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Phlebotomy Technician - North Liberty - Mercy Physician Services
$34k-43k (estimate)
Part Time | Hospital
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Mercy Medical Center - Cedar Rapids is Hiring a Phlebotomy Technician - North Liberty - Mercy Physician Services Near Rapids, IA
Mercy Mission
To care for the sick and enhance the health of the communities we serve, guided by the spirit of the Sisters of Mercy.
Summary
- This position supports Mercy Care's philosophy of patient centered care by providing timely and accurate specimen collection and other laboratory support functions. The Phlebotomy Technician exhibits compassion towards our patients, provides outstanding customer service, and demonstrates professional behavior.
- ICARE Values
- Integrity – We adhere to a code of ethics that emphasizes honesty, sincerity, and being open through both our words and actions at all times. We strive to always do the right thing for our patients, families and coworkers.
- Compassion - We believe everyone at Mercy is a caregiver. We treat all patients and families with the utmost respect and compassion. We deliver our care and services with kindness and empathy to help alleviate suffering.
- Accountability – We accept responsibility for our actions and performance.
- Respect – We honor and value the individuality, spirituality and diversity of our patients, families and coworkers by treating them as we and they would want to be treated.
- Excellence – We are committed to being patient centered by providing responsive and personalized care to ensure the best possible outcomes in a safe and holistic environment. We provide superior service and quality by going the extra mile for our patients, their families and our coworkers.
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Job Duties
- Properly identifies patients and samples during all phases of testing
- Follows laboratory procedures for specimen collection, order entry, specimen receiving, and all other duties
- Communicates effectively and professionally with physicians, nurses, other medical personnel, patients, and families
- Prioritizes workload to ensure timely collection of patient samples
- Maintains and improves skills by participating in at least one continuing education activity annually
- Actively seeks and identifies opportunities for process improvement
- Assists in procedure writing, updating, and validating
- Acts as a resource for laboratory medicine information to providers and others
- Uses laboratory information system access information and enter information
- Educates and trains new staff and students
- Perform specimen collection, including phlebotomy, respiratory swabs, and skin tests, with skill and compassion
- Answers incoming phone calls and places outgoing phone calls in a timely manner using proper phone etiquette
- Receives specimens into the laboratory and delivers to proper locations
- Exhibits outstanding customer service to patients, families, and colleagues
- Participates in off-site collections and rotate to other locations as required
- Follows Mercy's safety guidelines, carries out job-specific safety duties and responsibilities, and promptly reports any unsafe conditions, situations, incidents and injuries.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Knowledge of specimen collection procedures, including venipuncture, capillary collection, TB placement, and respiratory swabs
- Knowledge of different patient populations and their needs
- Ability to work quickly and efficiently under pressure without sacrificing quality
- Ability to multi-task, prioritize, and work with interruptions
- Skill to use the laboratory information system (LIS)
- Ability to detail-oriented
- Ability to complete appropriate documentation and paperwork clearly and completely
Professional Experience
- Experience preferred, but not required.
Education
- Required: High school diploma or GED
- Preferred: Graduate of a phlebotomy training program or medical assisting program
Licensure, Certification, Registration
- Preferred: Certification as a Phlebotomy Technician (American Society of Clinical Pathologists) or Registered Phlebotomy Technician (American Medical Technologists)
Visual Acuity
- Work requires close vision, distance vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
- Ability to read pertinent printed material and distinguish colors.
- Ability to include inspection during patient assessment.
- Ability to accurately read measurements on patient related equipment—some examples include: thermometers, mechanical gauges, glucometers, IV pumps, and computer monitor displays.
- Ability to read management reports or other pertinent printed material.
- Worker must be able to visually assess patients' safety needs.
- Normal visual acuity required to maintain accuracy and neatness of work.
- Preparing and reading written documentation, use of computer.
Intellectual/Emotional Requirements
- Adaptability to performing under stress when confronted with emergent, critical, unusual, or dangerous situations, or situation in which working speed and sustained attention are make-or-break aspects of the job.
- Adaptability to performing a variety of duties, often changing from one task to another without loss of efficiency or composure.
- Ability to maintain both a high standard of courtesy and cooperation in dealing with co-workers, patients and visitors and satisfactory job performance despite the stress of a hospital work environment.
- Adaptability to accepting responsibility for the direction, control or planning of an activity.
- Demonstrates knowledge and skills necessary to interact with the patient population of: infant, pediatric, adolescent, adult and geriatric.
- Ability to perform under stress when confronted with emergency, critical, or unusual situations.
- Ability to influence people in their opinions, attitudes or judgments about ideas or things.
- Adaptability to performing repetitive work or to performing continuously the same work, according to set procedures sequence or pace.
- Adaptability to dealing with people beyond giving and receiving instructions.
- Able to communicate with people regarding giving and receiving of instructions.
- Adaptability to changing priorities.
- Adaptability to fluctuate between priorities on a daily basis, i.e. answering the phone, pulling charts, filing charts, copying charts and helping answer questions for ancillary staff.
Job Summary
JOB TYPE
Part Time
INDUSTRY
Hospital
SALARY
$34k-43k (estimate)
POST DATE
06/09/2024
EXPIRATION DATE
08/07/2024
WEBSITE
www.mercycare.org
HEADQUARTERS
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
SIZE
7,500 - 15,000
CEO
Jon Sweet
REVENUE
$500M - $1B
INDUSTRY
Hospital
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About Mercy Medical Center - Cedar Rapids
MercyCare Community Physicians has fifteen family practice clinics throughout the Cedar Rapids, Iowa area, including in Center Point, Hiawatha, Marion, Monticello, Mount Vernon, North Liberty and Tama. Two urgent care facilities and four specialty clinics are also part of the MCCP system. MCCP also offers billing and other administrative services to clients of its Managed Services Organizations. Established in 1995, MCCP is affiliated with Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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