Medical Technician-Phlebotomist

***THIS IS NOT A VIRTUAL POSITION, YOU MUST LIVE WITHIN OR BE WILLING TO RELOCATE WITHIN A COMMUTABLE DISTANCE OF THE DUTY LOCATION***

Major Duties:
Collects adequate and correct blood specimens by venipuncture or micro-technique.
Works from requisitions, computerized phlebotomy lists and instructions or other verbal requests to obtain and collect patient's blood.
Performs data entry associated with phlebotomy.
Follows departmental policies to correctly identify the patient before any blood specimen is drawn by checking patient ID bracelet as an inpatient and the Veteran's full name and full social security number as an outpatient and to correctly label all specimens drawn at the site of collection.
Adheres to blood borne pathogen standard precautions and all phlebotomy safety policies, when performing phlebotomy.
Delivers specimens to Laboratory in the most expedient manner and in the proper transport container.
Starts glucose tolerance procedures and collects remaining specimens at required times.
Draws other timed specimens as indicated. Picks up and delivers to the Laboratory a variety of clinical or anatomic specimens other than blood.
Sorts and processes specimens received in central specimen receipt area of department in order of priority for best patient results and to meet turnaround time goals. Using problem solving skills identifies and corrects any problems arising with the received specimens.
Handles relevant phone calls for the clinical and/or anatomic accessioning areas and where possible resolves whatever issues precipitated the telephone call based upon his/her knowledge and experience.
Maintains orderly and timely flow of specimens to the technical areas throughout tour of duty.
Performs other specialized procedures as directed in Point of Care, Microbiology, and Specimen Processing.



Work Schedule:
Monday-Friday, 7:30am-4:00pm or 12:00pm-8:30pm, with rotating weekends and holidays.




Recruitment & Relocation Incentives:
Not authorized


Financial Disclosure Report:
Not Required