Health Technician

Job Title

Health Technician

Duties

Major duties and responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

• Perform venipuncture specimen collections from inpatient, outpatients, and ambulatory inpatients
• Collects and processes specimens obtained for analyses
• Performs venipuncture specimen collections from inpatient, outpatient, and ambulatory inpatient with a minimal number of failures, patient bruising, or required resticks
• Uses standard aseptic procedures and safeguards
• Checks patients into the phlebotomy area taking care to follow protocol
• Checks orders by looking into the computer 30 days before and after the date of arrival and ensures that only authorized medical personnel have requested tests
• Generates labels to match the test requisition slips, the electronic request, and the patient's identification
• Explains procedures to patients
• Monitors and maintains all centrifuges and serofuges in the service
• Receives and stores laboratory reagents and supplies

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday (8:00am - 4:30pm) with rotating weekends

This is not a virtual position.

Position Description/PD#: Health Technician/ PD21269A

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized

Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized