Crawford County Clinic · 5 hours ago
Laboratory Assistant PRN
Denison, IA
Full-time
Onsite
Entry Level
1+ years expCrawford County Clinic is seeking a Laboratory Assistant PRN to perform daily technical work in the laboratory and phlebotomy services. The role includes coordinating clerical activities within the Laboratory department and ensuring compliance with safety and organizational standards.
Medical Practice
Responsibilities
Checks for approved Medicare diagnosis on all Medicare patients according to Medicare guidelines. Gets ABN signed by patient when necessary
Acts as a receptionist; including, but not limited to, greeting patients, scanning documents, and answering the phone in a manner congruent with our service excellence initiative
Utilizes computers as appropriate in completing assigned functions
Organizes assigned work and accurately completes work load statistics
Helps co-workers when needed and communicates with laboratory department when needed to ensure an orderly work flow
Is responsible for the daily cleaning of equipment and maintaining neatness throughout the department
Records daily temperatures of all refrigerators in the phlebotomy areas
Organizes assigned work and accurately completes workload
Follows all organizational and department or unit policies and procedures
Performs phlebotomy (venipuncture, finger stick, heel stick, and bleeding time) according to established procedure
Identifies patients and properly labels specimen tubes
Determines priority of STAT draws. Ensures timely transport of all patient specimens to lab for testing
Attends all required safety training programs and can describe his or her responsibilities related to general safety, department/service safety, and specific job-related hazards
Responsibly follows the hospital exposure control plans/bloodborne and airborne pathogens
Readily accepts changes in assignment. Performs work level of equal skill and responsibility as needed. May also perform work of a higher level in preparation for increased responsibility, and may be required to do work of lesser responsibility when the workload of the department so requires
Demonstrates respect and regard for the dignity of all patients, families, visitors and fellow employees to ensure a professional, responsible, and courteous environment
Promotes effective working relations and works effectively as part of a department/unit team inter- and intra- departmentally to facilitate the department’s/unit’s ability to meet its goals and objectives
Perform other duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
Successful completion of CCMH phlebotomy training
Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification or must be obtained within thirty days of hire
Preferred
Previous data entry preferred
Equivalent of four years of high school education preferred
One year of full-time experience preferred
Certified or certified eligible with National Phlebotomy Association preferred
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification preferred
Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification preferred
Company
Crawford County Clinic
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
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