Phlebotomist- PRN

Shenandoah Medical Center•Shenandoah, IA

13d•Onsite

About The Position

This position follows established departmental and SMC policies and procedures, objectives, quality control and performance improvement programs, safety, environmental, and infection control standards. The role involves receiving and collecting specimens, ensuring their integrity, and performing test procedures according to established standards. Key responsibilities include reviewing and verifying patient results, communicating critical values, managing supply inventory, implementing infectious disease controls, and properly disposing of hazardous materials. The phlebotomist is also responsible for maintaining current knowledge on equipment and procedures, performing instrument calibration and quality control, and notifying supervisors of any issues. Computer proficiency for laboratory systems, attending safety and infection control in-services, and understanding coding and billing policies are also important. The role requires maintaining documentation, including patient assessments and shift-end checks, and performing other assigned duties.

Requirements

Follows established departmental and SMC policies and procedures, objectives, quality control and performance improvement programs, safety, environmental, and infection control standards.
Receives and/or collects specimens and labels them appropriately, maintaining specimen integrity until specimens are discarded following established policies and procedures for specimen retention.
Consistently performs test procedures following written procedures conforming to current standards and manufacturers recommendations.
Reviews and verifies patient results prior to reporting and communicates critical values and other grossly abnormal results to the appropriate healthcare personnel in a timely manner, following established policies.
Performs supply inventory as assigned to prevent shortages in assigned work areas.
Implements infectious disease controls as appropriate including isolation procedures, proper use of hand washing and gloves.
Follows proper procedures for disposal of sharps and hazardous materials.
Cleans and maintains laboratory equipment as directed.
Performs required calibration, maintenance, and quality control of instruments and procedures.
Notifies supervisor promptly of customer concerns, unsafe conditions, and malfunctioning instruments/test procedures.
Maintains competence in computer skills pertaining to order entry, and laboratory computer system orders, collections, result entry, patient report retrieval, and report printing tasks.
Attends required SMC and departmental safety, compliance, and infection control in-services.
Maintains knowledge of coding and billing policies as they pertain to determination of medical necessity and federally mandated reimbursement.
Enhances professional growth and development through participation in educational programs, current literature, and in-service meetings.
Maintains required records, reports, and statistics, as directed.
Documents accurate and ongoing assessments of patient status that reflect nursing interventions, patient responses, patient teaching and status of outcomes at discharge.
Completes shift end check prior to leaving duty.

Nice To Haves

Performs other duties as assigned.

Responsibilities

Follows established departmental and SMC policies and procedures, objectives, quality control and performance improvement programs, safety, environmental, and infection control standards.
Receives and/or collects specimens and labels them appropriately, maintaining specimen integrity until specimens are discarded following established policies and procedures for specimen retention.
Consistently performs test procedures following written procedures conforming to current standards and manufacturers recommendations.
Reviews and verifies patient results prior to reporting and communicates critical values and other grossly abnormal results to the appropriate healthcare personnel in a timely manner, following established policies.
Performs supply inventory as assigned to prevent shortages in assigned work areas.
Implements infectious disease controls as appropriate including isolation procedures, proper use of hand washing and gloves.
Follows proper procedures for disposal of sharps and hazardous materials.
Cleans and maintains laboratory equipment as directed.
Performs required calibration, maintenance, and quality control of instruments and procedures.
Notifies supervisor promptly of customer concerns, unsafe conditions, and malfunctioning instruments/test procedures.
Maintains competence in computer skills pertaining to order entry, and laboratory computer system orders, collections, result entry, patient report retrieval, and report printing tasks.
Attends required SMC and departmental safety, compliance, and infection control in-services.
Maintains knowledge of coding and billing policies as they pertain to determination of medical necessity and federally mandated reimbursement.
Enhances professional growth and development through participation in educational programs, current literature, and in-service meetings.
Maintains required records, reports, and statistics, as directed.
Documents accurate and ongoing assessments of patient status that reflect nursing interventions, patient responses, patient teaching and status of outcomes at discharge.
Completes shift end check prior to leaving duty.
Performs other duties as assigned.