Heritage Medical Associates
Heritage Medical Associates is hiring: Phlebotomist Float, Laboratory, Downtown
Heritage Medical Associates, Nashville, TN, United States
Job Details
Job Location
Main Office (MO - 222 MOB) - Nashville, TN
Description
SUMMARY:
Job Location
Main Office (MO - 222 MOB) - Nashville, TN
Description
SUMMARY:
- Responsible for performing proper blood specimen collection by various venipuncture methods.
- Responsible for superior customer service toward patients, physicians, and clinical staff.
- Responsible for directing patients on proper collection of other body fluids such as urine or stool.
- Responsible for correct labeling of all specimen types and sample processing after collection.
- Responsible for reference sample processing and management.
- Responsible for inventory of collection supplies.
- Responsible for performing waived, point-of-care testing at each facility.
- Responsible for clerical duties as needed to bring each workday to a clean close.
- Demonstrates the ability to follow established office and laboratory procedures accurately and precisely.
- Organizes work so that patient specimen is drawn with a minimum patient waiting time.
- Performs blood collection duties in a timely manner to ensure the availability of test results.
- Give appropriate instructions to the patients and performs other specimen collection as requested by the physician
- Appropriately labels all patient specimens with patient name, chart number, requesting physician's name, date and time specimen collected, and name of test required.
- Delivers and/or processes specimens in a timely manner (i.e. centrifuges, prepares specimen and paperwork for reference laboratory courier, aliquots and refrigerates for later batch testing, or immediately notifies appropriate testing personnel of STAT requests, etc.)
- Collects blood samples in appropriate tubes using appropriate collection devices.
- Assists nursing personnel in the collection of specimens if needed.
- Receives and responds to phone calls from nurses, doctors, reference laboratories, and the main downtown lab.
- Manages inventories and orders supplies.
- Always demonstrates, in dealing with the public a positive image of the clinic as a caring and concerned organization.
- Understands phlebotomy is a patient-facing position and requires a high degree of strong customer service abilities.
- Respects the confidentiality of patient records and uses discretion with discussing patient results/matters.
- Demonstrates the ability to deal with priorities in an appropriate manner.
- Performs work within the established laboratory safety and infection control policies and procedures, practices, infection control and chemical hazard procedures for the protection of self, patients, and clinic personnel.
- Must have predictable and consistent attendance and punctuality.
- Must be able to travel to all HMA middle Tennessee facilities to cover scheduling needs as needed.
- Must be available to acknowledge and accept the communication of scheduling needs outside of normal business hours.
- This job has no supervisory responsibilities.