“Sanitas is a global healthcare organization expanding across the United States. Our services include primary care, urgent care, nutrition, lab, diagnostic, health care education and resources for our patients. We strive to attract professionals who believe in our mission, vision and are dedicated to the service of our patients and their families creating a memorable experience through compassion, respect, and kindness.”

Job Summary

The Phlebotomist provides prescribed medical treatment and personal care service to ill, injured, convalescent, and disabled persons under direction of a physician or nurse in Medical Centers.

Essential Job Functions

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Assist with daily patient flow in areas as needed.
• Gives direct patient care and performs indirect patient care activities and laboratory tests, under the direction of a physician or nurse.
• Take appropriate action to maintain a safe and aesthetic environment.
• Performs EKG and maintains a log.
• Transports patients to another department by means of wheelchair or stretcher.
• Performs lab work as per physician orders and prepares instrumental equipment for sterilization.
• Communicates observations of a patient's status to the nurse-in-charge.
• Responsible for ordering medical supplies according to the department's needs.
• Adheres to Nursing Department policies and procedures.
• Participates in meetings of staff and department meetings.
• Shares acquired knowledge and learning.
• Checks equipment and supplies prior to use for function, inspection, and expiration date; reports malfunction of medical equipment and safety issues to supervisor.
• Maintains quality control (i.e. Glucometer, eyewash, refrigerator temperature and autoclave) and cleaning logs as needed for the department.
• Complies with Infection Control and OSHA Regulations (biomedical wastes, handling, and disposal) for the center as per regulations.
• Obtain specimens in appropriate containers and labels correctly.
• Follows medical center guidelines for isolation techniques.
• Responds politely when addressed, assists in a helpful friendly manner.
• Consistently reports for duty on time.
• Keeps patient’s information private and limits conversation of a personal nature in patient’s presence.]
• Degree of teamwork and cooperation with personnel from other departments. 
• Maintain a logging system for different procedures as required and enter nursing procedures and other information in the computer system. 
• Check medical records and follow up obtaining missing results prior to the patient's appointment.
• Performs other duties as assigned by the supervisor.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Required Education

• High school graduate or equivalent.

Required Experience

• 1 year in a clinical setting, previous hospital experience and/or physician office experience.

Required Licenses and Certifications

• Phlebotomy Certificate.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Basic Computer Skills.
• Customer Service skills and training. Excellent communication and customer service skills.
• Possess the ability to ambulate, position and transfer patients.
• Demonstrates effective Communication skills with staff members, specific population served and others. 
• Ability to communicate and deal effectively with patients, co-workers, medical staff, visitors, and other health care providers.
• Possesses the ability to interpret, adapt and react calmly under stressful conditions.
• Demonstrates basic care skills.
• Ability to organize work and follow instructions.
• Demonstrates a positive attitude in dealing effectively with people of all ages. Demonstrates knowledge as it relates to age specific consumer population.
• Must be able to follow policies and procedures and work a flexible schedule and location. 
• Able to rotate weekends, holidays, shifts and center location according to company needs.
• Must be able to maintain patient confidentiality at all times.

Preferred Qualifications

• Graduation from a recognized phlebotomy training program preferred.
• 3 years of experience with background in pediatric (infant and child) and geriatric collection techniques preferred.
• CPR certified preferred.
• Medical Assistant Certificate preferred.

Financial Responsibilities

Budget Responsibilities

Languages

Travel

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. 

While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to work standing up, walk, use hands to operate tools and equipment and must be able to exert regularly up to 10 pounds of force, frequently exert 30 pounds of force and occasionally exert 50 pounds of force to constantly perform the essential job functions. The employee will be frequently required to reach with hands and arms, bend, balance, kneel, crouch, crawl, push, and pull. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Environmental Conditions

Inside: The employee is subject to environmental conditions, protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes. The worker is subject to noise; there may be sufficient noise to cause the worker to shout in order to be heard above ambient noise level.

Physical/Environmental Activities

Please indicate with an X the frequency for the activities that apply to the essential functions of the job based on the chart below. Please select Not Required for physical demands that aren’t essential to job performance.