Phlebotomist

Lexington Health is a comprehensive network of care that includes six community medical and urgent care centers, nearly 80 physician practices, more than 9,000 health care professionals and Lexington Medical Center, a 607-bed teaching hospital in West Columbia, South Carolina. It was selected by Modern Healthcare as one of the Best Places to Work in Healthcare and was first in the state to achieve Magnet with Distinction status for excellence in nursing care.

Consistently ranked as best in the Columbia Metro area by U.S. News & World Report, Lexington Health delivers more than 4,000 babies each year, performs more than 34,000 surgeries annually and is the region's third largest employer.

Lexington Health also includes an accredited Cancer Center of Excellence, the state’s first Heart

CARE Center, the largest skilled nursing facility in the Carolinas, and an Alzheimer’s care center. Its postgraduate medical education programs include family medicine and transitional year residencies, as well as an informatics fellowship.

To perform venipuncture/capillary puncture for blood specimen collection on all neonate, pediatric, adolescent, adult and geriatric patients while presenting an appearance and degree of skill which fosters user confidence in our entire lab. To perform point of care testing and collect non-blood specimens as instructed. To assist the Lead Phlebotomist with the technical and administrative management of specimen procurement and processing services.

Minimum Education: High School Diploma or Equivalent
Minimum Years of

Experience:

1 Year of Experience
Substitutable Education & Experience (Optional): 1 Year of Experience may be substituted for one of the following:
Completion of a formal training program in Phlebotomy, Medical Assistant, or other applicable area;
Completion of Lexington Medical Center Phlebotomy Apprenticeship
Required Certifications/Licensure: None
Required Training: None

• Knowledge and Expertise:
  • Maintains a high level of skill in the performance of venipuncture/capillary puncture for blood specimen collection for laboratory analyses. Responsible for collection of blood specimens on difficult patients. Takes responsibility for recollecting patients that Level I and/or II techs are unable to procure in a positive and professional manner. Meets or exceeds all section productivity and specimen quality standards.
  • Demonstrates ability to perform procurement according to appropriate protocols and procedures for population groups from newborn to geriatric (over 65 years).
  • Performs waived, and moderate complexity point of care testing. Documents instrument and reagent QC, and performs preventative maintenance as required.
  • Maintains knowledge and expertise in the collection of NP Washings/swabs, throat cultures, and other special specimen collections as trained and certified by supervisory authority.
  • Maintains current knowledge of and follows policies and procedures as pertains to the laboratory and the Laboratory Information System. Maintains knowledge of the manual backup system.
  • Appropriately handles patient reception, test accessioning, telephone communications, and distribution of reports; works callback queue to ensure delivery of completed results to the ordering physician.
  • Assists in the development of procurement training curriculum, CE’s and QA projects.
  • Responsible for training and orientation of new employees.
  • Handles patient reception, test accessioning, telephone communications, distribution of reports, and callback procedures.
  • Stays abreast of all policy and procedural changes, reads and signs off in a timely fashion. Encourages others to do so.
  • Attends continuing education programs and seminars as scheduling and budgeting permits in order to remain technically current.
  • Performs testing on proficiency testing samples and maintains records that demonstrates that proficiency testing samples are tested in the same manner as patient specimens.
• Productivity:
  • Performs specimen collection as necessary to maintain optimal section workflow.
  • Seeks out and performs additional assignments during decreased workflow.
  • Assigns tasks as…