Phlebotomist II

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Full Time Farmville, NC, US

2 days ago Requisition

F LSA status:
Non-Exempt

Physicians East, P.A.is a team of skilled healthcare professionals united to meet the challenge of delivering quality, cost-efficient, comprehensive healthcare to the people of Eastern North Carolina.

FT/PT/Temp/PRN role based at our Greenville (other) location, Monday-Friday, 7 a.m. – 6 p.m.

Overtime may be required to ensure patients are taken care, tasks are completed, and calls are returned in a timely manner.

Weekend work is rare but can occasionally be necessary.

Supervision Received:
Reports to Laboratory Manager;
Director of Clinical and Ancillary Services.

Supervision Exercised:
None.

Typical Physical Demands:
Requires full range of body motion including manual and finger dexterity and eye-hand coordination. Frequent walking, sitting, bending, and standing required for extended periods of time. Lift and carry items weighing up to 25 pounds. Requires visual acuity and normal color perception .

Typical

Working Conditions:

Exposure to communicable diseases, toxic substances, ionizing radiation, medicinal preparations, and other conditions common to a clinic environment.

• Performs difficult blood drawing techniques under specialized circumstances.
• Skilled at performing venipuncture using multiple types of collection devices (ex-straight and butterfly needles).
• Recognizes adverse reactions in patients (such as changes in skin temperature or fainting) and
• Initiates appropriate response
• Trains lower-level employees and student externs in phlebotomy techniques
• Assists in monitoring expendable supplies; keeps drawing areas stocked
• May perform quality control procedures for equipment (such as glucose monitors, urine machines, cbc analyzers, and other point of care equipment)
• May be trained to rotate to other Physicians East locations
• Trained to perform drug screening
• Performs other related duties as assigned
• Enter patient information into the laboratory information system (LIS), enter tests ordered by the physician into the LIS accurately and efficiently. When entering patient information and ordering tests, the phlebotomist is required to verify patient information and insurance information match EMR chart and/or encounter form.
• Perform venipuncture and arterial punctures.
• Distribute 24-hour urine collection kits and stool collection kits with proper instructions and answer questions concerning this collection from patients.
• Follow workflow as follows:

Patient presents to lab with encounter ticket.

Phlebotomist locates diagnostic order in EMRLink and electronically transmits order to the LIS.

Phlebotomist enters LIS and orders lab tests on diagnostic order. When ordering tests patient and insurance information must be verified.

Barcodes will print for each test ordered. Phlebotomist will then call patient back to drawing station by the encounter ticket.

Phlebotomist should verify patient by having patient state their name and date of birth.

Venipuncture is then performed, and patient will collect urine or another specimen if necessary. Phlebotomist should verify patient a second time by having patient state their name and date of birth.

Phlebotomist signs all blood collection tubes with their initials and sends specimens to laboratory through pneumatic tube system.

Send or transport collected specimens to the laboratory within 30 minutes of collection. If transport is delayed, phlebotomist must ensure specimen has been sent for proper storage until transport is available.

Ensure all stats are received in the main laboratory as soon as…