What are the responsibilities and job description for the Phlebotomist position at Minnie Hamilton Health System?
Minnie Hamilton Health System is seeking a phlebotomist to work at various locations in Grantsville, Glenville, and Elizabeth.
Basic Purpose:
Collects blood specimens by venipuncture and capillary puncture and performs receptionist and clerical duties in both in-patient and out-patient departments.
Qualifications:
- High School graduate with keyboard skills required.
- Must be personable and capable of maintaining good rapport between laboratory, patients, and other departments of the hospital.
- Legible handwriting skills.
- Manual dexterity.
- Prefer candidates with national registry, registry eligible, or previous phlebotomy experience.
- Must keep CPR license current.
BASIC FUNCTIONS:
Procurement and Processing of blood and body fluids for laboratory testing.
Physical Requirements:
• Must be able to stand and/or sit for long periods of time
• Visual activity must be unimpaired. Color differential is required.
• Equipment operation requires manual dexterity
• Must be able to lift or pull 25 pounds.
Job Duties:
Procurement and Processing of blood and body fluids for laboratory testing.
Physical Requirements:
• Must be able to stand and/or sit for long periods of time
• Visual activity must be unimpaired. Color differential is required.
• Equipment operation requires manual dexterity
• Must be able to lift or pull 25 pounds.
Job Duties:
Specimen Collection
- Obtains good quality venous blood specimens according to venipuncture procedure.
- Obtains good quality capillary specimens according to fingerstick procedure.
- Obtains proper amount of blood needed for procedures requiring whole blood or plasma.
- Teach proper post collection instructions to the patient including pressure application.
- Verifies patient identification using 2 identifiers. Name and DOB.
- Labels specimen tubes/container as outlined in the specimen collection manual.
- Collects blood specimens according to appropriate draw times as designated in policy and procedure manual or reference lab preparation manual.
- Collects appropriate specimens for urinalysis testing and correctly instructs patient on collection. i.e. clean catch and 24-hour urine specimens.
- Collects or provides direction for appropriate technique for collection and preparation for all specimens submitted to laboratory for testing -(body fluids, throat cultures, pap smears) and rejects specimens as necessary.
- Collects employee drug testing specimens according to policy and procedure and fills out paperwork correctly.
- Perform DOT drug testing according to instructions and correctly enters testing charges into CPSI.
- Performs drug testing for outside agencies according to instruction.
- Performs DOT brac testing according to DOT guidelines.
- Blood Culture-Gives appropriate instruction for collection and/or collects blood culture specimens of adequate quality.
- Blood Bank-Uses correct identification process for the patient according to procedure and using special identification bracelets.
- Patient Processing
- Accepts patient orders as mandated by State Law.
- Chooses correct test(s) that are ordered by the physician.
Equipment/Maintenance and Troubleshooting
- Operates printers according to instruction and maintains printers and fax machines in operational order with supplies and ribbons.
- Operates hospital LIS system appropriately and assists in maintaining order entry menu for reference laboratory.
Supply Use and Inventory Control
- Supplies- uses reagents, calibrators, controls, test kits, testing material that is within date. Initials, dates, and time (when needed) open bottles of reagents, calibrators, controls, test kits.
- Identifies low volume supplies and reports to supervisor.
- Disinfects and Stocks baskets and outpatient phlebotomy area daily.
- Maintains clean and neat work area and notifies housekeeping if cleaning is necessary.
- Orders supplies as needed from Reference Lab- LabCorp and Lab One.
- Maintains supplies needed for drug testing- DOT, Federal Clients, Commercial Companies, and DHHR.
Communication
- Answers telephone appropriately in a friendly tone and the call is transferred to the appropriate area or the questions are answered in a timely manner.
- Conducts all customer and patient interactions in a friendly and pleasant manner.
- Attends laboratory meetings as required.
- Checks e-mail for messages at least once per shift.
- Utilizes departmental communication log.
- Identifies problems and communicates to the supervisor or manager.
- Communicates effectively with patient about procedures being performed according to patients special needs and age level.
- Communicates effectively with laboratory staff, physicians, and ancillary staff.
Compliance
- Performs check to ensure Medicare coverage for patient testing is in place or has ABN signed by the patient.
- Obtains diagnosis from the MD for patient testing as needed by Medicare and documents findings on a log.
Safety
- Consistently wears impervious lab coat, gloves and face shield (as appropriate and all other protective apparel), as outlined in PPE policy.
- Properly disposes of biological waste as outlined in the safety manual.
- Does not recap used needles.
- Disposes of sharps in proper designated containers without overfilling containers.
- Is aware of surroundings- i.e. patient bed rails, moving of patients, combative patients, fall risks and employs appropriate safety measures.
- Employee cleans work area and leaves it clutter free for the next shift.
- Employee adheres to the laboratory and facility safety plan.
- Handles patient emergencies according to policy and procedure. i.e. fainting.
- Handles biological and chemicals spills according to policy and procedure.
Level of Responsibility
- Employee reports to work as scheduled and has acceptable attendance.
- Employee follows dress code as outlined in the policy and procedure manual.
- Employee takes initiative to start work tasks and completes tasks within a reasonable amount of time.
- Employee follows guidelines for lunch and work breaks.
- Employee accepts recommendations of management with good attitude and implements suggestions.
- Employee follows laboratory and facility policy and procedure.
- Employee completes competency assignments within reasonable amount of time.
- Employee completes educational assignments within reasonable amount of time.
- Employee submits license on time.
- Employee works well with lab staff.
- Correctly logs out specimens to the reference lab and logs reports back into lab.
- Fills out incident reports as appropriate according to policy and procedure.
Quality Assurance Plan
- Employee participates in the department quality assurance plan including submitting data and reporting events as necessary.
- Employee performs proficiency testing as needed and treats PT specimens the same as patients, fills out preparation sheet, and attestation statement and submits results within acceptable date.
- Employee recognizes when systems or analyzers are problematic and consults supervisor as needed.
- Employee has work overviewed or consults supervisor as needed.
- Reports critical values as needed and documents notification appropriately in patient report.
Quality Control and Test Calibration
Glucose Testing
- Analyzes and records values of results of controls run on a daily basis in accordance with quality control policy and procedure.
- Initiates and documents corrective action when controls are out-of-range.
- Identifies instrument messages that indicate test run must be repeated.
- Calibrates instruments as needed according to mfg.
