Clerk-Lab Assistant - Days

Davita Inc.; Norman (OK); On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization seeks a Phlebotomist to join their laboratory team. This role involves performing patient admissions, blood collection, and ensuring compliance with testing requirements. Successful candidates will be compassionate, efficient, and hold relevant certifications. Offering a supportive environment and competitive benefits, this position serves a vital role in patient care.

Benefits

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Paid time off (PTO)

Tuition reimbursement

Opportunities for advancement

Qualifications

• Requires some knowledge of medical terminology.
• Requires three months customer service experience.
• Phlebotomy experience includes 3 months or clinical certificate.

Responsibilities

• Performs admission interview process and lab test orders.
• Ensures insurance requirements are met and performs blood draws.
• Acts as a resource for laboratory information.

Skills

Customer service

Compassionate care

Knowledge of medical terminology

Education

High school education or equivalent GED

Job description

Departmental Overview

We are looking for driven people to come be a part of our growing, team-oriented, community-focused Laboratory. We are a high-paced, high-volume lab and have state-of-the-art equipment to get the job done, opportunities for advancement, and also the chance to grow as a current or future leader. NRHS offers competitive pay for our staff, superb benefits, and additional educational opportunities. We hope you will consider joining our team of healers!

Job Summary

• Performs admission interview process, perform registrations and order lab tests.
• Ensures all Medicare, insurance and managed care requirement are met.
• Performs venipuncture and capillary punctures for blood tests and knows all safety requirements.
• Performs any additional test procedures such as EKG and therapeutic INRs.
• Performs specimen collections for urine, nasal and throat swabs.
• Demonstrates knowledge of specimen requirements and limitation of testing procedures.
• Acts as a resource for laboratory information.
• Processes specimens for testing, storage and site batches if applicable.

Qualifications

Education

• High school education or equivalent GED.
• Requires some knowledge of medical terminology.
• Skill in use of computers including word processing.

Experience

• Requires three months customer service experience.
• Requires experience as a phlebotomist.
• Experience as a phlebotomist may be substituted for Customer Service experience.
• Phlebotomy experience is 3 months phlebotomy experience, or a Clinical Phlebotomy certificate, or 6 months experience in a medical field providing patient care which includes drawing blood.
• The Phlebotomy Certificate must include a minimum of 32 hours of a clinical rotation.

(Above requirements can be met by equivalent combination of education and experience)

Licensure/Certification

• Basic Life Support (BLS) training or re-training is required during orientation prior to providing patient care.
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) is required to be maintained thru re-training for duration of employment.
• Outreach employees must have a Valid Oklahoma State Driver's license with less than 3 points on his/her record if being hired into department # 40110.
• MVR must meet NRHS MVR policy criteria or Defensive Driving must be taken.

Other Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• Prefer 1 year of experience in a medical setting.

Compensation/Benefits

• $15.46-$25.24/hr depending on previous work experience.
• Benefits include medical, dental, vision, short-term disability, long-term disability, life insurance, paid time off (PTO), paid holidays, tuition reimbursement, scholarship opportunities, retirement plans, free parking, and opportunities for advancement.

Work Shift

Day
Position Type

Regular Full Time