Phlebotomist, Lab, 40hr, Day-Shrewsbury

UMass Memorial Health•Turnpike, MS

10h•Onsite

About The Position

Are you a current UMass Memorial Health caregiver? Apply now through Workday. Exemption Status: Non-Exempt Hiring Range: $0.00 - $0.00 Please note that the final offer may vary within this range based on a candidate’s experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity considerations. Schedule Details: Holidays - One Major Summer Holiday, Holidays - One Major Winter Holiday, Monday through Friday, Weekends (Saturday and Sunday) Scheduled Hours: 8am -4:30pm Shift: 1 - Day Shift, 8 Hours (United States of America) Hours: 40 Cost Center: 10020 - 1720 MSSD Phelbotomy Union: UFCW (United Food and Commercial Workers) This position may have a signing bonus available a member of the Recruitment Team will confirm eligibility during the interview process. Everyone Is a Caregiver At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver – regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care, academic excellence and leading-edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts, and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve. We are more than 20,000 employees, working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, community and each other. And everyone, in their own unique way, plays an important part, every day. Collects blood specimens by venipuncture and capillary from patients. Performs EKG, pulse oximetry, and point-of-care testing on inpatients and outpatients as required.

Requirements

High School graduate with successful completion from a recognized program for training in phlebotomy.
Basic life support certification required within 3 months of employment, and maintenance of annual competencies in BLS.
Prior documented experience performing phlebotomy.
Unless certification, licensure or registration is required, an equivalent combination of education and experience which provides proficiency in the areas of responsibility listed in this description may be substituted for the above requirements.
Flex, maybe required to work at other locations and campuses per the needs of the department.
Maybe required to work holidays and weekends per the needs of the department.

Responsibilities

Performs venipuncture and capillary phlebotomy procedures on patients using appropriate specimen collection equipment and techniques.
Review requisition 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.
Searches master patient index (MPI) for appropriate patient demographic information using Metricom or other Laboratory Information System as provided.
Logs specimens onto log sheets and assigns accession numbers to specimens and requisitions received.
Labels blood and other specimens for testing according to hospital and laboratory requirements.
Labels and packages specimens for transport to laboratory.
Performs assigned duties to ensure an adequate inventory of supplies for assigned area.
Monitors inventory levels and stores equipment and supplies in a neat and orderly manner.
Submits orders to replenish inventory.
Maintains accurate records of processes performed, using manual and computer-based systems.
Monitors and records refrigeration temperatures for refrigerators used to store supplies and/or specimens.