Baptist Health is looking for a Phlebotomist to join the Endocrinology Team in Lexington.
Navigates the electronic medical records system to determine and enter physician orders, enter laboratory results and complete a patient appointment. Draws blood by skin puncture or venipuncture depending upon the test requested by the physician. Labels tubes properly and delivers tubes according to laboratory policy. Performs point of care testing as outlined in the procedure. Obtains patient medication history as needed. Answers telephones and responds to inquiries by patients, other personnel, visitors or others. Participates in training procedures as directed by supervisor.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
The following is a summary of the major functions of this individual's job. He or she may perform other duties, both major and minor, which are not mentioned below, and specific functions may change from time to time.
Demonstrates clinical proficiency in the current principles and practices of phlebotomy.
Knows and understands all collection tube types and their use.
Maintains supplies by ensuring blood collection sites have adequate collection tubes within expiration dates.
Reviews patient’s chart in Allscripts (Electronic Medical Record) to determine physician laboratory orders.
Orders laboratory tests in Laboratory Information System following computer procedures.
Verifies patient and patient samples by requiring two means of identification.
Asks patient appropriate questions concerning current medication usage.
Collects blood in the appropriate tube for each test by performing finger sticks and/or venipunctures, according to established protocols.
Performs all point of care testing (PT, Blood Glucose, Creatinine, Hemoglobin A1C) as outlined in the procedure.
Enters and verifies all manually entered test results in Computer system.
Queues patient after blood has been collected to the patient’s next appointment.
Observes Blood Bank ID systems collection protocol.
Follows Lab protocols concerning alert (critical) values.
Increases patient satisfaction by reducing anxiety, responding to requests and questions in a professional manner.
Assists other members of the departments to assure quality patient care.
Protects patients and employees by complying with infection control and hazardous waste procedures.
Maintains and adheres to all safety policies and procedures of the Laboratory.
Completes BLS, HIPAA, and FDA training successfully.
Maintains working relationship between Laboratory, Physicians, and other departments of BH.
Protect patient’s privacy by following BH policies on HIPAA.
Conserves resources by using supplies and equipment only as needed.
Minimum Education, Training and Experience Required:
High School Diploma or equivalent preferred.
Previous phlebotomy experience preferred.
BLS Required.
Work Experience
Education
Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of nine hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 400 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics.
Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky in a joint venture with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana. Baptist Health employs more than 23,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states.
Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence® designation for nursing excellence.
Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has nearly 1,500 providers, including more than 750 physicians and more than 740 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians.
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