Phlebotomist at Methodist Health System in Omaha, Nebraska

Job Description:

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  Purpose of Job
  • Collect and preserve blood samples and certain other body fluids for analysis.
  
  


• Job Requirements
  
  
  • Education
    
    
    • High school diploma, General Educational Development (GED) or equivalent required.
    
    
    • Participates in mandatory in-services and continuing education programs as mandated by policies and procedures, accrediting agencies and as directed by Service Leader or Service Executive.
    
    
    
    
  
  
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    Experience
    
    
    • 6 months of phlebotomy experience that qualifies for American Society of Clinical Pathology (ASCP) certification preferred.
    
    
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    • Completion of a structured, American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) approved phlebotomy training course or equivalent preferred such as Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), Registered Nurse (RN), or MA AND experience in the following areas.
    
    
    • Routine venipuncture experience preferred.
    
    
    • AND
    
    
    • Routine dermal puncture experience preferred.
    
    
    
    
  
  
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    License/Certifications
  
  
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    Skills/Knowledge/Abilities
    • Requires strong attention to detail.
      
      
    
    
  
  
  
  


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  Physical Requirements
  
  
  • Weight Demands
    • Medium Work - Exerting up to 50 pounds of force.
    
    
  
  
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    Physical Activity
    
    
    • Not neccessary for the position (0%):
      • Crawling
      
      
    
    
    • Occasionally Performed (1%-33%):
      
      
      • Climbing
      
      
      • Kneeling
      
      
      • Sitting
      
      
      
      
    
    
    • Frequently Performed (34%-66%):
      
      
      • Balancing
      
      
      • Crouching
      
      
      • Keyboarding/typing
      
      
      • Lifting
      
      
      • Pulling/Pushing
      
      
      
      
    
    
    • Constantly Performed (67%-100%):
      
      
      • Carrying
      
      
      • Distinguish colors
      
      
      • Fingering/Touching
      
      
      • Grasping
      
      
      • Hearing
      
      
      • Reaching
      
      
      • Repetitive Motions
      
      
      • Seeing/Visual
      
      
      • Speaking/talking
      
      
      • Standing
      
      
      • Stooping/bending
      
      
      • Twisting
      
      
      • Walking
        
        
      
      
      
      
    
    
    
    
  
  
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    Job Hazards

    
    
    
    
    • Not Related:
      
      
      • Explosives (pressurized gas)
      
      
      • Electrical Shock/Static
      
      
      • Radiation Alpha, Beta and Gamma (particles such as X-ray, Cat Scan, Gamma Knife, etc)
      
      
      • Radiation Non-Ionizing (Ultraviolet, visible light, infrared and microwaves that causes injuries to tissue or thermal or photochemical means)
      
      
      • Mechanical moving parts/vibrations
      
      
      
      
    
    
    • Rare (1-33%):
      • Equipment/Machinery/Tools
      
      
    
    
    • Frequent (67%-100%):
      
      
      • Chemical agents (Toxic, Corrosive, Flammable, Latex)
      
      
      • Biological agents (primary air born and blood born viruses) (Jobs with Patient contact) Blood or Body Fluid (BBF)
      
      
      • Physical hazards (noise, temperature, lighting, wet floors, outdoors, sharps) (more than ordinary office environment)
      
      
      
      
    
    
    • Note: Safety Officer can assist with identification of job hazards
      
      
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


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  Essential Job Functions
  
  
  • Essential Functions I
    
    
    
    
    • Performs duties of a Phlebotomist to assist in the daily workload by performing assigned tasks.
      
      
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        Assists in daily workload.
      
      
      • Compliant per PPE guidelines.
      
      
      • Performs basic dermal and venipuncture collection.
      
      
      • Maintains compliance with established processes: turn-around time expectations, collecting and handling specimens, proper documentation of sample collection.
      
      
      • Accommodates patient and laboratory needs by professionally responding to requests for flexibility in duties, schedules, and staffing.
        
        
      
      
      
      
    
    
    • Document orientation, training, and education to ensure employee competence, provide excellent services, and meet accreditation requirements by effective verbal or written communication.
      
      
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        Organizational and department competencies are completed 100% of the time.
      
      
      • Evidence that new procedures and procedure revisions are read and understood.
        
        
      
      
      
      
    
    
    • Communicates efficiently by answering telephones, taking messages, and forwarding information or calls to appropriate staff.
      
      
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        Identifies problems and initiate immediate follow-up as necessary with the Phlebotomy Service Leader or designee to ensure accurate, timely laboratory services by using critical thinking skills and decisive judgment.
      
      
      • Appropriate communication skill as directly observed by the Service Leader or designee.
      
      
      • Phone calls are acted upon promptly and handled in a professional manner per the customer service protocol as directly observed.
        
        
      
      
      
      
    
    
    • Participates in Continuing Education.
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        Required annual Continuing Education hours met.
        
        
      
      
    
    
    
    
  
  
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    Essential Functions II

    
    
    
    
    
    
    • Participates in mandatory in-services and/or CE programs as mandated by policies and procedures/external agencies and as directed by management.
    
    
    • Follows and understands the mission, vision, core values, Employee Standards of Behavior and company policies/procedures.
    
    
    • Other duties as assigned.
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        Management retains the discretion to add or to change duties at any time.