- Position Standards
- Actively seeking or holding current registration by the College of American Pathologists as a PBT, or the equivalent, is desired.
- Current BCLS certification required within 30 days of hire.
- Position Physical Requirements
- Anything listed here requires a pre-placement physical by Employee Health to determine if the employee is capable of meeting the requirements.
- Physical Activity:
- Upper Extremity:
- Push/Pull/Lift/Carry:
- PART TWO: Performance Expectations - Lead Role
- Contributes to the short and long term departmental planning and strategy.
- Oversee training within his/her area of expertise in the department, which includes: identifying needs, developing training, providing/facilitating training, track training, and validating the effectiveness of the training.
- Provides ongoing and annual input on staff performance to the leadership of the department.
- Participates in the Quality Assurance Program for his/her area of expertise in the department.
- Assists in the review, development and revisions of policies and procedures for his/her area of the department.
- Position Objective
- Provide expertise in assigned area of responsibility by: 1) keeping current with the latest technology, trends and best practice; 2) providing guidance, tracking and on-going support for employee training, and; 3) validating staff competency.
- To perform venipunctures, process laboratory requisitions and orders, answer the telephone, take messages, maintain files, records, inventory; maintain and organize adequate laboratory supplies, and perform other related duties as assigned.
- PART THREE: Performance Expectations - Functional
- Obtain blood samples and prepare them for analysis and distribution.
- Greet patients and answer the telephone.
- Perform clerical duties associated with inpatient/ER specimen processing, including but not limited to managing requests from
inpatient/ER units to ensure phlebotomy is performed in a timely fashion, retrieve samples when needed, and recieve Order Entry
requests into the LIS. - Perform clerical duties associated with outpatient phlebotomy including but not limited to entering requisitions into the LIS and following up on requisition problems. .
- Process specimens coming to the laboratory from outside offices. This includes, but it not limited to registering patients, ordering tests, scanning requisitions, and logging specimens when needed.
- Perform laboratory requisition clerical and registration checks.
- Report any unresolved problems to the Laboratory Manager.
- Perform other related special tasks as assigned.
- Participate in ordering of lab supplies to assure unencumbered functioning of the laboratory.
- Attend Laboratory meetings or sign off on minutes if unable to attend.