Job Description
Registers patient; and accepts, verifies, logs, examines, sorts, aliquots, prepares and distribute/stores specimens in accordance with established protocols and procedures. Enters or reports lab results per procedures. Maintains operating supply levels and work areas. Performs phlebotomy, as needed.
Job Responsibility
- * Registers patients following proper coding procedures.
- * Receives orders in the Laboratory Information System.
- * Verifies collection lists.
- * Logs test orders.
- * Uses centrifuge to spin down appropriate tubes.
- * Examines specimens for unacceptability and takes appropriate actions. Documents necessary information.
- * Separates and aliquots blood and urine specimens, as needed Places tubes not requiring aliquoting into appropriate racks.
- * Processes specimens to prepare for testing and resulting.
- * Measures 24-hour urine tests, records volumes and aliquots for ordered tests.
- * Generates labels via Laboratory Information Systems.
- * Delivers specimens to appropriate areas.
- * Draws blood from patients.
- * Maintains proper levels of supplies.
- * Enters reference lab results.
- * Notifies physician (or appropriate personnel) of critical values and documents notification.
- * Maintains cleanliness of work area and follows established safety and infection control procedures. \
- * May transport specimens, reports or supplies between various offsite locations.
- Performs related duties as required.
*ADA Essential Functions
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
Frequent sitting, bending, standing, walking, carrying of small objects. Occasional pushing, stooping, stretching, pulling, lifting (objects 5 to 10 lbs)
Job Qualification
- High School Diploma or equivalent, required.
- Minimum of one (1) year related experience including Phlebotomy skills and Laboratory procedures. Various locations Adult and Pediatric Phlebotomy experience strongly preferred
*Additional Salary Detail
The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future.When determining a team member's base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).
Skills Required
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Minimum of one year of related experience, including phlebotomy skills and laboratory procedures
- Adult and pediatric phlebotomy experience
What We Do
Northwell Health is New York’s largest private employer and health care provider, with 23 hospitals and nearly 800 outpatient facilities. We care for over two million people annually in the New York metro area and beyond, thanks to philanthropic support from our communities. Our 74,000+ employees – 18,500+ nurses and 14,200+ credentialed physicians, including about 4,500 employed doctors and nearly 3,300 members of Northwell Health Physician Partners – are working to change health care for the better. We’re making breakthroughs in medicine at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research. We're training the next generation of medical professionals at the visionary Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell and the Hofstra Northwell School of Graduate Nursing and Physician Assistant Studies. For information on our more than 100 medical specialties, visit Northwell.edu. Interested in a career at Northwell Health?
