Description
The Mobile Phlebotomist role involves collecting and handling patient laboratory specimens for diagnostic testing in various settings, including contracted care facilities, patient homes, and health fair settings.
Responsibilities:
- Perform specimen collection using various techniques such as venipuncture, capillary puncture, PIVO, and throat swab collections.
- Safely travel to contracted facilities and/or patient homes to perform collections.
- Adhere to personal protective requirements in inpatient and/or outpatient settings.
- Communicate procedures and instructions with patients and family members and demonstrate empathy during every interaction.
- Maintain accurate patient logs, monitor patient scheduling systems, and perform patient and client registrations.
- Accurately and timely keep records, including patient records and mileage for reimbursement.
- Train and mentor new staff, participate in specimen processing, quality assurance processes, waived testing, technical writing, downtime planning, continuous improvement projects, and other laboratory responsibilities as required.
- Ability to take on-call shifts and participate in holiday rotations.
- Perform advanced collection and troubleshooting techniques.
Requirements:
- BLS Required
- High School Diploma or equivalent
- Current driver's license, insured and reliable transportation, and an acceptable driving record
- One year of Intermountain Laboratory Services phlebotomy experience, phlebotomy training or certification as approved by manager/supervisor, Preferred
Physical Requirements:
- Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies.
- Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information.
- Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy.
- Expected to lift and utilize full range of movement to transfer patients.
- Need to walk and assist with transporting/ambulating patients and obtaining and distributing supplies and equipment.
Benefits:
- A generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness.
Hourly rate: $19.50 - $26.48