What are the responsibilities and job description for the Clerk - Phlebotomist position at UPMC?
Clerk Phlebotomist
Fulltime 40 hour night shift/Night Program 8:00 p.m. to 6:30 a.m. Four 10 hour shifts with rotation as needed - weekend/holiday rotation
AFSCME union
Night Program Guidelines
• As part of the program, participants must commit to working to the maximum of their budgeted shifts based on FTE status as off-shift hours (12-hour blocks such as 3 p.m. to 3 a.m., 4 p.m. to 4 a.m., etc. or 8-hour blocks such as 11 p.m to 7 a.m, etc.).
• Eligible participants will receive an additional $2 per hour night program differential, on top of their hospital’s current off-shift differential, for night hours worked as part of the program. o This $2 will be given on top of the new, market-competitive shift differentials.
• Any additional worked day shifts (meetings, competencies, additional overtime shifts) will be paid without the night program differential.
• Laboratory Professionals who work rotating night shifts as part of their schedule, but are not participants in the night program, will not receive the additional $2 differential.
• All PTO (paid time off) requests must continue to be approved, in advance, by the participant’s unit director/manager, and the night program differential will not be applied to the hourly rate paid for PTO.
• Business unit leaders will determine the appropriate number of program participants based on business unit and department needs.
Night Program Eligibility
• Eligible participants must be in a laboratory professional role in a regular full-time or parttime status, and work in a department that requires 24-hour on-site coverage.
• Laboratory professionals who have completed their orientation period and have at least six-months of experience are eligible to participate.
• Eligible participants must have a performance rating of Solid/Strong/Good to enter the program and not received any corrective action within the last six months. Maintaining a Solid/Strong/Good rating will be required to remain in the program. New employees are able to enter the program at the time of hire.
• If a participant resigns or is removed from the program for not meeting the night program guidelines, they are not permitted to return to the program for one calendar year.
• If a participant does not work steady night shifts, they are not eligible to receive the additional differential and their participation will be evaluated for removal from the program.
• There is no impact to medical benefits, short-term disability (STD), long-term disability (LTD), PTO, or tuition reimbursement as part of this program.
Responsibilities:
- Appearance is professional and in accordance with the Department of Laboratory Services dress code and hospital policy.
- Communicates with patients, explaining procedures prior to venipuncture. Serves patient in a manner conducive to their safety and comfort.
- Processes outpatients, to include interpreting physician orders, venipuncture and billing.
- Collects routine, fasting, timed and stat blood samples as indicated on label ordered by a physician and entered into the computer.
- Properly labels specimens with patient's name, hospital and room number, name of test, date and time collected and phlebotomist's initials.
- Performs receptionist duties.
- Prior to collecting blood samples, identifies patient by identification armband, checking it with label using two unique identifiers.
Salary : $1,000 - $1,000,000