Health Technician- Phlebotomy

Job Title

Health Technician- Phlebotomy

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Duties Include, but not limited to:

• Performs duties in the receiving, accessioning and specimen processing area including collecting chain of custody drug screens, reference laboratory specimen processing, clerical functions, patient testing, and phlebotomy.
• Properly identify patients utilizing the full name and social security number before collecting, processing and /or hospital computer entry of requests.
• Compares orders from multiple physicians and request the medical technologist to combine the orders.
• Properly identifies, labels and collection blood bank specimens for STAT and routine testing while next to the patient bedside or chair side.
• Proficient in phlebotomizing patient in varying debilitation (i.e., paralysis, stroke, mentally unstable, spinal cord injuries in fetal position and contractures).
• Performs phlebotomy using specialized techniques for cleansing the blood collection site to prevent bacterial contamination that's critical to patient care, to ensure the contamination rate of blood cultures remains within guidelines with blood culture contamination.
• Responsible for receiving and preparing requests for testing and specimens into the clinical laboratory and evaluates the acceptability of each specimen, documents discrepancies, and resolves potential problems.
• Screens telephone calls and routes inquiries to appropriate personnel.
• Ensures proper processing and accession of specimens; especially those requiring special handling, and clearly communicates requirements to the laboratory staff

Work Schedule: Full Time; 8:00am-4:30pm

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Position Description/PD#: Health Technician- Phlebotomy/ PD50093A and PD02881A

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

US Department of Veterans Affairs