Phlebotomist

Akahi Associates•Fort Sam Houston, TX

30d•$24•Onsite

About The Position

Overview Location: Brooke Army Medical Center Schedule: Flexible for days, evenings, overnight, and weekends. The Contractor shall be available to provide support Sunday to Saturday from 0001-2400 daily. The Department shall establish a schedule for contract personnel to perform services on various shifts, which range from 8-12 hours. Each shift shall include 30-60 minutes for lunch, which may vary depending on the section and/or specific shift assigned. Duty hours are expected to average 40 hours per week. Pay: $24/hr + $4.57/hr for Health & Wellness Pay Benefits: vested vaction, sick leave, holiday leave, Life, Accidental Death and Dismemberment, Short Term Disability Optional Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(K) matching with employee participation in 401(K) plan Responsibilities While on duty, the Contractor personnel shall be neat and clean, free from visible dirt and stains, well groomed, and appropriately dressed. The Contractor personnel’s clothing shall fit correctly to provide a professional, modest appearance, in keeping with normally accepted community standards of dress for the work being performed. Facial hair (including beards, mustaches, and sideburns) shall be controlled (restrained) or trimmed. It shall not interfere with safe work practices, look unkempt, or be unclean. Facial hair shall not interfere with the face seal if a tight-fitting respirator (e.g., N95) is required to be worn for normal duties. The Contractor personnel shall display legible MTF-provided identification media on his/her outer clothing. Practice general hospital safety, infection control, aseptic and sterile techniques for safe handling of sharps, electrical equipment, and blood or blood products, to include cleaning of work areas and equipment. Participate in the orientation, training, and evaluation of duty performance of newly assigned personnel phlebotomists ensuring compliance with standards of care and practice. Ensure a safe work environment and safe employee work habits. Complete applicable documentation to include manual and computer methods. Review laboratory request slips for completeness and identify discrepancies. Possess/maintain proper certification and skills to perform required duties within regulatory compliance and with minimal oversight. Adhere to and maintain a system of supply inventory management with unit supply custodian to ensure adequate stock levels of consumable supplies are available within Laboratory to minimize waste and ensure uninterrupted services. Ensure all MTF equipment is properly cleaned and stored at the end of each work shift. Ensures preventative maintenance and routine cleaning are performed. Be productive and perform duties with minimal supervisory direction. Contractor personnel shall perform a wide range of procedures involved in the collection of blood with minimal supervision. These procedures involve assembling required equipment, locating an accessible vein, disinfecting the area, performing venipuncture, treating the puncture site, labeling blood containers, and managing patient or donor reactions. Greets and interviews patients. Receive and interpret laboratory request slips, review request slips for required information, and determine the fitness of the patient for tests requested by the healthcare provider/physician (i.e., fasting state, liquid intake, medication, dietary instruction). Ensure specimens are collected in the amount and type of specimen required (e.g., with or without a particular anticoagulant) for each laboratory test. Enter laboratory orders into Composite Health Care System (CHCS). Perform timed blood collection procedures, such as glucose tolerance tests. Utilizes glucose point of care glucometer which provides immediate glucose results in evaluating the patient’s condition before administering the glucose load. Collect blood specimens from ambulatory or bed patients via venipuncture, finger, or infant heel stick, as appropriate, using standardized procedures. For venipuncture specimens, this entails the application of a tourniquet, selection of the proper vein, disinfection of the puncture site, and entering the vein using a sterile blood collection and vacutainer. The blood collection may require the use of a lancet, capillary tube, pipette, or glass slide for blood smears. Dress the skin puncture site after blood collection. Carefully observe the patient for any sign or symptoms of physiological reactions after blood collection and take appropriate first aid measures to prevent injury and stabilize the patient. Verifies specimen labels, properly label collected blood specimens with appropriate patient identification information, and deliver specimens to the Laboratory’s Central Operations section within the established specified time frame. Provide immediate care to patients by recognizing adverse reactions to procedures and instituting immediate corrective measures. Mentors Phase II laboratory students and medical technology interns in phlebotomy. Perform applicable documentation. Maintain blood collection tray in a clean, hygienic state and replenish blood collection supplies as needed. Maintain supply levels for drawing stations and shelves on a daily basis. Perform clerical duties in Laboratory Central Operations. Answer telephones, look up test results in the laboratory computer, and fax test results to ordering healthcare providers/physicians. Process patient demographic data into the laboratory automated data system (i.e. CHCS or manual system). Identifies and corrects patient data errors. Verifies physician, patient information, ward and clinic locations, and provider codes for entering accession information into the computer terminal, and work with wards, clinics, and other medical personnel to resolve missing or incorrect data. Receive telephone calls and visitors to the laboratory. Determine nature of call or visit. Direct callers or visitors to appropriate personnel. Personally provide the information requested when routine or procedural matters of the laboratory are involved. Apply established guidelines concerning the release of information on test results, adhering to the provision to the Privacy Act and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Contractor personnel shall provide patients with the utmost care and attention. All patients shall be assured of their privacy and personal dignity. Contractor personnel shall maintain open and professional communication with members of the MTF staff. Complaints validated by the Flight Commander/Medical Director shall be reported in writing to the Contract Administrator and the Contractor for action. Failure of the Contractor to correct validated complaints raised by the MTF staff and the Contracting Officer (CO) will be considered a failure to perform. Contractor personnel shall prepare all documentation (to include patient records) to meet or exceed established standards of the MTF, to include but not limited to, timeliness, accuracy, content, and signature. Only MTF and Air Force-approved abbreviations shall be used for documentation of the patient/donor health records.

