Phlebotomist-Lab Assistant

Salary Pay Range: $24.60-$31.84

Essential Functions:

• Performs the collection, processing and preparation of blood, body fluids, and other laboratory samples for testing and analysis.
• Greets patients and prepares them for phlebotomy and/or specimen collection.
• Obtains basic information pertinent to laboratory/radiology testing. Ensures records contain current patient demographic information. Directs patients to patient registration for updating information as needed.
• Provides appropriate collection kit(s) and instructs the patient in proper specimen collection.
• Performs Newborn Screening collections per protocol.
• Performs routine analysis, quality control, and preventative maintenance on assigned tests.
• Enters and approves results in the Laboratory Information System in a timely manner.
• Performs urine drug screen collections according to lab protocol, policy and procedures.
• Performs DNA collection and shipment process, maintaining chain of custody.
• Demonstrates positive interpersonal relations in dealing with providers, patients, patient families, visitors, co-workers, administrative staff, and other employees in a professional and confidential manner.
• Maintains laboratory inventory, ordering and stocking of supplies.
• Ensure that purchase orders and invoices are processed through Abila in a timely manner.
• Provides clerical support for laboratory/radiology staff.
• Prepares correspondence, copying, faxing, communicable disease reporting, and accurate routing of telephone messages. Accurately completes chart documentation, computer entry, billing, coding, and other necessary forms.
• Demonstrates and maintains competency in phlebotomy skills (venous and capillary) for adult, neonatal, pediatric, and geriatric patients.
• Demonstrates and maintains competency in all procedures in accordance with institutional polices.
• Obeys institutional policies and procedures regarding patient care, with special attention to biohazard procedures.
• Ensures that lab test reports, computer generated reports and other information produced are legible, accurate, and delivered in a timely manner.
• Adheres to the laboratory’s quality control policies and documents all quality control activities as necessary.
• Identifies problems that may adversely affect test performance or reporting of test results and corrects the problem or immediately notifies supervisor.

• Ensures Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) compliance in record keeping.
• Serves both eligible and non-eligible beneficiaries in an outreach capacity both on and off site.
• Performs a variety of other duties as assigned by supervisor.

Education, Experience, and Licenses:

• Minimum of a High School Diploma or GED equivalent required.
• Completion of an accredited phlebotomy program OR adequate draw/work experience creating eligibility to sit for a nationally recognized certification exam required.
• Minimum of one (1) year of phlebotomy experience or successful completion of a phlebotomy school program.
• Experience with Laboratory Information System (LIS) and/or Electronic Health Record (EHR) software preferred.
• OR equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

Driving Requirements:

• This position may require driving.

Qualifications, Registrations, and Certifications:

• Certification as a Phlebotomist, Lab Assistant, Medical Assistant, or Certified Nursing Assistant preferred.
• Requires current CPR/First Aid Certificate.
• Requires excellent customer relation skills.
• Knowledge of medical terminology and excellent computer and data entry abilities required.
• Requires the ability to maintain composure in stressful situation.
• Knowledge of and sensitivity to Native American culture required.

Environmental Factors and Conditions/Physical Requirements:

• Continually requires the ability to express or receive detailed information or important instructions through oral communication.
• Continually requires working with fingers rather than the whole hand or arm. Requires repetitive movement of wrists, hands and/or fingers. Often requires walking or moving about to accomplish tasks.
• Requires standing and/or sitting for sustained periods of time, raising objects from a lower to a higher position and/or moving objects horizontally.
• Occasionally requires lifting of up to 40 pounds.
• The workload varies sporadically from heavy to moderate, with sufficient noise and interruptions to cause distraction and stress.
• Frequent exposure to communicable diseases, biohazardous body fluids, toxic chemicals and other conditions common to a clinical environment.
• Hazardous working conditions in which individual is exposed to definite risk of bodily injury through contact with moving instrumentation, chemicals, and/or body fluids.
• Due to the nature of the interactions with other employees and the public we serve, employees may be required to provide documentation of, or receive, certain health vaccinations.
• This position is frequently subject to inside environmental conditions, which provide protection from weather conditions, but not necessarily from temperature changes, and is occasionally subject to outside environmental conditions.
• May be called upon to serve as a Disaster Reservist during emergencies.
• Local travel is occasionally required. Travel outside of the state is infrequently required.

Background Check:

• Candidates for this position will be subject to criminal and character background checks and may be subject to fingerprinting.