Phlebotomist - Laboratory - PT - Evening

Stormont Vail Health•Topeka, KS

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Provides blood specimen collection services in the acute care (hospital) setting, to include order management, specimen collection (venipuncture and capillary puncture specimens) and point of care testing. Serves patients in all areas of the acute care setting, including ED/Trauma, Critical Care, medical floors, airborne and contact isolation rooms, surgery, maternal/child, and behavioral health. May provide blood collection services at client facilities, such as long-term care facilities. Responds to team activation events such as code blue, stroke, sepsis, and trauma. Works closely with other laboratory personnel, caregivers, and patients to obtain high quality specimens while demonstrating the Stormont Vail Tenets.

Requirements

High School Diploma / GED Completion of an accredited phlebotomy training program may be substituted for education.
Experience with phlebotomy.
Accuracy and attention to detail. (Required proficiency)
Follows all OSHA guidelines and hospital and laboratory safety procedures. (Required proficiency)
Ability to maintain quality, safety, and/or infection control standards. (Required proficiency)
Ability to deal with stressful situations (Required proficiency)
Drivers License - DOT Clean MVR with 3-year baseline.
Position is Patient Facing
Balancing: Continuously greater than 5 hours
Carrying: Continuously greater than 5 hours
Climbing (Ladders): Rarely less than 1 hour
Climbing (Stairs): Frequently 3-5 Hours
Crouching: Occasionally 1-3 Hours
Driving (Automatic): Occasionally 1-3 Hours
Eye/Hand/Foot Coordination: Continuously greater than 5 hours
Feeling: Continuously greater than 5 hours
Grasping (Fine Motor): Continuously greater than 5 hours
Grasping (Gross Hand): Continuously greater than 5 hours
Handling: Continuously greater than 5 hours
Hearing: Continuously greater than 5 hours
Kneeling: Rarely less than 1 hour
Lifting: Frequently 3-5 Hours up to 25 lbs
Pulling: Occasionally 1-3 Hours up to 200 lbs
Pushing: Occasionally 1-3 Hours up to 200 lbs
Reaching (Forward): Continuously greater than 5 hours up to 25 lbs
Reaching (Overhead): Occasionally 1-3 Hours up to 25 lbs
Repetitive Motions: Continuously greater than 5 hours
Sitting: Occasionally 1-3 Hours
Standing: Continuously greater than 5 hours
Stooping: Occasionally 1-3 Hours
Talking: Continuously greater than 5 hours
Walking: Continuously greater than 5 hours
Vision requirements include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, ability to adjust focus, and color discrimination.
Phlebotomist occasionally pushes or pulls patients in wheelchairs up to 300-400 pounds.
Must be able to lower the head of a phlebotomy chair.
Chemical: Rarely less than 1 hour
Combative Patients: Occasionally 1-3 Hours
Dusts: Rarely less than 1 hour
Electrical: Rarely less than 1 hour
Infectious Diseases: Frequently 3-5 Hours
Mechanical: Rarely less than 1 hour
Needle Stick: Continuously greater than 5 hours
Noise/Sounds: Continuously greater than 5 hours
Poor Ventilation, Fumes and/or Gases: Rarely less than 1 hour
Radiant Energy: Rarely less than 1 hour
Risk of Exposure to Blood and Body Fluids: Continuously greater than 5 hours
Risk of Exposure to Hazardous Drugs: Rarely less than 1 hour
Hazards (other): Rarely less than 1 hour

Nice To Haves

Experience in a lab or hospital setting.
Venipuncture and capillary puncture experience.
Experience with electronic medical records and patient privacy.
Registered Phlebotomy Technician - AMT
PBT-Phlebotomy Technician - ASCP

Responsibilities

Obtain and properly identify blood specimens by performing venipunctures and capillary punctures in all age groups (infants, pediatrics, adults, and geriatrics) and patient types throughout the hospital and long-term care facilities.
Prioritize collection of specimens, including team activation events, STAT, timed, routine and therapeutic drug-monitoring collections.
Perform and result waived point of care testing.
Access, select, release and print interfaced orders from the electronic medical record system, resolving unusual or duplicative orders as needed.
Process specimens according to established procedures.
Follow the Phlebotomist Service Standards: (1) Use patient-centric communication; (2) Demonstrate empathetic responses to patients' concerns; (3) Acknowledge wait times and service delays; (4) Protect patient privacy; (5) Demonstrate teamwork with all members of the healthcare team; (6) Follow the organization's and laboratory's professional behavior guidelines/policies.
Assist with teaching, training, and mentoring phlebotomist interns and trainees.
Collect specimens for legal blood alcohol, drug screens, and paternity tests; testify in regional court systems to explain collection procedure if subpoenaed.
Maintain and monitor supply stock in the laboratory.
Respond appropriate to patient adverse reactions to venipuncture.
Travel to outside locations for phlebotomy collections when requested.
Complies with all policies, standards, mandatory training and requirements of Stormont Vail Health
Performs other duties as assigned