Phlebotomist Job at King's Daughters Medical Center in Ashland
King's Daughters Medical Center, Ashland, KY, United States, 41105
* JOB SUMMARY
* Draws blood from patients in hospital, or similar facility, for analysis or other medical purposes
* DUTIES AND ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
* Overall performance rating of below indicated essential job duties:
* Assembles equipment, such as tourniquet, needles, disposable containers for needles, blood collection devices, gauze, cotton and alcohol, on work tray in accordance to requirements for specified tests of procedures
* Verifies or records identity of patient and converses with patient to allay fear of procedure
* Correctly labels blood collected from patient listing patients name, medical record number, physician, date and time collected, and initials
* Correctly verifies in the computer the blood was collected
* Deliver the specimen collected to the correct department in the laboratory
* Regularly checks the collected and uncollected lists
* Attends mandatory training programs
* EDUCATION/LICENSE/ CERTIFICATIONS/OTHER REQUIREMENTS
* Minimum requirement:
* High school diploma or Associate's degree (A.A.) or equivalent from two year college or technical school; or completion of a certified phlebotomy course or one year related experience and/or training
* National Phlebotomist certification through accredited program
* Preferred qualifications:
* N/A
* WORKING ENVIRONMENT
* This job operates in a professional medical laboratory environment
* Regularly works near moving mechanical parts
* Constantly exposed to blood and/or body fluids and infection.
* Occasionally exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals
* Occasionally exposed to risk of radiation
* The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
* PHYSICAL DEMANDS
* Occasionally required to maintain a stationary position (standing or sitting)
* Frequently required to walk and move about
* Frequently required to operate a computer and other equipment
* Frequently required to use fine motor skills to handle and operate instruments/devices
* Frequently required to position self in order to meet patient needs
* Regularly required to communicate with patients and other care team requiring talking and hearing
* Frequently required to lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
* Occasionally required to life and/or move up to 50 pounds.
* Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.