks.
- Maintains specimen integrity by using aseptic technique, following department procedures; observing isolation procedures.
- Tracks collected specimens by initialling, dating, and noting times of collection; maintaining daily tallies of collections performed.
- Performs bleeding-times tests by entering results to the computer; notifying pathologist of results falling outside normal ranges.
- Maintains quality results by following department procedures and testing schedule; recording results in the quality-control log; identifying and reporting needed changes.
- Maintains safe, secure, and healthy work environment by following standards and procedures; complying with legal regulations.
EOE