Requirements

Education: Contract personnel must be a graduate of an approved phlebotomy training program. Foreign medical graduates must pass the Educational Commission Foreign Medical Graduate (ECFMG) test, as given by the EFCMG. Contract personnel shall meet all Continuing Medical Education (CME) requirements. CME requirements are the responsibility of the Contractor and shall be obtained at no cost to the Government.
Experience: A minimum of 12 months of experience is required within the previous 24 months. Certified phlebotomy technicians with less than one year of laboratory experience would be considered if prior military service National Guard, Reserve or internship at this facility. Candidate acceptance will be at the discretion of the Government Supervisor.
Board Certification: Contract personnel shall maintain current certification in phlebotomy from a national certifying agency (i.e., American Society of Clinical Pathologists (ASCP), American Society of Phlebotomy Technicians (ASPT), National Certification Agency (NCA)). It is a condition of this contract that all required certifications in this PWS remain current during the life of the contract. Certifications required under these qualifications are the responsibility of the Contractor and shall be maintained at no cost to the Government.
Certifications: The HCW shall hold and maintain Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.

Responsibilities

Practice general hospital safety, infection control, aseptic and sterile techniques for safe handling of sharps, electrical equipment, and blood or blood products, to include cleaning of work areas and equipment.
Participate in the orientation, training, and evaluation of duty performance of newly assigned personnel phlebotomists ensuring compliance with standards of care and practice.
Ensure a safe work environment and safe employee work habits.
Complete applicable documentation to include manual and computer methods.
Review laboratory request slips for completeness and identify discrepancies.
Possess/maintain proper certification and skills to perform required duties within regulatory compliance and with minimal oversight.
Adhere to and maintain a system of supply inventory management with unit supply custodian to ensure adequate stock levels of consumable supplies are available within Laboratory to minimize waste and ensure uninterrupted services.
Ensure all MTF equipment is properly cleaned and stored at the end of each work shift.
Ensures preventative maintenance and routine cleaning are performed.
Be productive and perform duties with minimal supervisory direction.
Contractor personnel shall perform a wide range of procedures involved in the collection of blood with minimal supervision. These procedures involve assembling required equipment, locating an accessible vein, disinfecting the area, performing venipuncture, treating the puncture site, labeling blood containers, and managing patient or donor reactions.
Greets and interviews patients.
Receive and interpret laboratory request slips, review request slips for required information, and determine the fitness of the patient for tests requested by the healthcare provider/physician (i.e., fasting state, liquid intake, medication, dietary instruction).
Ensure specimens are collected in the amount and type of specimen required (e.g., with or without a particular anticoagulant) for each laboratory test.
Enter laboratory orders into Composite Health Care System (CHCS).
Perform timed blood collection procedures, such as glucose tolerance tests.
Utilizes glucose point of care glucometer which provides immediate glucose results in evaluating the patient’s condition before administering the glucose load.
Collect blood specimens from ambulatory or bed patients via venipuncture, finger, or infant heel stick, as appropriate, using standardized procedures.
For venipuncture specimens, this entails the application of a tourniquet, selection of the proper vein, disinfection of the puncture site, and entering the vein using a sterile blood collection and vacutainer. The blood collection may require the use of a lancet, capillary tube, pipette, or glass slide for blood smears.
Dress the skin puncture site after blood collection.
Carefully observe the patient for any sign or symptoms of physiological reactions after blood collection and take appropriate first aid measures to prevent injury and stabilize the patient.
Verifies specimen labels, properly label collected blood specimens with appropriate patient identification information, and deliver specimens to the Laboratory’s Central Operations section within the established specified time frame.
Provide immediate care to patients by recognizing adverse reactions to procedures and instituting immediate corrective measures.
Mentors Phase II laboratory students and medical technology interns in phlebotomy.
Perform applicable documentation.
Maintain blood collection tray in a clean, hygienic state and replenish blood collection supplies as needed.
Maintain supply levels for drawing stations and shelves on a daily basis.
Perform clerical duties in Laboratory Central Operations.
Answer telephones, look up test results in the laboratory computer, and fax test results to ordering healthcare providers/physicians.
Process patient demographic data into the laboratory automated data system (i.e. CHCS or manual system).
Identifies and corrects patient data errors.
Verifies physician, patient information, ward and clinic locations, and provider codes for entering accession information into the computer terminal, and work with wards, clinics, and other medical personnel to resolve missing or incorrect data.
Receive telephone calls and visitors to the laboratory.
Determine nature of call or visit.
Direct callers or visitors to appropriate personnel.
Personally provide the information requested when routine or procedural matters of the laboratory are involved.
Apply established guidelines concerning the release of information on test results, adhering to the provision to the Privacy Act and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
Contractor personnel shall provide patients with the utmost care and attention. All patients shall be assured of their privacy and personal dignity.
Contractor personnel shall maintain open and professional communication with members of the MTF staff.
Contractor personnel shall prepare all documentation (to include patient records) to meet or exceed established standards of the MTF, to include but not limited to, timeliness, accuracy, content, and signature.
Only MTF and Air Force-approved abbreviations shall be used for documentation of the patient/donor health records.