Phlebotomist
Phlebotomist needed for temporary, part-time and full-time positions in physicians’ offices
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Responsibilities:
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Serves patients by identifying the best method for retrieving blood samples and other specimens, preparing specimens for laboratory testing, and performing screening procedures.
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Verifies test requisitions by comparing information with patient file.
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Verifies patient identification and explains sampling procedures to patients.
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Obtains blood specimens by performing venipunctures and finger sticks.
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Maintains specimen integrity by using aseptic technique, following department procedures, and observing isolation procedures.
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Tracks collected specimens by initialing, dating, and noting times of collection and maintaining daily tallies of collections performed.
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Monitors glucose levels by performing bedside glucose tests, recording results, and reporting results to unit nurse-manager.
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Performs bleeding-times tests by entering results to the computer and notifying pathologist of results falling outside normal ranges.
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Maintains quality results by following department procedures and testing schedule, recording results in the quality-control log, and identifying and reporting needed changes.
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Maintains safe, secure, and healthy work environment by following standards and procedures and complying with legal regulations.
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Resolves unusual test orders by contacting the physician, pathologist, or reference laboratory, referring unresolved orders back to the originator for further clarification, and notifying supervisor of unresolved orders.
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Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities, reading professional publications, and participating in professional organizations.
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Serves and protects the healthcare facility community by adhering to professional standards, institutional policies and procedures, federal, state, and local requirements, and Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO).
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Reassures patients who are nervous about sampling procedures and applies dressings to wounds created by blood draws.
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Updates patient records.