Phlebotomist: Precision Blood Draw & Specimen Collection

Lake Charles Memorial Hospital; Lake Charles (LA); In loco; USD 22.000 - 30.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Lake Charles Memorial Hospital is seeking a General Lab Phlebotomist to collect clinical samples for testing in the laboratory. The role involves blood collection by skin puncture and venipuncture, urine collection, and other specialty collections as needed.

The position requires a high school diploma and preferred experience in a similar role, with strong communication skills for interacting with patients, families, peers and clinical staff.

Competenze

• High school graduate or equivalent.
• 2 years of experience in a like or similar position is preferred.
• Familiarity with medical terminology preferred.
• Ability to communicate well with patients, family, peers and medical personnel.
• Able to read and understand graphs and performance improvement data sheets.

Mansioni

• Use and maintain Mobile devices and Spectralink phones according to policy.
• Meets blood culture contamination rate of < 1.0%, if applicable campus/area. Utilize blood diversion devices.
• Meets rejected specimen rate of < 2%, if applicable campus/area.
• Utilizes proper hand washing.
• Assists clerks with receiving specimens, answering the phone and other duties when available.
• Meets established turnaround times for STAT, In AM, Timed, and routine orders.
• Utilizes laboratory computer system, collection lists, kiosk system, and pending logs.
• Ensure proper collection for specimen integrity.
• Recognizes anatomic regions and components of the circulatory system.
• Keeps blood drawing trays and equipment clean and well organized.
• Performs specialized collection procedures i.e. crossmatch blood cultures, glucose tolerance, urine drug screen collection, PKU/T4, therapeutic phlebotomy.
• Performs blood collection procedures using skin (capillary) puncture and venipuncture.

Conoscenze

Blood collection procedures

Patient communication

Reading data sheets

Formazione

High school diploma or equivalent

Descrizione del lavoro

Lake Charles Memorial Hospital is seeking a General Lab Phlebotomist to collect clinical samples for testing in the laboratory. The role involves blood collection by skin puncture and venipuncture, urine collection, and other specialty collections as needed.

The position requires a high school diploma and preferred experience in a similar role, with strong communication skills for interacting with patients, families, peers and clinical staff.