Temporary Phlebotomist

AUBMC Careers•Lebanon, PA

13d

About The Position

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS/TASK GROUPS A - Specimen Collection and Handling/Technical Duties (70%) • Greet, receive, and create a positive experience for every patient/family by demonstrating a professional, caring, empathetic and friendly approach following the service excellence standards and guidelines. • Perform complete donor evaluation: complete donor questionnaire, physical examination, and determining eligibility with utmost confidentiality, and take medical history from patients. • Perform simple to moderately complex blood collection techniques such as venipuncture, heel stick and finger stick procedures, timed specimen, nail sampling techniques, collecting throat swabs, obtaining nasal wash collections, bleeding time procedure and PPD testing and reading. • Receive various types of specimens including but not limited to urine, stool, body fluids and histology samples. • Document redraws, refer draws, flag hard draws, re-print specimen labels, document event activities and do specimen updates. • Create, locate, and send packing lists; add specimen to packing lists. • Perform/verify Requisition Entry accurately for submitters ensuring financial clearance documentation and manually create follow up work tasks when needed. • Cancel outpatient orders, initiate refunds, and complete documentation on Follow Up Worklists. • Maintain the integrity of the specimen in relation to the test to be performed. • Perform other related duties as assigned by the Manager/Supervisor. B - Equipment & Supply Management (30%) • Operate, clean, and maintain laboratory stations, equipment and instruments following established protocols, report failures, troubleshoot, resolve instrument malfunctions to assure real time availability of equipment and document all associated instrument function checks as required. • Perform periodic reagent inventory for his/her station to always ensure availability and check and alert for expired or nearly expired reagents, verify reagents for acceptability.

Requirements

Basic knowledge and understanding of human anatomy and physiology, the overall organization, and operations of the laboratory as well as in depth knowledge of the specimen collection tools, techniques and related quality control measures.
Basic knowledge in communicable diseases and infection control procedures according to hospital and department safety regulations and policies.
Basic knowledge in medical terminology and laboratory tests with ability to interpret physicians' orders.
Minimum Education: BACC II-degree
Minimum Experience: 0-2 years’ experience in basic laboratory operations, nursing or related science, preferably in the blood collection specialty.
Minimum Languages: Arabic and English (IET score >/= 450).
Computer Skills: Basic knowledge of Microsoft Office applications and ability to interact with laboratory information system

Nice To Haves

Preferred Certification: Phlebotomy certification.
Preferred Languages: French is an asset.

Responsibilities

Greet, receive, and create a positive experience for every patient/family
Perform complete donor evaluation
Perform simple to moderately complex blood collection techniques
Receive various types of specimens
Document redraws, refer draws, flag hard draws, re-print specimen labels, document event activities and do specimen updates.
Create, locate, and send packing lists; add specimen to packing lists.
Perform/verify Requisition Entry accurately for submitters ensuring financial clearance documentation and manually create follow up work tasks when needed.
Cancel outpatient orders, initiate refunds, and complete documentation on Follow Up Worklists.
Maintain the integrity of the specimen in relation to the test to be performed.
Perform other related duties as assigned by the Manager/Supervisor.
Operate, clean, and maintain laboratory stations, equipment and instruments following established protocols, report failures, troubleshoot, resolve instrument malfunctions to assure real time availability of equipment and document all associated instrument function checks as required.
Perform periodic reagent inventory for his/her station to always ensure availability and check and alert for expired or nearly expired reagents, verify reagents for acceptability.