Phlebotomy Technician - Nursing Home, Laboratory, Blount

• Initiates pre-testing protocols.
• Performs clerical office duties.

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Performs those duties, under policies and procedures approved by the Laboratory Director and/or designees, and laboratory management that are exempt from State of Tennessee laboratory personnel licensing laws. These duties may include performing phlebotomy and specimen collection, the initiation of pre-testing protocols, the performance of waived testing, clerical office duties, housekeeping, inventory management, phone duty, and courier duties as assigned.

• All team members are expected to be knowledgeable and compliant with Prisma Health's purpose:
  Inspire health. Serve with compassion. Be the difference.
• Performs phlebotomy and specimen collection.
• Coordinates assigned duties to achieve maximum productivity.
• Maintains a work pace that is fast and accurate.
• Follows all patient identification procedures.
• Demonstrates the flexibility to adjust workflow in response to stat orders, emergencies, and other fluctuations in workload.
• Assists in the division of workload to achieve maximum productivity.
• Has complete understanding of procedures and policies pertaining to assigned work.
• Performs duties in an independent manner with limited supervision.
• Endeavors to continually improve job skills.
• Completes duties and uses time between jobs to departments advantage, assisting others, clerical, supply inventory, etc.
• Consistently combines judgment skills to assess situations, considers alternatives and chooses appropriate course of action.
• Determine the timing and correlation of laboratory orders.
• Works with nursing or other ordering providers in determine the timing and correlation of laboratory orders.
• Accurately transcribes laboratory orders and/or accession laboratory specimens.
• Initiates pre-testing protocols.
• Performs waived testing.
• Uses all instruments / equipment in manner consistent with its intended function.
• Has sufficient knowledge of instruments / equipment to perform routine maintenance and address error codes.
• Performs all calibration functions.
• Performs all quality control functions.
• Performs clerical office duties.
• Performs courier duties and maintains a safe driving record.
• Performs inventory management.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• This is a non-management job that will report to a supervisor, manager, director or executive.

• Education - High School diploma or equivalent or post-high school diploma
• Experience - One (1) phlebotomy experience. Must successfully complete on the job orientation for assigned duties.

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• American Society of Clinical Pathologists (ASCP), OR
• American Society of Phlebotomy Technicians (ASPT), OR
• National Health career Association (NHA), OR
• American Medical Technologists (AMT)

• Thorough technical knowledge of phlebotomy / Highly developed phlebotomy skills.
• Computer skills to operate multiple operational systems with proficient typing skills.
• Customer service skills
• Mathematical skills
• Communication skills
• Ability to understand instructions, reason, and make judgments.
• Ability to adjust workflow in response to stat orders, emergencies, and other fluctuations in workload.

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Blount Memorial Hospital

8001 Blount Memorial Hospital, Inc.

Laboratory-General