Phlebotomist, FT, Nights

Harrison County Hospital•Corydon, IN

About The Position

Harrison County Hospital is seeking a full-time Phlebotomist. This is a night position scheduled from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m., with rotating weekends and holidays, working 36–40 hours per week. The phlebotomist obtains blood specimens for laboratory testing through skin punctures and capillary procedures, processes and handles specimens according to laboratory protocol, and performs EKGs for outpatients. The role also supports laboratory administration and communication, including processing requisitions, registering and ordering outpatient tests, notifying technicians about stat, timed, and urgent testing, distributing and filing results and physician orders, contacting patients, physicians, and nursing units when required, and answering and routing laboratory telephone calls. The phlebotomist maintains organized collection trays and work areas and is expected to demonstrate logical, professional behavior under demanding or stressful conditions. The position requires age-appropriate phlebotomy, communication, and information-gathering skills for neonates and infants, children, adolescents, adults, and geriatric patients. Harrison County Hospital has served its community since 1950 and serves patients in Harrison and Crawford counties in Indiana and Meade County in Kentucky.

Requirements

High school graduation.
On-the-job training in a clinical laboratory.
Ability to perform phlebotomy and capillary puncture procedures for neonates and infants, children, adolescents, adults, and geriatric patients.
Ability to communicate patient preparation and procedure information to parents of neonates and infants and at the level of understanding appropriate for children, adolescents, adults, and geriatric patients.
Ability to obtain and interpret information needed for appropriate patient care from parents of neonates and infants and directly from children, adolescents, adults, and geriatric patients.

Nice To Haves

One year of experience.

Responsibilities

Perform skin punctures to obtain blood specimens for laboratory testing.
Perform capillary testing and phlebotomy procedures for patients of all listed age groups.
Perform EKGs for outpatients.
Promptly and accurately process test requisitions.
Accurately charge, register, and order tests for outpatients.
Inform technicians of stat, timed, and urgent testing.
Distribute and file test results and physician orders.
Telephone patients, physicians, and nursing units when required.
Process and handle specimens according to laboratory protocol.
Answer laboratory telephone calls and transfer calls as needed.
Maintain neat and organized collection trays, collection areas, and work areas.
Communicate patient preparation and procedure information in an age-appropriate manner.
Obtain and interpret information from patients or, for neonates and infants, their parents, as needed for appropriate patient care.
Demonstrate logical and professional behavior under demanding and stressful conditions.