Health Technician - Phlebotomist

Department of Veterans Affairs•Tulsa, OK

73d

About The Position

Incumbent performs a wide range of administrative functions which include compliance to CLIA and The Joint Commission regulations for laboratory testing, clerical and health technician functions. Uses knowledge of technical methods and procedures to independently carry out a variety of essential duties common to the lab. Maintains continuity of functions and provides full medical administrative support and type of nursing assistant functions within the laboratory and administrative VA staff

Responsibilities

Working with clients and customers to assess their needs, provide information or assistance, resolve their problems or satisfy their expectations.
Operating guidelines to determine technical factors, setting controls, calibrating, and operating equipment and instruments such as occult blood analyzer
Ensuring proper cleaning and performing minor maintenance/adjustments of laboratory equipment.
Maintaining records for point of care testing and maintenance of laboratory machines.
Performing patient care procedures such as collection of lab specimens, applying dressings, adjusting simple supportive equipment, and handling various specimens including venour blood
Preparing patient for blood or collection according to College of American Pathologists (CAP) and The Joint Commission (TJC) guidelines; follows proper patient preparation and venipuncture while following sterile collection techniques and bandage patient appropriately following collection.
Accepting patient orders, printing labels, selecting proper tubes and containers, PPE, labeling specimens with all required information.
Determining correct handling environment for each specimen submitted for referral laboratory testing and performing processing procedures.
Ensuring fire, safety disaster, and infection control procedures are implemented by staff; utilizing protective and supportive devices which comply with Personal Protective Equipment Infection Control Standards.
Processing tissue cultures and specimen samples related to pathology testing.
Preparing specimens to be sent to outside laboratories, including reference and sharing laboratories; assuring the proper specimen was collected, recording in the send-out book, putting specimen in the proper receptacle; packaging specimen to maintain correct temperature during shipping; completing and checking paperwork, and sending specimen to correct laboratory.