Lab Assistant-PRN

Lab Assistant-PRN Boone County Hospital•Lab

Boone, IA Employment Status:

PRN Join the Boone County Hospital Lab team today! We offer a team approach to healthcare and patient care is priority!

Status:

PRN, as needed

Shift:

Variable

Shift Time Schedule:

Variable

Days:

Variable, as needed

Salary Range:

$17.00•$21.70 plus shift differential and PRN premium•depending on experience

GENERAL SUMMARY

Collects blood specimens from patients vital for the diagnosis and treatment of disease as appropriate for patient age to include neonatal, infant, child, adolescent, adult and geriatric adult. Runs CLIA waived samples.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS / MINIMUM KNOWLEDGE

High school diploma or G.E.D. Completion of an on-the-job phlebotomy training program or 1-year previous phlebotomy experience.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Completion of a certified phlebotomy course.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Understand and abide by the Boone County Hospital Standards of Behavior, confidentiality statement, EMTALA guidelines and general hospital policies, procedures and related practices. Follows established departmental policies, procedures and standard work. Works independently, organizing work to meet established deadlines. Follows safe work practices. Complies with the requirements of laboratory regulatory and accrediting agencies. Receives and processes physician requests for testing. Properly identifies patients and appropriately labels specimens per departmental and hospital standard operating procedures. Appropriately performs venipunctures using the vacutainer system, syringe method, butterflies and capillary collections from heels or fingers for testing. Educated in appropriate vein selection prior to performing venipuncture to minimize patient discomfort and ensure patient safety. Uses excellent customer service skills by greeting patient, identifying self and explaining procedure to patients. Listens to and acknowledges patient concerns prior to performing venipuncture. Processes and distributes specimens to the proper laboratory area as soon as possible to maintain specimen quality. Operates laboratory information system; performs computer data entry and other clerical tasks as required. Process specimens for reference laboratory send outs. Verifies reference laboratory testing results in the laboratory information system. Collect urine drug screen specimens in accordance with federal laws. Perform breathe alcohol testing in accordance with federal laws Electronic/manual charting of laboratory results to nursing floors and physician locations. Maintains a clean and appropriately stocked phlebotomy tray and work area. Assists in training new employees at the direction of the clinical laboratory director. Documents and reports variances to department director. Refers questions requiring additional knowledge to laboratory supervisor. Performs additional tasks, special functions and/or special projects as assigned. Perform CLIA waived tests and result them into the LIS.

PHYSICAL ACTIVITY REQUIREMENTS

(Constant = 67-100% of workday, Frequent = 34-66% of workday, Occasional = 33% or less of workday) Constant

Stooping:

While drawing blood specimens from patients.

Grasping:

While handling equipment and specimens.

Talking:

While communicating with co-workers, patients and/or staff to instruct or relay. Frequent

Reaching:

To obtain specimens, trays and supplies.

Fingering/Handling:

To pick up trays, tubes and sharps.

Climbing:

While storing and retrieving supplies and ascending/descending stairs

Occasional:

Lifting:

Up to 50 pounds while handling supplies.

VISUAL ACUITY REQUIREMENTS

Works with computer terminals. Work requires the accurate use of sharps and other equipment to perform phlebotomy procedures. Read labels and work lists, reads instructions and records data. Needs to be able to distinguish between colors.

WORKING CONDITIONS

The employee is subject to chemical hazards. Employees in this job classification have been identified as having the likelihood of occupational exposure to blood or other potentially infectious materials, therefore, are included in the OSHA Exposure Control Plan with its specification for preventing contact with the above materials. The employee is exposed to sharps. The employee is subject to indoor environmental conditions.