Phlebotomist

at GraceMed Health Clinic in Wichita, Kansas, United States

Job Description

Practicing at GraceMed

If you are a healthcare professional, we appreciate your interest in practicing in a community health setting at GraceMed. This is a clinical environment where you can be a part of a diverse team of professionals who come together to address the whole health of the patient. You’ll make a difference you can see every day as you care for patients who are often high-risk because of their underserved status. You’ll be fully supported by a staff and organization set up to let you focus on delivering care. And you’ll be part of a team that has distinguished itself for its quality of care and outcomes.

Reporting Relationship: Reports to the Medical Manager

Supervision Responsibilities: No

Essential Role: Performs routine medical laboratory tests for the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Performs phlebotomy and CLIA waived lab tests, collects and tests patient specimens, assures proper labeling of all materials.
• Prepares samples for laboratory testing, analysis, or microscopy
• Sets-up laboratory equipment.
• Maintains and stocks lab.
• Conducts chemical analysis to determine presence of normal and abnormal components.
• Analyzes samples of biological material for chemical content or reaction
• Calculates medical diagnostic test results.
• Follows infectious materials procedures in accordance with policies.
• Follows safe waste disposal procedures in accordance with policies.
• Provides patient education as requested.
• Maintains patient confidentiality at all times.
• Maintains follow-up system for lab results.
• Enters analysis of medical tests and clinical results into computer for accountability.
• Labels blood samples and maintains appropriate documentation records, reports and files.
• Assists in the development and documentation of protocols related to his or her job functions.
• Assists in training new staff in proper phlebotomy, labeling, documentation, and data entry.

Working Conditions:

Medical office setting.  Ability to sit and/or stand for long periods of time. Bending, stooping, and lifting (up to 50lbs.) may be required.  Interaction with physicians, patients and other office personnel. May involve contact with angry, upset or ill persons.  May involve potential exposure to blood and body fluids and other hazardous substances.  Must have visual acuity and manual dexterity to interface with computer.  Must have auditory acuity to handle phone calls.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed.  They are not intended to be construed, as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified.

This job description has been examined for compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) (May 1995).

Confidentiality: As an employee of GraceMed Health Clinic, Inc., you are bound by principles of medical ethics.  You have both a legal and moral obligation to protect the privacy of our patients.  In the course of your work, you will have access to confidential information regarding patients, and/or the practices' confidential business. It is essential that you refrain from any discussions regarding personal information about a patient, a patient's condition, a patient's finances, proprietary company information and/or the practices' confidential business with any third person.  This includes, but is not limited to, other employees, your spouse, family or friends.  CONFIDENTIALITY IS SO IMPORTANT THAT ANY BREACH OF THIS POLICY WILL BE CONSIDERED GROUNDS FOR TERMINATION.  Review and signature of the Agreement is a condition of employment.

GraceMed Health Clinic is an equal opportunity organization and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, military status, or for any other discriminatory reason prohibited by applicable law.