Phlebotomist

Job Summary

To collect, record samples.

Job Responsibilities

• Verifies test requisitions by comparing information with nursing station log, bringing discrepancies to the attention of unit personnel.
• Verifies patient by reading patient identification.
• Obtains blood specimens by performing venipunctures and finger sticks.
• Maintains specimen integrity by using aseptic technique, following department procedures, observing isolation procedures.
• Collects therapeutic drug-monitoring assays by collaborating with nursing personnel to ensure appropriate drug dose to collection time.
• Tracks collected specimens by initialling, dating, and noting times of collection; maintaining daily tallies of collections performed.
• Monitors glucose levels by performing bedside glucose tests; recording results; reporting results to unit nurse-manager.
• Performs bleeding-times tests by entering results to the computer, notifying pathologist of results falling outside normal ranges.
• Maintains quality results by following department procedures and testing schedule; recording results in the quality-control log; identifying and reporting needed changes.
• Maintains safe, secure, and healthy work environment by following standards and procedures, complying with legal regulations.
• Resolves unusual test orders by contacting the physician, pathologist, nursing station, or reference laboratory; referring unresolved orders back to the originator for further clarification; notifying supervisor of unresolved orders.
• Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations.
• Serves and protects the hospital community by adhering to professional standards, hospital policies and procedures, federal, state, and local requirements, and chaos standards.
• Enhances phlebotomy department and hospital reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests, exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishment.