Phlebotomist - N

The University of Kansas Health System•Great Bend, KS

6d•Onsite

About The Position

Collects and prepares specimens for analysis through various procedures including blood draw, finger sticks and swabbing.

Requirements

High School Graduate
Basic Cardiac Life Support (BLS or BCLS) - American Heart Association (AHA)

Nice To Haves

1 or more years Minimum one year of experience in specimen collection and processing
Advanced level of skill in adult and pediatric phlebotomy
Phlebotomy Technician (PBT) - American Society for Clinical Pathology Board of Certification (ASCP)

Responsibilities

Performs blood draws by venipuncture according to standard protocol, ensuring patient safety and quality specimen collection.
Performs specimen collection using appropriate techniques and adhering to requirements.
Provides patients and/or care providers with instructions and necessary materials for specimen collection.
Provides immediate patient care if patient exhibits sign of a post-venipuncture reaction, typically vaso-vagal.
Pro-actively assesses patient presentation and escorts patient to draw room with recliner if patient is an adolescent or young adult or states that they typically have a reaction to having their blood drawn.
Performs data entry in applicable information systems in compliance with departmental and organizational policies.
Demonstrates knowledge of specimen collection techniques and requirements.
Ensures proper container type, centrifugation, and transport conditions for specimens.
Able to determine appropriateness of specimens for add-on testing.
Releases orders on ambulatory health system patients with orders in HIS.
Receives samples in LIS, prints bar code labels and affixes labels to specimens.
Enters outside orders in LIS when copy of outside order is scanned into HIS.
Provides assistance to nursing staff when requested.
Performs specimen processing duties such as aliquoting urine and separating blood samples when required for testing.
Understands pre-analytical variables that can impact test results: Container Type, Time, Temperature, Centrifugation, labeling.
Responds to telephone inquiries and provides customer service to the end caller by addressing their needs and troubleshooting.
Instructs, orients and mentors students, employees, patients and other health care providers as applicable.
Maintains an adequate inventory of supplies.
Must be able to perform the professional, clinical and or technical competencies of the assigned unit or department.