Laboratory/Phlebotomist

Job Title

8 weeks Must be available to work nights, days, or evenings - combination of all is expected. You will receive your schedule 2 weeks prior to start of that week. Beds: 109 Call Required: Y Float Required: Y Weekend Coverage: Y - EOW Locals Accepted: Y - must be 50 or at a lower rate Years of Experience Required: 1 year Unit Accepts 1st time Traveler: Y Patient Diagnoses: Inpatient and Outpatient Special Procedures/Unit Details: Ratios dependent on inpatient/outpatient census, and on shifts. Skills: Hospital, Outpatient Lab, CLSI recommended Order of blood draws, Gray top (Fluoride, Potassium Oxalate), Green Top (Heparin, Ammonia), Instruct patient on proper collection and preservation for laboratory specimen, Light blue top tubes (coagulation), Patient positioning, Post venipuncture site care, Prioritize patient collections based on order request (stat, timed, routine), Process specimens for laboratory (centrifuge, aliquot, storage), Purple top (EDTA), Understand Mode of action of additives/anticoagulants in blood collection tubes, Blood culture bottles, Centrifuge, Heel warmers, Infant restraints, Laboratory requisitions, Vacutainer holder, Vacutainer tubes, Syringe method, Vacutainer method, Deliver specimens to laboratory (time), Chilled specimen, Microbiological specimens, Protection of specimen from light source, Warmed specimen, Finger stick, Heel stick, Neonatal screening panel, Blood culture, Oral glucose Tolerance Test, Aseptic Technique, Blood specimen storage, Data entry, Hazardous materials and MSDS, Identify and respond to emergency situations, Medical records review, Patient and donor care, Proper disposal, Proper labeling, Quality assurance and controls, Radiation Safety, Standard precautions, Transmission based precautions EPIC Scrubs: Not provided, no specific colors