Certified Phlebotomist – Houston VA, Houston TX

Certified Phlebotomist Houston VA

• Citizenship Requirements: Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Clearance Requirements: National Background Check with Inquiries Fingerprints and Drug Screen.
• Type of Employment: Full-Time 40 hours per week with various shifts and rotation on weekends and holidays.
• Period of Performance: Five years from the date of award.
• Total Compensation: $26.41 per hour.
• Paid Time Off: Up to 80 hours per year which starts accruing on the day of hire.
• Sick Leave per Year: Up to 56 hours per year which starts occurring on the day of hire.
• Paid Federal Holidays: Eleven (11) Paid Federal Holidays

Working Hours
The Certified Phlebotomist will work the day evening and night shifts with rotation weekends and Federal Holidays. The Certified Phlebotomist will support the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Centers (MEDVAMC) inpatient wards and outpatient clinic.

Summary of Duties

MEDVAMC inpatient units operate 24 hours per day seven days per week including weekends and Federal Holidays and the outpatient draw clinic is open Monday-Friday from 6:00 am 5:30 pm. Every person who works an 8-hour shift is entitled to a 30-minute lunch break as well as two 15-minute breaks when time permits.

Qualifications

• Must have completed Phlebotomy specialty training from an accredited Phlebotomy school/program.
• Applicants must have a minimum of two (2) years of experience with basic laboratory and phlebotomy skills.
• Have experience with specimen collection packaging and shipment to referral laboratories with knowledge of maintaining appropriate records.
• Must be Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) certified either by the American Red Cross (ARC)or the American Heart Association (AHA).

**Copies of all certifications and resumes must be forwarded with your application.

Attire

The Certified Phlebotomist is expected to wear professional clothing while on duty (scrub uniforms are approved). The attire worn should also be appropriate for the medical facilitys correctional environment.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Performs Phlebotomy duties on an inpatient and outpatient basis.
• Assembles equipment such as tourniquet needles blood collection devices gauze vacuum tubes alcohol chloral prep etc. on work tray blood collection cart or work area.
• Verifies and correctly identifies patients utilizing two approved patient identifiers prior to drawing blood per Medical Center Policy Specimen Collection Policy and The Joint Commission guidelines and converses with the patient to allay fear of the procedure.
• Draws blood and blood cultures from patients using proper venipuncture techniques and methods. Uses plastic vacuum tubes a blood collection needle or a blood collection set (butterfly) to obtain samples.
• Applies tourniquet to arm locates accessible vein swabs puncture area with disinfectant and inserts needle into vein to draw blood; withdraws needle applies treatment to puncture site.
• Labels in the presence of the patient initials and transports blood collected to the processing area; uses the Trans Logic system to tube specimens to the third-floor laboratory from the outpatients Blood Lab.
• Ensures that a sufficient amount of blood is drawn for each requested test or procedure.
• Outpatient specimen collections are not limited to blood collection but also include different kinds of urine collections and the performance of glucose tolerance testing.
• May perform various other technical laboratory procedures such as computer test accessioning specimen centrifugation serum separation etc.
• Interprets and clarifies physicians orders from written requests and hard copies of orders and may input test orders into the computer; uses the Multipurpose Accessioning option Pre-Accessioning options Activate Pre-Accession Numbers option etc.
• Rotates to answer telephone requests for verbal test requests test add-on (s) and test results; utilizes the computer to access the necessary data and communicates this data (results) to physicians nurses and other authorized medical personnel as necessary.
• Records rejected specimens according to rejection protocols such as misidentified unidentified specimens or specimens with insufficient volume drawn wrong tube etc.
• Must provide superb customer service and great communication skills.
• Contract staff will adhere to the VAMC Customer Service Standards of Behavior Policy.

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS:

• Competitive Compensation package
• Comprehensive benefits including medical dental and vision options.
• Outstanding career growth potential.

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