Phlebotomist

Phlebotomist

Here at McKenzie Health our patients and their families are our number one priority. We take pride in providing a high level of care to the community and surrounding areas.  This position needs someone with a pleasing personality and customer service attitude. If you are someone who loves interacting with people, putting them at ease and helping others, this position may be for you.

What we have to offer:

• Lifestyle: Opportunity to live in a caring and welcoming community.
• Activities: Only hours away from MT. Rushmore and the Canada boarder
• Educational Opportunities: We offer tuition assistance and reimbursement. We encourage our employees to grow and will help you to flourish within our hospital.
• Culture: McKenzie Health is growing by the day. We offer many different specialties, OB, Peds, Assisted Living and Long-Term Care and value the A.I.D.E.T program.

What you will do:

• Responsible for collection and processing of blood samples and other specimens.
• Provide a high level of customer service for lab inquiries, test requirements and other laboratory information.  

Responsibilities:

• Maintains a safe and clean working environment. *
• Follows laboratory, hospital, and regulatory agency policies, procedures, and guidelines. *
• Performs venous, capillary, urine drug screen, swab collection or other specimen collection as defined by site. *
• Ensures quality collection of specimens including appropriate sample container, sample volume, collection priority, and
• sample identification. *
• Provides accurate collection information to care givers and patients. *
• Resolves unusual test orders by following up with care giver, reference lab, pathology, referring to lab leadership when appropriate. *
• Consistently complies with and reviews LIS reports to ensure all samples are collected and processed in an appropriate time frame. *
• Ensures appropriate collections supplies are utilized, stocked and are within expiration date. *
• Actively participates in new associate and student training and orientation. *
• Participates in shift-to-shift communication to ensure continuity of laboratory operations and patient care. *
• May be required to participate in laboratory and/or hospital projects, teams, or committees. *
• Attends department, laboratory, and hospital meetings and forums. *
• Acknowledges receipt of blood in laboratory information system. *
• Receives specimens, assesses priority, assures appropriate specimen identification and appropriate specimen type. May include ordering and processing of hospital registered and outreach patients. *
• Centrifuges, aliquots, and distributes samples to appropriate testing area. May also include loading samples on to various analyzers as defined by site. *
• Prepares samples for off-site testing to include assessing appropriate sample type, container, and temperature. Completes related paperwork and/or computer documentation. *
• Packages samples for courier transport of off-site testing locations. *
• Participates in detecting and documenting occurrences that deviate from defined procedures. *
• Acts as a steward of finances through appropriate uses of supplies, materials, and productive activities. *
• Adheres to assigned schedule while responding to workload demands and staffing needs by maintaining flexibility. *
• Recognizes and provides input for opportunities to improve supply management, lab workflow, and cost containment. *
• Responds to customer inquiries for laboratory results, test requirements, and other laboratory information. *
• Accesses patient test results and determines the status of patient testing using the laboratory information system as
• requested. *
• Consistently monitors MCHS email account and provides timely response and actions when appropriate. *
• Maintains inter- and intra-department relations by appropriate communication, teamwork, and cooperation. *
• Performs waived and moderate complexity testing as defined by CLIA guidelines under the supervision of laboratory.
• management.
• Responsible for accurate and timely result reporting, including communication and documentation of critical results.
• Demonstrates basic problem resolution skills. Refers complex problems to supervisor or technical coordinator.
• This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties. Employees may perform other related duties as assigned.

What you will need:

• High school diploma or equivalent required
• Valid Driver’s License
• 6 months of Phlebotomy work preferred.
• WILL TRAIN ON THE JOB!