PRN-Phlebotomist

Kansas Health System; Great Bend (KS); On-site; USD 21,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

Kansas Health System is seeking a PRN-Phlebotomist to collect and prepare specimens through venipuncture, finger sticks and swabbing, in a patient-centered environment.

This role emphasizes safety, accuracy in labeling and data entry into LIS/HIS, while mentoring staff as needed; BLS certification preferred, and a high school diploma is required.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma required.
• 1+ year of specimen collection and processing preferred.
• BLS certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Performs blood draws by venipuncture according to standard protocol.
• Collects specimens and ensures proper labeling and transport.
• Provides patient care and safety when post-venipuncture reactions occur.
• Performs data entry in LIS/HIS and prints barcodes for specimens.
• Assists nursing staff as needed and maintains supplies inventory.

Skills

Phlebotomy

Patient care

Data entry

Education

High School Diploma

Tools

LIS

HIS

Job description

Position Title

PRN-Phlebotomist

Position Summary / Career Interest:

Collects and prepares specimens for analysis through various procedures including blood draw, finger sticks and swabbing.

Responsibilities and Essential Job Functions

• Performs blood draws by venipuncture according to standard protocol, ensuring patient safety and quality specimen collection.
• Performs specimen collection using appropriate techniques and adhering to requirements. Provides patients and/or care providers with instructions and necessary materials for specimen collection
• Provides immediate patient care if patient exhibits sign of a post-venipuncture reaction, typically vaso-vagal.
• Pro-actively assesses patient presentation and escorts patient to draw room with recliner if patient is an adolescent or young adult or states that they typically have a reaction to having their blood drawn.
• Performs data entry in applicable information systems in compliance with departmental and organizational policies
• Demonstrates knowledge of specimen collection techniques and requirements.
• Ensures proper container type, centrifugation, and transport conditions for specimens. Able to determine appropriateness of specimens for add-on testing.
• Releases orders on ambulatory health system patients with orders in HIS
• Receives samples in LIS, prints bar code labels and affixes labels to specimens. Enters outside orders in LIS when copy of outside order is scanned into HIS.
• Provides assistance to nursing staff when requested.
• Performs specimen processing duties such as aliquoting urine and separating blood samples when required for testing.
• Understands pre-analytical variables that can impact test results: Container Type, Time, Temperature, Centrifugation, labeling. Able to determine appropriateness of specimens for addon testing
• Responds to telephone inquiries and provides customer service to the end caller by addressing their needs and troubleshooting.
• Instructs, orients and mentors students, employees, patients and other health care providers as applicable.
• Maintains an adequate inventory of supplies
• Must be able to perform the professional, clinical and or technical competencies of the assigned unit or department.

Required Education and Experience

• High School Graduate

Preferred Education and Experience

• 1 or more years Minimum one year of experience in specimen collection and processing
• Advanced level of skill in adult and pediatric phlebotomy

Required Licensure and Certification

• Basic Cardiac Life Support (BLS or BCLS) - American Heart Association (AHA)

Preferred Licensure and Certification

• Phlebotomy Technician (PBT) - American Society for Clinical Pathology Board of Certification (ASCP)

Knowledge Requirements

Valid driver's license and clean driving record required if the position requires traveling to different facilities.

Time Type

Part time

Job Requisition ID

R-55244

Equal Employment Opportunity

The health system is an equal employment opportunity employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, ancestry, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally-protected status. See also Diversity, Equity & Inclusion.

Accommodation

The health system provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. If you need to request reasonable accommodations for your disability as you navigate the recruitment process, please let our recruiters know by requesting an Accommodation Request form using this link [e-mail].

Employment Conditions

Employment with the health system is contingent upon, among other things, agreeing to the health-system-dispute-resolution-program.pdf and signing the agreement to the DRP.