Health Technician- Phlebotomy

Job Title

Health Technician- Phlebotomy

Duties

Major duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

• Identifies patients utilizing the full name and social security number before collecting, processing and/or hospital computer entry of requests.
• Compare orders from multiple physicians and request the medical technologist to combine the orders.
• Identifies, labels and collection blood bank specimens for STAT and routine testing while next to the patient bedside or chair side.
• Must be 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.
• Ensures the contamination rate of blood cultures remains within guidelines with blood culture contamination.
• Draws the blood tests ordered by providers for inpatients, outpatients, CBOC patients and for requested drug screens.
• Performs CUA-waived Fecal Occult Blood and other rapid testing on patients while recording, reagent lot numbers, quality control, and reports and verify test results.
• Maintains accurate rejection records.
• Prints incomplete VISTA reports and resolve discrepancies.
• Duties include collecting the specimen, receiving, labelling, and loading specimens, loading reagents on the instrument, recording reagent lot numbers, performing and recording daily and weekly maintenance, quality controls, and performing patient testing.
• Troubleshoots error messages and notifies Team Leader or Technologist when maintenance or quality controls do not perform as expected.
• 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.
• Coordinates with Human Resources (HR) and Employee Occupational Health (EOH) to schedule pre-employment and random drug screens collections.
• Performs drug screens by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) split specimen collection method and follows all regulatory and legal requirements in maintaining the chain of custody of each specimen.
• Other duties as assigned.

Work Schedule: 0800-1630.

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Position Description/PD#: Health Technician- Phlebotomy/ PD028810

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized

Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized