What are the responsibilities and job description for the Phlebotomist PRN position at Sullivan County Community Hospital?
QUALIFICATIONS
Education
- High school graduate or equivalent
- Formal phlebotomy training desired
Experience/Skills
- One to two years’ experience
- Typing skills
- Ability to work with co-workers, patients, outside agencies, and physicians
- Performs waived testing and participates in proficiency testing programs
Required Licenses/Certifications
- CPR
Working Conditions
- Clean, well-lit working environment with good ventilation
ROUTINE RESPONSIBILITIES
Behavioral Expectations
- Consistently complies with established Behavioral Expectations
Responsibilities/Technical Skills
- Practices courtesy, tact, and diplomacy–essential elements of the job–when in contact with lab customers
- Maintains a professional and friendly atmosphere for patients and co-workers
- Answers telephone
- Faxes
- Files and organizes
- Sends mail to mailroom daily
- Checks equipment temperatures daily, making sure they are in range, and that corrective action is taken if a temperature is out of range
- Receives and logs specimens coming into clinical and waived laboratories
- Reads and understands requisitions and physicians’ orders for laboratory requests
- Has knowledge of the correct order of draw
- Has knowledge of test requirements such as specimen collection container, specimen processing, and specimen storage and transportation.
- Assembles equipment, such as needles, appropriate containers, etc. according to specified procedures.
- Adequately performs venipuncture and heel sticks according to procedures.
- Performs Nursing Home collections
- Properly labels all collected specimens
- Accurately documents and reports patient results
- Consults with appropriate lab personnel when test findings are abnormal
- Draws blood competently and expediently with as little patients discomfort as possible
- Completes duties in a timely and productive manner, responding to workload appropriately
- Knows how to prioritize STATs, ASAP, time scheduled test, etc.
- Conducts drug screen–Non DOT and DOT–collection and processing
- Reports and documents critical value within established time frames
- Follows lab procedures for waived tests: urine dipstick, urine hCG, strep screens, Covid/Flu A/B, and RSV
- Stocks work area and supplies prior to leaving and throughout the day and as needed
- Disinfects work area and equipment according to laboratory procedure
- Reports to the director when results are unacceptable
- Participates in at least 80% of monthly departmental meetings
- Other duties as assigned
Quality Control/Quality Assurance
- Conducts daily charge review
- Maintains accurate records
- Consistently performs, analyzes, and records quality control data
- Properly follows procedures to confirm patient identity
- Takes necessary and appropriate corrective action, and documents consistently
- Reports NO patient results when quality control values are unacceptable
- Participates in quality assurance monitoring programs
- Performs necessary quality assurance documentation consistently
- Performs other duties as assigned
Budget/Cost Containment/Misc.
- Conscious of cost containment and complies as feasible
- Monitors inventory and orders supplies on a weekly basis
- Conducts monthly review of supplies to check for expiration dates
- Notifies the Manager when supplies are low and have not been received
- Follows the SCCH attendance policy
- Utilizes time clock in a professional manner
- Clocks out for breaks if leaving the hospital grounds
- Works overtime hours only when approved by manager
Competency/Education
- Documents competency of job performance at 6 months and on an annual basis according to CLIA guidelines
- Performs required education in HealthStream
- Performs required mandatory education in MediaLab
Varies as needed
Varies as needed