Phlebotmist/Admission Coordinator

Baptist Healthcare System•Lexington, KY

About The Position

The Phlebotomist/Admissions Coordinator works in Baptist Health’s Clinical Lab and Pathology Department in Lexington, Kentucky. The role prioritizes and organizes workload efficiently, adjusts priorities when problems arise to support proper patient care, completes tasks on time, meets deadlines for required tasks, and shares the workload equitably. The coordinator greets, receives, and registers laboratory and pathology patients and specimens in the computer system, ensuring physicians’ orders are interpreted and entered accurately. The role also includes completing office procedures such as order scanning, instructing patients on pre-test preparation and procedure requirements, receiving specimens in the computer system, and delivering them to the appropriate department promptly. The coordinator completes compliance requirements and paperwork during registration and participates in the laboratory quality assurance program. The position follows laboratory safety regulations and Baptist Health and laboratory policies, including requirements for personal protective equipment, infection control, chemical hygiene, and applicable OSHA and regulatory standards. The employee reviews and signs new or revised standard operating policies and required reading within designated timeframes, demonstrates competency in job-specific functions, maintains technical competency, and completes required competencies, continuing education, and learning modules. The role also requires attending safety training, understanding safety responsibilities and job-related hazards, providing care appropriate to the ages of patients served by the laboratory, understanding relevant laboratory information system functions, and performing downtime procedures effectively.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
Less than one year of experience.
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification; applicants who are not already certified must obtain it within 30 days of hire.

Responsibilities

Prioritize and organize workload efficiently, adjusting priorities when problems arise to support proper patient care.
Complete tasks and required deadlines in a timely manner and perform an equitable share of the workload.
Greet, receive, and register laboratory and pathology patients and specimens in the computer system, accurately interpreting and ordering physicians’ orders.
Complete office procedures, including order scanning and other assigned duties.
Instruct patients on pre-test preparation and procedure requirements.
Receive specimens in the computer system and deliver them to the appropriate department promptly.
Complete compliance requirements and paperwork when registering patients according to policy.
Participate in the laboratory quality assurance program.
Follow laboratory safety regulations, infection control policies, chemical hygiene requirements, and applicable OSHA and regulatory requirements.
Read and sign new or revised Standard Operating Policies and required reading within the designated timeframe.
Demonstrate and maintain competency and technical proficiency in job-specific functions.
Complete required competencies, continuing education, and learning modules.
Attend required safety training and understand responsibilities related to general, department, and job-specific safety, hazards, and national patient safety goals.
Provide care appropriate to the ages of patients served by the laboratory.
Understand pertinent laboratory information system functions and perform downtime procedures effectively.
Perform procedures and functions in accordance with Baptist Health hospital and laboratory policies.