Job Description

Position Summary

acility: South Lake Hospital

Location: Clermont, FL

Status: Part-Time

Department: Laboratory

Schedule: Days

Title: Certified Lab Phelbotomist

#LI-JM1

"Orlando Health Is Your Best Place to Work" is not just something we say, it's our promise to you."

Orlando Health South Lake Hospital is a comprehensive medical and surgical acute care facility serving the residents of Lake County as a trusted member of the community for over 75 years. Conveniently located in Clermont, the hospital's dedicated team of physicians, nurses, clinicians and medical professionals is committed to delivering expert and compassionate care. Our efforts have earned us recognition as a national leader.

Click Here to Learn About: South Lake Hospital

ORLANDO HEALTH - BENEFITS & PERKS:

Competitive Pay

• Evening, nights, and weekend shift differentials offered for qualifying positions.

All Inclusive Benefits (start day one)

• Student loan repayment, tuition reimbursement, FREE college education programs, retirement savings, paid paternity leave, fertility benefits, back up elder and childcare, pet insurance, PTO/Holidays, and more for full time and part time employees.

Employee-centric

• South Lake Hospital has been selected as one of the "Best Places to Work in Healthcare" by Modern Healthcare.

A Certified Lab Phlebotomist performs laboratory specimen collection following approved policies and procedures. At least 80% of productive time is performing
phlebotomy procedure.


Responsibilities

Essential Functions
• Perform peripheral IV insertion.
• Ability to work outside the immediate laboratory setting.
• Communication with immediate supervisor on any issues that may impact patient care.
• Provides support in the areas of patient registration, demonstrates a thorough knowledge of third party reimbursement
requirements and regulations
• Demonstrate knowledge of specimen collection and handling requirements.
• Knowledge of hospital and laboratory information systems, specimen processing, billing, reference testing and scheduling.
• Maintains appropriate supplies.
• Maintains positive customer service relationships at all times and proactively responds to customer service issues.
• Trains staff as required.
• Ability to work flexible hours to meet the needs of the department.
• Ability to coordinate, organize and perform any outreach phlebotomy service required.
• Coordinates laboratory specimen collection for inpatient and outpatient settings
• Excellent interpersonal skills to work cooperatively with all team members and respond to customer phone calls.
• Acts as liaison between the laboratory, physicians, nursing personnel, other ancillary departments, clients and vendors outside the
laboratory.
• Follows established policies and procedures to meet regulatory and accrediting agency requirements.
• Maintains reasonably regular, punctual attendance consistent with Orlando Health policies, the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state
and local standards.
• Maintains compliance with all Orlando Health policies and procedures.
Other Related Functions
• May perform bed side testing, such as glucose.
• Responsible for maintaining an active role in the laboratory Quality Improvement Program.
• Documents specimen quality issues.
• Adheres to infection control and safety practices and keeps a clean and organized work area.
• Maintains confidentiality of patient record, hospital and departmental matters at all times.
• Maximize productivity, customer satisfaction, and profitability.


Qualifications

Education/Training
• High School graduate or equivalent.

Licensure/Certification
• CPR certification.
• Phlebotomy certification from American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP), the National Phlebotomy Association (NPA), American Society of Phlebotomy Technicians (ASPT) or any certification program requiring a phlebotomy rotation with minimum of 100 patient collections and a requirement of continuing education to maintain certification.

Experience
• 2-3 years of experience as a lab phelbotomist, preferred.

Job Tags

Full time, Part time, Local area, Immediate start, Flexible hours, Night shift, Weekend work, Afternoon shift,

Similar Jobs