Phlebotomist PRN

Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Franklin (TN); On-site; USD 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Tennessee is seeking a Phlebotomist to validate patient orders and specimen information in the Laboratory information system with regular guidance, and to process and collect specimens.

You will respond to inquiries for laboratory information, deliver and receive specimens to the laboratory area, and relay test results to patient care providers, contributing to high-quality care.

Qualifications

• Validates patient orders and specimen information in Laboratory computer system with regular guidance.
• Processes and collects patient specimens.
• Responds to inquiries for laboratory information.

Responsibilities

• Provides patient care.
• Delivery and receipt of specimens to laboratory area.
• Orders and processes patient specimens.
• Relays patient test results to patient care givers and other healthcare providers.
• The responsibilities listed are a general overview of the position and additional duties may be assigned.

Skills

Phlebotomy

Quality Assurance

Specimen Collection

Customer Service

Job description

Discover Vanderbilt Health : With eight hospitals and over 180 clinics, we are the region's largest comprehensive academic health system. Vanderbilt Health has a long tradition of providing world‑class care to the people of the Mid-South, living out our mission of moving medicine forward through preeminent programs in patient care, education and research. Here you'll find a spirit of collaboration and a supportive community where your expertise is valued, your knowledge expanded and your uniqueness celebrated. We are committed to fostering an environment where talented, compassionate people are united in bringing the most advanced care to our neighbors throughout the region.

Organization

Phlebotomy - VPLS

Job Summary

Validates patient orders and specimen information in Laboratory computer system with regular guidance. Processes and collects patient specimens. Responds to inquiries for laboratory information.

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Key Responsibilities

• Provides patient care.
• Delivery and receipt of specimens to laboratory area.
• Orders and processes patient specimens.
• Relays patient test results to patient care givers and other healthcare providers.
• The responsibilities listed are a general overview of the position and additional duties may be assigned.

Technical Capabilities

• Quality Assurance (Fundamental Awareness): Understands the goal of increasing organizational productivity and individual performance by making the products and services within your work assignments more efficient and more effective. Demonstrates quality management practices on the job which result in superior products and services delivered.
• Specimen Collection (Fundamental Awareness): Has limited experience, training, direct exposure, or past experience working with specimen collection.
• Phlebotomy (Fundamental Awareness): Has limited experience, training, direct exposure, or past experience working with phlebotomy.
• Customer Service (Novice): Demonstrates the ability to influence customers. Knows how to verify and clarify the needs and expectations of customers. Responds quickly and efficiently to customer service requests. Participates in and conducts meetings with customers. Keeps customers informed of status via standard reporting techniques. Meets the continuing service needs of a customer group, including requests for changes in work content. Responds to customers with an appropriate level of urgency, energy, persistence and tenacity.

Allied health is among the fastest growing occupations in healthcare today. This area can be defined as credentialed professionals who perform supportive, diagnostic, and therapeutic health care services to promote health and prevent disease in a variety of settings.

These areas are crucial to Vanderbilt Health's reputation for excellence in these areas that has made us a major center for patient referrals from throughout the Mid-South.

Each year, people throughout Tennessee and the southeast choose Vanderbilt Health for their health care because of our leadership in medical science and our dedication to treating patients with dignity and compassion.

Core Accountabilities

• Organizational Impact: Performs tasks that are typically routine that may impact team's performance with occasional guidance.
• Problem Solving/ Complexity of work: Utilizes some discretion and research to solve routine problems.
• Breadth of Knowledge: Applies knowledge of standards, established processes and procedure that apply to your own job.
• Team Interaction: Provides guidance to entry level co-workers.

Core Capabilities

• Supporting Colleagues : Develops Self and Others: Continuously improves own skills by identifying development opportunities.
• Builds and Maintains Relationships: Seeks to understand colleagues' priorities, working styles and develops relationships across areas.
• Communicates Effectively: Openly shares information with others and communicates in a clear and courteous manner.
• Delivering Excellent Services:
• Serves Others with Compassion: Invests time to understand the problems, needs of others and how to provide excellent service.
• Solves Complex Problems: Seeks to understand issues, solves routine problems, and raises proper concerns in a timely manner.
• Offers Meaningful Advice and Support: Listens carefully to understand the issues and provides accurate information and support.
• Ensuring High Quality:
• Performs Excellent Work: Checks work quality before delivery and asks relevant questions to meet quality standards.
• Fulfills Safety and Regulatory Requirements: Demonstrates basic knowledge of conditions that affect safety and reports unsafe conditions to the appropriate person or department.
• Managing Resources Effectively :
• Demonstrates Accountability: Takes responsibility for completing assigned activities and thinks beyond standard approaches to provide high-quality work/service.
• Stewards Organizational Resources: Displays understanding of how personal actions will impact departmental re