Lead Phlebotomist - Full Time - Days

Why work for Nebraska Methodist Health System?
At Nebraska Methodist Health System, we focus on providing exceptional care to the communities we serve and people we employ. We call it The Meaning of Care – a culture that has and will continue to set us apart. It’s helping families grow by making each delivery special, conveying a difficult diagnosis with a compassionate touch, going above and beyond for a patient’s needs, or giving a high five when a patient beats a disease or conquers a personal health challenge. We offer competitive pay, excellent benefits and a great work environment where all employees are valued! Most importantly, our employees are part of a team that makes a real difference in the communities we live and work in.

Job Summary:

Location: Nebraska Methodist Hospital
Address: 8303 Dodge Street, Omaha, NE

Work Schedule: Day shift 4am-1230pm (may vary, will discuss more in interview). 40 hrs./wk. Occasional weekend/holiday rotation, potential on call rotation required.

Assist team members within the phlebotomy department.

Responsibilities:

Essential Job Functions

1. Performs duties of Phlebotomist I, II, III and IV to assist in the daily workload by performing assigned tasks.

• Assists in daily workload.
• Compliant per PPE guidelines.
• Performs specimen processing
• Lab Phlebotomy: Performs arterial blood gas collection, bone marrow assists, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit specimen collection, and port accessing and de-accessing.
• Laboratory: Performs arterial blood gas collection and POC testing.
• Infusion Center: Performs basic dermal and venipuncture collection, performs port accessing and/or de-accessing.
• Is a complete reference point for all staff members on the performance of all routine and complex phlebotomy procedures.
• Maintains compliance with established processes: turn-around time expectations, collecting and handling specimens, proper documentation of sample collection.
• Accommodates patient and laboratory needs by professionally responding to requests for flexibility in duties, schedules, and staffing.

2. Review operations and work performed in the section; identify problems, and initiate immediate follow-up as necessary to ensure accurate, timely laboratory services by using critical thinking skills and decisive judgment.

• Lab Phlebotomy and Laboratory: Prepare and maintain the department schedule and PTO's, making adjustment in schedule as necessary because of absences.
• Communicates process/procedural changes in a timely manner and educate staff on the need for the change.
• In the absence of the Service Leader or designee, responsible for the operation of the Phlebotomy department.
• Identify problems and initiate immediate follow-up as necessary with the Service Leader or designee to ensure accurate, timely laboratory services by using critical thinking skills and decisive judgment.
• Accommodates patient and laboratory needs by professionally responding to requests for flexibility in duties, schedules, and staffing.
• Identifies staff performance issues. Initiates immediate follow-up as required. Provides documentation of issues to the Service Leader or designee.
• Organizational and department competencies are completed 100% of the time.
• Maintains compliance with establisher processes: turn-around time expectations, collecting and handling specimens, proper documentation of sample collection.
• Accurately maintains charge tech responsibilities; work allocation, collection requirements, turn-around time management, and staff communication.
• Identifies and responds to department supply and administrative needs and initiates immediate follow-up as necessary with the Service Leader or designee.
• Identifies and responds immediately to department service and operational needs and initiates immediate follow-up as necessary with the Service Leader or designee.
• Assists in staff orientation.
• Assists in maintaining requiring employee competencies related to their skills.

3. Lab Phlebotomy and Laboratory: Prepares for and participates in inspections, Quality Assurance activities, properly maintains records, assists with preparing and updating section policies and procedures to fulfill the requirements of the accrediting agencies by following the providing protocol.

• Oversees collection of data for QA activities as directly observed.
• Assists with completing CAP checklist responses in preparation for on-site or self-inspection.
• Completes and communicates policy and procedure changes in a timely manner and educates staff on the need for the change.
• Procedure manuals are reviewed/revised at least every two years.
• Assists Service Leader or designee with problem resolution and follow-up.

4. Infusion Center: Documents orientation, training, and education to ensure employee competence, provide excellent services, and meet accreditation requirements by effective verbal or written communication.

• Organizational and department competencies are completed 100% of the time.
• Evidence that new procedures and procedure revisions are read and understood.
• Assists in training new and existing staff, including the review and completion of orientation checklists and skill training checklists.
• Identifies problems and initiates immediate follow-up as necessary with the Phlebotomy Service Leader or designee to ensure accurate, timely laboratory services by using critical thinking skills and decisive judgment.

​5. Communicates efficiently by answering telephones, taking messages, and forwarding information or calls to appropriate staff.

