Phlebotomist - Full Time - Evenings

Why work for Nebraska Methodist Health System
At Nebraska Methodist Health System we focus on providing exceptional care to the communities we serve and people we employ. We call it The Meaning of Care a culture that has and will continue to set us apart. Its helping families grow by making each delivery special conveying a difficult diagnosis with a compassionate touch going above and beyond for a patients needs or giving a high five when a patient beats a disease or conquers a personal health challenge. We offer competitive pay excellent benefits and a great work environment where all employees are valued! Most importantly our employees are part of a team that makes a real difference in the communities we live and work in.

Job Summary:

Responsibilities:

Essential Functions

Performs duties of a Phlebotomist to assist in the daily workload by performing assigned tasks.

• Assists in daily workload.
• Compliant per PPE guidelines.
• Performs basic dermal and venipuncture collection.
• Maintains compliance with established processes: turnaround time expectations collecting and handling specimens proper documentation of sample collection.
• Accommodates patient and laboratory needs by professionally responding to requests for flexibility in duties schedules and staffing.

Document orientation training and education to ensure employee competence provide excellent services and meet accreditation requirements by effective verbal or written communication.

• Organizational and department competencies are completed 100 of the time.
• Evidence that new procedures and procedure revisions are read and understood.

Communicates efficiently by answering telephones taking messages and forwarding information or calls to appropriate staff.

• Identifies problems and initiate immediate followup as necessary with the Phlebotomy Leadership or designee to ensure accurate timely laboratory services by using critical thinking skills and decisive judgment.
• Appropriate communication skill as directly observed by the Leadership or designee.
• Phone calls are acted upon promptly and handled in a professional manner per the customer service protocol as directly observed.

Participates in Continuing Education.

• Required annual Continuing Education hours met.

Schedule:

Evening Shift 12:30p9p. Weekend and holiday rotation required.

Job Description:

Job Requirements

Education

• High school diploma General Educational Development (GED) or equivalent required.
• Participates in mandatory inservices and continuing education programs as mandated by policies and procedures accrediting agencies and as directed by Leadership.

Experience

• 6 months of phlebotomy experience that qualifies for American Society of Clinical Pathology (ASCP)certification or approved equivalent certification preferred.
• OR
• Completion of a structured American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) approved phlebotomy training course or approved equivalent course or equivalent preferred such as Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) Registered Nurse (RN) or MA AND experience in the following areas.
• Routine venipuncture experience preferred.
• AND
• Routine dermal puncture experience preferred.

License/Certifications

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities

• Requires strong attention to detail.
• Willing to adjust schedule/shift and pick up open shifts to meet patient needs.

Physical Requirements

Weight Demands

• Medium Work Exerting up to 50 pounds of force.

Physical Activity

• Not necessary for the position 0:
  • Crawling
• Occasionally Performed 133:
  • Climbing
  • Kneeling
  • Sitting
• Frequently Performed 3466:
  • Balancing
  • Crouching
  • Keyboarding/typing
  • Lifting
  • Pulling/Pushing
• Constantly Performed 67100:
  • Carrying
  • Distinguish colors
  • Fingering/Touching
  • Grasping
  • Hearing
  • Reaching
  • Repetitive Motions
  • Seeing/Visual
  • Speaking/talking
  • Standing
  • Stooping/bending
  • Twisting
  • Walking

Job Hazards

• Not Related:
  • Explosives (pressurized gas)
  • Electrical Shock/Static
  • Radiation Alpha Beta and Gamma (particles such as Xray Cat Scan Gamma Knife etc)
  • Radiation NonIonizing (Ultraviolet visible light infrared and microwaves that causes injuries to tissue or thermal or photochemical means)
  • Mechanical moving parts/vibrations
• Rare 133:
  • Equipment/Machinery/Tools
• Frequent 67100:
  • Chemical agents (Toxic Corrosive Flammable Latex)
  • Biological agents (primary air born and blood born viruses) (Jobs with Patient contact) Blood or Body Fluid (BBF)
  • Physical hazards (noise temperature lighting wet floors outdoors sharps) (more than ordinary office environment)
• Note: Safety Officer can assist with identification of job hazards

About Methodist:

Nebraska Methodist Health System is made up of four hospitals in Nebraska and southwest Iowa more than 30 clinic locations a nursing and allied health college and a medical supply distributorship and central laundry facility. From the day Methodist Hospital was chartered in 1891 service to our communities has been a top priority. Financial assistance health education outreach to our diverse communities and populations and other community benefit activities have always been central to our mission.

Nebraska Methodist Health System is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race color religion sex age national origin disability veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or any other classification protected by Federal state or local law.