Lab Assistant/Phlebotomist (Per Diem, Rotating - EOW) - Methodist

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Job Description

• Interacts with co-workers, visitors, and other staff consistent with the values of Jefferson.

• Cooperates with laboratory divisions and nursing personnel to ensure proper collection of adequate and appropriate specimens for testing. Communicates with Nursing Personnel when a patient refuses and uses hospital resources when language barriers exist.

• Adheres to department policy involving the proper identification of a patient and proper labeling of blood samples.

• Maintains orderly and timely flow of specimens to the technical departments in order to expedite the analysis of samples.

• Review lab requisitions from physicians for accuracy, completeness, medical necessity, and the hospital's ability to perform tests and/or route specimens for testing.

• Prepares specimens for analysis, including centrifuging, aliquoting, etc. Transports and stores specimens for future analysis.

• Cleans and stocks work area and assists with maintenance of supplies

• Follows all safety and Laboratory Dress code policies Performs other lab-related duties as assigned by supervisory personnel

• Other lab assistance duties as assigned by the supervisor or manager, including the performance of phlebotomy and collection of blood specimens via venipuncture.

• Perform inpatient phlebotomy and collect blood specimens via venipuncture.

Qualifications:

Education: High School Diploma or equivalent Experience: 1-2 years' previous laboratory experience preferred. Prior laboratory assistance and/or phlebotomy training required at certain laboratory locations. Phlebotomy certification preferred.

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Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.

Jefferson is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.