Phlebotomist Job Opening

Collect and process patient specimens.

Performs all duties and responsibilities in accordance to the established FMC policies, procedures and guidelines.

Job Qualifications

Education: High school diploma or equivalent. Completion of a certified phlebotomy program required. National phlebotomy certification required.

Experience: Previous experience in phlebotomy preferred.

Job-related Skills: Strong interpersonal, communication and presentation skills; ability to problem-solve and facilitate resolution to issues; demonstrates ability to handle multiple priorities; ability to make independent decisions.

Organizational Expectations and Responsibilities:

• Mission and Service Values
  • Empathy – Demonstrates a willingness to understand others’ perspectives, without labeling or judging; treats others with compassion and is personally engaged in providing patient and family-centered care.
  • Integrity—Takes responsibility for own words and actions; has passion and courage to do the right thing; delivers on promises and commitments; is honest and achieves excellence in all things through ethical and legal behavior.
  • Stewardship—Uses FMC resources wisely; respects the time and resources of patients, family and peers; shows pride in FMC and gives back to the Center and community with time, talent and /or money.
  • Agility—Demonstrates courage to take initiative to find creative solutions; anticipates concerns and responds promptly; minimizes bureaucracy and explores opportunity for growth.
  • Teamwork—Works collaboratively, not in silos; treats others with courtesy and respect; assumes good intent and welcomes differing viewpoints; creates a spirit of belonging and fellowship within FMC; embraces the FMC culture.
• Commitment and Engagement
  • Quality—Demonstrates commitment to improve individual performance and contributes to team accomplishments and quality improvement initiatives.
  • Safety—Creates and maintains a safe and clean work environment and reports unsafe conditions to the appropriate individuals.
  • Service—Recognizes and anticipates the needs of customers and strives to surpass customer expectations; utilizes AIDET, TeamSTEPPS and other tools to avoid and/or resolve concerns with the best possible outcome.
  • Sustainability—Demonstrates timely, accurate and cost-conscious use of resources in the daily work.
• Personal Engagement
  • Organization Commitment—Complies with FMC policies, procedures, work instructions and guidelines; reports compliance or ethical concerns to appropriate personnel; does not gossip but works to create a positive work experience with others.
  • Personal Commitment—Demonstrates ownership of the job; willing to step up and help others; works across departmental lines; is fully present at work—physically and emotionally; maximizes own talents and that of others.
  • Personal Growth—Demonstrates a commitment to ongoing learning; completes all mandatory education and participates in learning events/opportunities/experiences to enhance on-the-job performance.
  
  

Essential Job Functions

Job Expectations and Responsibilities:

• Performs venous and capillary collections as ordered on patients regardless of the patient age.
• Performs patient registration and consistently reviews for accuracy and completeness using the applications in place if applicable.
• Performs order entry and specimen processing of specimens collected to ensure specimen integrity when preparing specimens for transport.
• Performs EKG’s culture collections, BAT’s and Chain-of-Custody Drug Collections.
• Performs specimen collection for Nursing home, house call clients and Health Screenings for community events.

Physical Capacity Demand

Medium Work: Exerting up to 20-50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10-25 pounds of force

frequently, and/or a negligible up to 10 pounds amount of force often.

Job Considerations

Psychological/Mental – analytical abilities, memory, problem-solving and creativity

Physiological- Potential Exposures: Electrical equipment

Cognitive-Communication and collaboration with other co-workers, physicians, other employees, and patients and families; prioritizing and time management; persuasiveness and judgment

Environmental-no special considerations

Protective Equipment- no special considerations

Origination Date: ____________ Created by: _____________________

Review/Revision Date: Reviewed/Revised by: _____________

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I have read and understand that the qualifications, responsibilities and essential functions listed above are required of this position, which I am capable of performing.

Accepted by: _______________________________________________ Date: _____________________

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