Phlebotomist, Float, Per Diem-Nights

UMass Memorial Health•Worcester, MA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is for a Phlebotomist who will float to any area where help is needed to cover FMLA, sick calls, vacations, and surge patients. At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver, playing an important part in the relentless pursuit of healing. This role involves collecting blood specimens by venipuncture and capillary, performing EKG, pulse oximetry, and point-of-care testing on inpatients and outpatients as required. The health system emphasizes exceptional patient care, academic excellence, and leading-edge research, aiming to help employees build their careers.

Requirements

High School graduate with successful completion from a recognized program for training in phlebotomy or prior documented experience performing phlebotomy.
Basic life support certification required within 3 months of employment.
Maintenance of annual competencies in BLS.

Responsibilities

Performs venipuncture and capillary phlebotomy procedures on patients using appropriate specimen collection equipment and techniques.
Reviews requisitions and orders from physicians to ensure appropriate tests are drawn and tests meet guidelines for Medical Necessity.
Prepares Advance Beneficiary Notice (ABN) for tests that do not meet Medical Necessity guidelines and obtains appropriate signatures from patient and self.
Performs EKG, pulse oximetry and point-of-care testing procedures as requested and associated quality control and maintenance of instrumentation.
Processes specimens including centrifugation, pour-off, aliquoting, labeling, and packaging.
Provides essential patient data and insurance information for registration of specimens.
May create registration for outreach specimens in Hospital Admission/Discharge/Transfer (ADT) system.