Lab - Phlebotomist

Job Details:
Level: Experienced,

Job Location:

Central - Waco, TX 76707, Position Type:
Full Time, Education Level: High School,

Job Shift: Day, Job Category:
Health Care,

REPORTS TO:

Director of Laboratory Services

• Understand and Adhere to WFM Laboratory policies and procedures Manual
• Perform venipuncture/skin puncture to collect blood
• Perform testing on patient samples such as urine and stool.
• Identify patients correctly using multiple identification factors.
• Use the appropriate lab generated labels and place them correctly on each blood collection tube or container.
• Review collection requirements for each test ordered.
• Process each specimen for analysis
• Perform waived testing with its necessary Quality Control and verify results before approval in the Lab Information System (LIS).
• Perform scanning duties
• Comply withall regulationsregardingpatient information confidentiality
• Conform to OSHA guidelines concerning safety and use of personal protective equipment.
• Clean workstation daily

• Maintain appropriate levelsof laboratory supplies
• Order supplies through appropriate vendors using paper supply form or online website.
• Answer phones, and forward messages
• Teach laboratory procedures to students on clinical rotations
• Assist department head to orient new employees to WFM-specific lab procedures
• Assistin covering clinics that are not your primary site.
• Perform other duties as assigned by supervisor

• Visual and auditory accuracy
• Shift length - 8 hours
• Indoor setting
• Continuous use of computer and calculator
• Continuous standing and walking
• Frequent use of telephone
• Frequent data entry
• Continuous repetitive grasping and manipulation of both hands
• Continuous conversational communication
• Occasional reaching, walking, squatting, bending, kneeling,twisting and climbing
• Occasionally carrying, lifting,pushingandpulling ofup to40lbs.
• Occasionally pushing/pulling patients in wheelchairs weighing up to 200 lbs.
• Occasionally working in confined, noisy, dusty areas
• Frequent use of personal car
• Understand/carry outsimple/detailed, oral/written instructions
• Memorize andretaininstructions
• Read and interpret detailed specifications

• High School Diploma/GED Equivalent.
• Preferpreviousphlebotomy experience and/or successful completion from an approved phlebotomy training program.

• Excellent communication and computer literacy skills. Bilingual in English and Spanish strongly preferred. Ability to multitask and pay close attention to details.