Certified Phlebotomist
2 weeks ago
Chattanooga, United States
Medical Personnel Services
Full time
Job DescriptionJob Description- Serves patients by identifying the best method for retrieving blood samples and other specimens, preparing specimens for laboratory testing, and performing screening procedures.
- Verifies patient identification and explains sampling procedures to patients.
- Obtains blood specimens by performing venipunctures and finger sticks.
- Maintains specimen integrity by using aseptic technique, following department procedures, and observing isolation procedures.
- Tracks collected specimens by initialing, dating, and noting times of collection and maintaining daily tallies of collections performed.
- Maintains quality results by following department procedures and testing schedule, recording results in the quality-control log, and identifying and reporting needed changes.
- Maintains safe, secure, and healthy work environment by following standards and procedures and complying with legal regulations.
- Resolves unusual test orders by contacting the physician, pathologist, or reference laboratory, referring unresolved orders back to the originator for further clarification, and notifying supervisor of unresolved orders.
- Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities, reading professional publications, and participating in professional organizations.
- Serves and protects the healthcare facility community by adhering to professional standards, institutional policies and procedures, federal, state, and local requirements, and Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO).
- Reassures patients who are nervous about sampling procedures and applies dressings to wounds created by blood draws.
- Updates patient records.
- Maintains an organized and clean workspace.
