Responsible for performing all forms of phlebotomy procedures including registration on any age level, processing specimens to ensure stability, performing order entry procedures to ensure accuracy of patient/testing information, and providing all laboratory results to providers.
Responsibilities
- Obtain blood samples by performing venipunctures, finger sticks, and heel sticks on any age level. Use aseptic techniques and follow established procedures.
- Enter all patient information into the correct hospital system, verifying patient demographics, updating and verifying all patient insurance, and administering ABN’s as needed.
- Organize and distribute workload in phlebotomy, including routine, time-specific, or stat orders, to ensure timely results to providers.
- Order tests in the computer and, if needed, contact the physician for questions relating to test requests.
- File/Scan scripts and insurance information, and prepare reports for delivery to the doctor’s office if needed.
- Prepare samples for courier pickup and/or deliver samples to the appropriate department to ensure specimen integrity.
- Maintain a proper inventory of supplies needed to provide continuous service, minimizing downtime.
- Clean and maintain phlebotomy work areas, carts, etc., utilizing established procedures.
- Assist with the training of new employees.
- Perform phlebotomy responsibilities at assigned location(s) determined by the manager to meet the needs of the department.
- Perform all other related duties as assigned.
Job Qualifications and Specifications
A high school diploma and a minimum of six months job-related experience or equivalent is required. All employees hired during or after 2012 must have Phlebotomy certification.
EEOC Statement: Care New England is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status.
Ethics Statement: Employee conducts himself/herself consistent with the ethical standards of the organization including, but not limited to hospital policy, mission, vision, and values.
Americans with Disability Act Statement: External and internal applicants, as well as position incumbents who become disabled, must be able to perform the essential job-specific functions either unaided or with the assistance of a reasonable accommodation, to be determined by the organization on a case-by-case basis.
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