• Appropriate communication skills as directly observed by the Service Leader or designee.
• Phone calls are acted upon promptly and handled in a professional manner per the customer service protocol as directly observed.
• Employee brings issues of concern directly to the appropriate Service Leader or designee's attention as directly observed.
• Identifies problems and initiates immediate follow-up as necessary with the Service Leader or designee to ensure accurate, timely laboratory services by using critical thinking skills and decisive judgment.

6. Participates in Continuing Education.

• Lab Phlebotomy and Laboratory: One education session on developing leadership/management skills.
• Completes required annual Continuing Education hours.

Schedule:

Day shift 4am-1230pm (may vary, will discuss more in interview). 40 hrs./wk. Occasional weekend/holiday rotation, potential on call rotation required.

Job Description:

Job Requirements

Education

• High school diploma, General Educational Development (GED) or equivalent required.
• Bachelor's Degree preferred.
• Medical Laboratory Technician or Medical Technologist preferred.
• Participates in mandatory in-services and continuing education programs as mandated by policies and procedures, accrediting agencies and as directed by service leader or service executive.

Experience

• 3 years minimum Phlebotomy experience that qualifies for American Society of Clinical Pathology (ASCP) certification eligibility required.
• Lab Phlebotomy: Current experience in 5 of the 7 below. Demonstrated competency in all areas below required within 6 months of hire:
  • Routine venipuncture.
  • AND
  • Routine dermal puncture.
  • AND
  • Arterial blood gas collection.
  • AND
  • Bone marrow assist.
  • AND
  • Specimen processing.
  • AND
  • Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
  • AND
  • Port accessing and de-accessing.
• Laboratory: Current experience in the list below. Demonstrated competency in all areas below required within 6 months of hire:
  • Routine venipuncture
  • AND
  • Routine dermal puncture
  • AND
  • Arterial blood gas collection
  • AND
  • Specimen processing
• Infusion Center: Current experience in the following areas required:
  • Routine venipuncture
  • AND
  • Routing dermal puncture
  • AND
  • Specimen processing
  • AND
  • Port accessing and de-accessing

License/Certifications

• American Society of Clinical Pathology (ASCP) Phlebotomy Technician (PBT) certification required within 18 months of date of hire to maintain employment.
• Medical Laboratory Technician (MLT) or Medical Technologist (MT) preferred.

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities

• Requires strong attention to detail.
• Requires routine projects and assignments/participation.
• Requires teaching and mentoring students and new employees.
• Requires resource expertise.
• Requires charge tech abilities.
• Requires CAP checklist inspection assignments/participation.
• Requires policy and procedure writing/participation/assignments.
• Requires coordination of quality functions/education.
• For Lab Phlebotomy and Laboratory departments: Requires department scheduling.
• For Lab Phlebotomy and Laboratory departments: Requires product selection.

Physical Requirements

Weight Demands

• Medium Work - Exerting up to 50 pounds of force.

Physical Activity

• Not necessary for the position (0%): - Crawling
• Occasionally Performed (1%-33%):
  • Climbing
  • Kneeling
  • Sitting
• Frequently Performed (34%-66%):
  • Balancing
  • Crouching
  • Keyboarding/typing
  • Lifting
  • Pulling/Pushing
• Constantly Performed (67%-100%):
  • Carrying
  • Distinguish colors
  • Grasping
  • Hearing
  • Reaching
  • Repetitive Motions
  • Seeing/Visual
  • Speaking/talking
  • Standing
  • Stooping/bending
  • Twisting
  • Walking

Job Hazards

• Not Related:
  • Explosives (pressurized gas)
  • Electrical Shock/Static
  • Radiation Alpha, Beta and Gamma (particles such as X-ray, Cat Scan, Gamma Knife, etc)
  • Radiation Non-Ionizing (Ultraviolet, visible light, infrared and microwaves that causes injuries to tissue or thermal or photochemical means)
  • Mechanical moving parts/vibrations
• Rare (1-33%): - Equipment/Machinery/Tools
• Frequent (67%-100%):
  • Chemical agents (Toxic, Corrosive, Flammable, Latex)
  • Biological agents (primary air born and blood born viruses) (Jobs with Patient contact) Blood or Body Fluid (BBF)
  • Physical hazards (noise, temperature, lighting, wet floors, outdoors, sharps) (more than ordinary office environment)
• Note: Safety Officer can assist with identification of job hazards

About Methodist:

Nebraska Methodist Health System is made up of four hospitals in Nebraska and southwest Iowa, more than 30 clinic locations, a nursing and allied health college, and a medical supply distributorship and central laundry facility. From the day Methodist Hospital was chartered in 1891, service to our communities has been a top priority. Financial assistance, health education, outreach to our diverse communities and populations, and other community benefit activities have always been central to our mission.

Nebraska Methodist Health System is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other classification protected by Federal, state or local law.