Inpatient Phlebotomist

St. Elizabeth Healthcare•Edgewood, KY

About The Position

The Inpatient Phlebotomist demonstrates respect, dignity, kindness, and empathy toward patients, families, visitors, and coworkers. The role safely and accurately collects venous, arterial, and capillary specimens from adults, children, and infants; interprets physician orders; processes requests accurately in the information system; and completes required compliance processes. The position uses hospital and laboratory systems and equipment to organize and perform collections, communicate with clinical and departmental staff, and ensure specimens are collected and handled according to laboratory policies and procedures. It also maintains clean, organized, and safely stocked work areas, supports collections at other healthcare and laboratory sites as needed, and participates in continuing education and professional development.

Requirements

High school graduate or GED.
Computer literate.
Experience including customer service.
Valid driver's license and ability to meet Medical Centers Insurance requirements for applicable locations; required for work at the Edgewood facility involving nursing home draws and use of a laboratory vehicle.

Responsibilities

Greet patients using the AIDET (PHLEBOT) model and provide instructions and directions as needed.
Evaluate physician orders for specimen type, draw time, and special handling requirements; use work lists to organize draws.
Use hospital and laboratory computer systems to obtain information and clarify requests.
Use a PDA, printers, and phones for patient identification, obtaining labels, organizing work, and communicating with departmental staff.
Communicate with physician offices to obtain diagnosis coding information and resolve problems.
Coordinate with pharmacy and patient-care staff to ensure timely collection of medication levels and tolerance tests.
Safely collect quality specimens according to laboratory policies and procedures, including culture specimens and a variety of body fluids.
Clean, organize, rotate, and stock phlebotomy work areas, carts, outpatient draw sites, and inpatient units.
Apply collection and ordering requirements for reference and specialty testing laboratories, and follow laboratory compliance policies and procedures.
Collect specimens at other healthcare facilities and cover other laboratory sites across the system as needed.
Use a courier car when necessary and meet required safe-driver standards.
Attend in-services and continuing education seminars, and support professional development through continuing education, in-service training, and the School of Medical Technology.
Use ICARE principles, communication skills, and human relations to promote quality patient care and a productive working environment.
Perform other duties as assigned.