Lead Mobile Phlebotomist

TridentCare•Lansing, MI

4d•$20 - $24

About The Position

The Lead Mobile Phlebotomist works with the Phlebotomy Supervisor to ensure efficient and accurate workflow of the Mobile Phlebotomy staff. The role is responsible for monitoring the phlebotomy area and Mobile Phlebotomists to ensure that applicable policies and procedures are followed. The position drives to client facilities, typically nursing homes, to collect, process, and deliver patient specimens. It also supports route coordination, trains new phlebotomists as assigned, attends facility start-up in-services, conducts quarterly trunk checks, and accounts for route sheets.

Requirements

Maintain required certifications, health requirements, and operational requirements.
Meet the physical demands of the job, including occasionally lifting or moving up to 35 pounds.

Responsibilities

Drive to client facilities, typically nursing homes, as directed.
Unload the phlebotomy tray and take it to the patient's bedside to collect samples.
Accurately identify patients before collecting specimens.
Check in with dispatch on scheduled workdays to verify whether route amendments are needed due to phlebotomist call-offs, on-calls, or other circumstances.
Complete the assigned route.
Accurately collect, label, process, and deliver patient specimens.
Follow universal precautions to control blood-borne pathogens and infectious disease exposures.
Regularly communicate status and location to the dispatcher.
Train new phlebotomists as assigned.
Attend facility start-up in-services with the supervisor as assigned.
Conduct quarterly trunk checks for phlebotomists in the area as assigned.
Account for all route sheets daily.
Communicate cooperatively with all other departments.
Maintain required certifications, health requirements, and operational requirements.
Monitor the phlebotomy area and Mobile Phlebotomists to ensure applicable policies and procedures are followed.