Lab Assistant (Part-Time)

Phlebotomy Technician

Collects blood specimens from patients vital for the diagnosis and treatment of disease as appropriate for patient to include neonatal, infant, child, adolescent, adult and geriatric adult. Runs CLIA waived samples.

Required Qualifications / Minimum Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:

• High school diploma or G.E.D.
• Completion and maintenance of BLS/CPR.
• Mandatory reporter training for Dependant Adult and Child Abuse.
• Ability to communicate well verbally. Must work effectively as a team member.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Completion of a certified phlebotomy course, on-the-job phlebotomy training program, or 1 year previous phlebotomy experience.

Essential Functions:

• Understand and abide by the Boone County Hospital Standards of Behavior, confidentiality statement, EMTALA guidelines and general hospital policies, procedures and related practices. Follows all policies to include the Attendance & Staffing/Scheduling Policies, Appearance Policy, and Use of Personal Cell Phones and Other Wireless Technology
• Follows established departmental policies, procedures and standard work.
• Works independently, organizing work to meet established deadlines.
• Follows safe work practices.
• Complies with the requirements of laboratory regulatory and accrediting agencies.
• Receives and processes physician requests for testing.
• Properly identifies patients and appropriately labels specimens per departmental and hospital standard operating procedures. Appropriately performs venipunctures using the vacutainer system, syringe method, butterflies and capillary collections from heels or fingers for testing.
• Educated in appropriate vein selection prior to performing venipuncture to minimize patient discomfort and ensure patient safety.
• Uses excellent customer service skills by greeting patient, identifying self and explaining procedure to patients (AIDET). Listens to and acknowledges patient concerns (HEART) prior to performing venipuncture.
• Processes and distributes specimens to the proper laboratory area as soon as possible to maintain specimen quality.
• Operates laboratory information system; performs computer data entry and other clerical tasks as required.
• Process specimens for reference laboratory send outs. Performs CLIA waived tests and result them into the LIS.
• Verifies reference laboratory testing results in the laboratory information system.
• Collect urine drug screen specimens in accordance with federal laws.
• Electronic/manual charting of laboratory results to nursing floors and physician locations.
• Maintains a clean and appropriately stocked phlebotomy tray and work area.
• Assists in training new employees at the direction of the clinical laboratory director.
• Documents and reports variances to laboratory director. Refers questions requiring additional knowledge to laboratory director.
• Performs additional tasks, special functions and/or special projects as assigned.
• Complete all annual Mandatory education and training.

Physical Activity Requirements:

(Constant = 67-100% of workday, Frequent = 34-66% of workday, Occasional = 33% or less of workday)

Constant

• Stooping: While drawing blood specimens from patients.
• Grasping: While handling equipment and specimens.
• Talking: While communicating with co-workers, patients and/or staff to instruct or relay information.
• Hearing: To receive information.
• Lifting: Up to 10 pounds (i.e. phlebotomy tray).
• Repetitive motion: While collecting blood specimens.
• Feeling: Perceiving the nature of the veins by touching the skin with the fingertips.

Frequent

• Reaching: To obtain specimens, trays and supplies.
• Fingering/Handling: To pick up trays, tubes and sharps.
• Climbing: While storing and retrieving supplies and ascending/descending stairs.

Occasional

• Lifting: Up to 50 pounds while handling supplies.

Visual Activity Requirements:

• Works with computer terminals.
• Work requires the accurate use of sharps and other equipment to perform phlebotomy procedures.
• Read labels and work lists, reads instructions and records data.
• Needs to be able to distinguish between colors.

Working Conditions:

• The employee is subject to chemical hazards.
• Employees in this job classification have been identified as having the likelihood of occupational exposure to blood or other potentially infectious materials, therefore, are included in the OSHA Exposure Control Plan with its specification for preventing contact with the above materials.
• The employee is exposed to sharps.
• The employee is subject to indoor environmental conditions.

Equipment/Tools:

• Computers, printers, fax, copier, telephones and phlebotomy equipment.

Behavioral Requirements:

• Refer to the Boone County Hospital Standards of Behavior.

Reporting Relationship:

• Clinical Laboratory Director, Laboratory Medical Director, Administrator, COO

The above is intended to describe the general content of and requirements for this job. It is not intended to be a complete statement of duties, responsibilities or requirements.

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