Phlebotomist

Rapides Regional Medical Center

Shift: PRN

Introduction

Are you looking for a work environment where diversity and inclusion thrive? Submit your application for our Phlebotomist PRN opening with Rapides Regional Medical Center today and find out what it truly means to be a part of the HCA Healthcare team.

Benefits

Rapides Regional Medical Center, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay. Plans include prescription drug and behavioral health coverage as well as free telemedicine services and free AirMed medical transportation.
• Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance and more.
• Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical and financial wellbeing
• 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service)
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock
• Family support through fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance.
• Referral services for child, elder and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning and more
• Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts
• Retirement readiness, rollover assistance services and preferred banking partnerships
• Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships)
• Colleague recognition program
• Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence)
• Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee-only coverage to full-time and part-time colleagues based on income.

Learn more about Employee Benefits

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

We are seeking a Phlebotomist PRN for our team to ensure that we continue to provide all patients with high quality, efficient care. Did you get into our industry for these reasons? We are an amazing team that works hard to support each other and are seeking a phenomenal addition like you who feels patient care is as meaningful as we do. We want you to apply!

Job Summary and Qualifications

• Assures accurate identification of all patients and specimens.
• Collects blood specimens by venipuncture or capillary puncture using age specific criteria guidelines while following correct policy and procedures requirements. Some phlebotomist perform arterial puncture.
• Demonstrate the ability to assess and determine specimen integrity.
• Transports specimens using correct requirements (i.e. refrigerate, room temp, frozen, protect from light, etc.).
• Process and prepare specimens and deliver to correct laboratory departments for testing in a timely manner.
• Prepare specimens for transport to appropriate reference laboratories.
• Competent operation of Laboratory Information System to include: admission of patients, ordering tests, printing labels, collection time and received time entry, uncollected logs, send out logs, etc.
• Maintain and apply knowledge of Ethics and Compliance Standards.
• Adheres to the laboratory’s quality control policies, properly documenting quality control activities or any discrepancies, recording and reporting corrective actions.
• Demonstrates competency in operation of equipment and documents daily maintenance on required equipment.
• Sets priorities appropriately, completes tasks with thoroughness, within the allotted time frame and with appropriate follow though to achieve maximum productivity.
• Consistently uses good judgement and problem solving skills to assess the situation, consider alternatives and choose the appropriate course of action.
• Identifies and investigates processes that can be improved and uses FOCUS-PDCA to work toward improving these processes.
• Maintains confidentiality of all patients.
• Assumes responsibility for continuing education and professional development to maintain certification and/or license appropriate for assigned duties.
• Acts as laboratory representative to all patients and hospital staff by exhibiting good personal relationship and communication skills and provides patient education as appropriate.
• Participates in training and orientation of all students and new employees.
• Orders and maintains supplies to maintain necessary inventory while staying within budget requirements.
• Demonstrates adherence to the principles of safety and infection control.
• Acts as reference/information source for areas outside the lab regarding specimen collection procedures.
• Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.
• May perform registrations and sample collections in outpatient clinic settings. This involves demographics, insurances, medical necessity, and other related items in addition to phlebotomy duties.

Laboratory Assistant

• Meets requirements for Louisiana to be a licensed Laboratory Assistant.
• Demonstrates competency for In house testing performed.
• Demonstrates competency for administration, reading and documentation of Skin Tests.
• Demonstrates competency to perform therapeutic phlebotomists with appropriate documentation.

Unit Coordinator

• Assumes responsibility for the clinical supervision of the Phlebotomy Department.
• Leads the department by setting priorities and assigning duties to the staff phlebotomists to assure that specimens are collected, transported, processed and aliquoted in an organized, efficient and timely manner.
• Acts as send out/reference lab specialist and maintains contact with and acts as liaison with reference laboratories.
• Consistently monitors preparation of test requests that are sent to reference laboratories to assure that accuracy and timeliness is maintained.
• Maintains problem specimen logs and recollection statistics and follows up to assure quality collection techniques.
• Participates in efforts to keep budget and supply costs down by maintaining accurate inventory of supplies and ordering correct amounts of appropriate supplies on a weekly basis.
• Prepares Phlebotomy work schedules with supervision and adequately provides staffing on all shifts.

What qualifications you will need:

• Phlebotomy Certificate
• High School Graduate / GED
• Basic Cardiac Life Support, or CPR for Healthcare Providers, or Heart Saver CPR must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date

Rapides Regional Medical Center is a 350 bed hospital and ER in Alexandria, Louisiana. We offer services ranging from Cancer Care to Wound Care. Our medical staff includes doctors in more than 30 medical specialties. At Rapides Regional we believe that well-defined values are the key to nurturing staff and patient satisfaction. By joining our team you contribute to the positive culture of the hospital. This culture impacts the well-being of patients and their families. It also impacts your colleagues, and your own personal job satisfaction. Learn what our commitment to patient satisfaction, service excellence and professional expertise can do for your career.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

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"Across HCA Healthcare’s more than 2,000 sites of care, our nurses and colleagues have a positive impact on patients, communities and healthcare.
Together, we uplift and elevate our purpose to give people a healthier tomorrow."- Jane Englebright, PhD, RN CENP, FAAN
Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Executive

If you find this opportunity compelling, we encourage you to apply for our Phlebotomist PRN opening. We promptly review all applications. Highly qualified candidates will be directly contacted by a member of our team. We are interviewing apply today!

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.