Lead/Float Phlebotomist | Greater Boston Area
Lead/Float Phlebotomist | Greater Boston Area
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When you join the growing BILH team youre not just taking a job youre making a difference in peoples lives.
When you join the growing BILH team youre not just taking a job youre making a difference in peoples lives.Patient Service Center Float Phlebotomists work in multiple Patient Service Centers (PSCs) staffed by Beth Israel Lahey Health Phlebotomy Services as needs arise to: (a) cover for PSC Phlebotomists Paid Time Off other absences and FLMAs (b) cover for vacant PSC Phlebotomist positions (c) reduce patient wait times in PSCs that have longer wait times than desirable and (d) facilitate the opening of new lab Patient Service Centers. As a Float Phlebotomist you will have the opportunity to gain a vast amount of experience working with a variety of patients team members and health care providers. This unique role will allow you to enhance your skills and prepare you for opportunities for further growth within the organization.
Job Description:
Primary Responsibilities:
- Maintains adequate staffing levels and efficient effective workflow and scheduling. (essential)
- Provides training to phlebotomists to ensure competency. (essential)
- Provides data input for the payroll system in the absence of Supervisor and Phlebotomy Leaders. (essential)
- Acts as a technical resource for all difficult Phlebotomy blood draws for the institution. (essential)
- Ensures rounds are completed as scheduled and provides assistance as needed to maintain timelines of routine and STAT blood draws. (essential)
- Communicates lab issues and problems to Clinical Supervisor/Clinical Manager and recommends resolution. (essential)
- On a daily basis interacts and communicates with customers including patients site office manager physicians and medical assistants. (essential)
- Shares oncall duties. (essential)
- Provides input for performance appraisals. (essential)
- Ensures 24/7 coverage for Inpatient Rounds. (essential)
Required Qualifications:
- High School diploma or GED required.
- Registration Phlebotomy Certificate preferred. and Phlebotomy Certificate preferred
- 13 yearsrelated work experience required.
- Basic familiarity with computers.
- Ability to navigate at a basic level within webbased applications.
Competencies:
Decision Making:Ability to make decisions that are guided by general instructions and practices requiring some interpretation. May make recommendations for solving problems of moderate complexity and importance.
Problem Solving:Ability to address problems that are routine somewhat repetitive and generally solved by following clear directions and procedures and by identifying opportunities for process improvements.
Independence of Action:Ability to follow general instructions and procedures as provided. Work is monitored by supervisor/manager.
Written Communications:Ability to read and write in English in order to understand basic safety instructions and take direction from supervisors; communicate effectively with patients families and other medical center staff; and respond to basic questions.
Oral Communications:Ability to comprehend and converse in English to communicate effectively with medical center staff patients families and external customers.
Knowledge:Ability to demonstrate full working knowledge of standard concepts practices procedures and policies with the ability to use them in varied situations.
Team Work:Ability to act as a team leader for small projects or work groups creating a collaborative and respectful team environment and improving workflows. Results may impact the operations of one or more departments.
Customer Service:Ability to provide a high level of customer service to patients visitors staff and external customers in a professional serviceoriented respectful manner using skills in active listening and problem solving. Ability to remain calm in stressful situations.
Social/Environmental Requirements:
Work requires close attention to task for work to be accurately completed. Intermittent breaks during the work day do not compromise the work.
Work routine is fairly consistent but employee needs to be able to use judgment to respond to events several times a week.
No substantial exposure to adverse environmental conditions
Health Care Status:HCW1: Regular daytoday contact; both facetoface and handson (having close contact within three feet for at least five minutes). Examples: physicians clinical nurses phlebotomist medical assistants PFT tech and xray tech.Health Care Worker Status may vary by department
Sensory Requirements:
Visual clarity <3 feetConversation.
Physical Requirements:
Light work: Exerting up to 20 pounds of force frequently to move objects. Some elements of the job are sedentary but the employee will be required to stand for periods of time or move through out the hospital campus
This job requires frequentwalkingstandingbending neckbending waistPower Grasping using both handsFine Manipulation using both handsPushing/Pulling using both handsKeyboard use.
As a health care organization we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) and COVID19 as a condition of employment. Learn more about this requirement.
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Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled
Employment Type
Full-Time
