Phlebotomist, Tri-River Family Health Center - Per-Diem, Days

UMass Memorial Health•Uxbridge, MA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

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. The Phlebotomist collects blood specimens by venipuncture and capillary from patients and performs point-of-care testing on outpatients as required.

Requirements

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

Responsibilities

Performs venipuncture and capillary phlebotomy procedures on all ages of patients using appropriate specimen collection equipment and techniques.
Reviews 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.
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.