Phlebotomist PD

Perform a wide variety of patient reception, clerical and computer services and specimen collection procedures including venipuncture on infants, children, adolescents, adults and geriatric patients. Perform a variety of other preparatory functions to assist the professional laboratory staff. As an employee without clinical privileges the scope of practice may involve the oral administration of various reagents as part of the process in disease diagnosis.

Brown University Health employees are expected to successfully role model the organization's values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence as these values guide our everyday actions with patients, customers and one another.

• Demonstrates understanding of Hospital’s Mission, Vision and Values.
• Demonstrates understanding of job description, performance expectations, and competency assessment plan.
• Demonstrates a commitment toward meeting and exceeding the needs of our customers and consistently adheres to our Customer Service Standards.
• Complies with department and hospital policies and procedures:
  Reviews policies and procedures Reviews Employee Handbook. Completes mandatory education.
• Hospital-wide Department-specific Job-specific. Participates in departmental and/or interdepartmental quality improvement activities.

• Verifies patient identification.
• Applies tourniquet for venipuncture.
• Age specific - assesses mode and site of blood collection, venipuncture or capillary based on ages and condition of patients.
• Performs collection.
• Selects appropriate vein or capillary site and prepares site using approved cleansing technique.
• Administers post-venipuncture care and discharges patient.
• Labels tubes with complete information.
• Instructs patient appropriately regarding clean-catch urine specimens.
• Implements “Specimen Received” procedure in LIS and routes specimen to laboratory for testing.
• Informs technologists of STAT requests.
• Communicates unusual patient condition or specimen suitability or other related concerns with the technical staff of laboratory.
• Collects specimens from off-site locations as requested.
• Assists in training nursing aides, laboratory personnel and students in blood collection techniques.

• Receives and accessions specimens for processing noting the demographic information on the requisition slip and specimen label.
• Prepares specimens for transport to outside laboratories.
• Logs blood units into information system.
• Unloads blood cultures.
• Performs preparatory work for Technicians and Technologists
• Performs staining procedures.
• Performs quality control and maintenance procedures; notifies supervisor of any issues with equipment or unacceptable quality control results.

• Receives physicians’ orders, verbally or in writing, for laboratory tests and appointments.
• Enters orders and diagnostic codes in computer system.
• Greets patients and provides specific instructions for specimen collection as required. Processes ABNs.
• Checks and prints Collection Batch orders. Prints and distributes required hard copy reports to physicians and nursing areas. Phones or faxes patient results to physicians as requested.
• Reports unsafe or other occurrences, questionable conditions or situations immediately to the manager. Adheres to Blood and Body Fluid Borne Pathogen Procedures involving the use of gloves, masks if indicated, disposal of blood collection devices, slides and specimens.
• Keeps all work areas clean and performs regularly scheduled cleaning duties.
• Stocks and maintains a clean phlebotomy collection tray.
• Takes temperatures and records receipt of supplies.
• Responds to and assists in tracking and resolving laboratory related concerns.
• Performs other…