Lab Training Coordinator
Methodist Health System
- Omaha, NE
- Permanent
- Full-time
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: Methodist Physicians Clinic - Indian Hills
Address: 8901 W Dodge Road - Omaha, NE
Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 4 days/week, hours varyTo provide phlebotomy training leadership to ensure proper and safe technique and patient comfort levels. Oversee laboratory specimen processing, date input inventory and equipment processing to ensure processes are streamlines, and adhere to compliance requirements.Responsibilities:Essential FunctionsPromote and train consistently phlebotomy skills throughout PCI by meeting with employees, writing improvement plans and follow-up with those employees.
- Promotes good phlebotomy skills.
- Writes and follows-up with improvement plans.
- Supplies are available by no special or stat orders of supplies.
- No overstocking of supplies by direct observation.
- Day shift; temperatures and function checks are recorded daily by review of records.
- Evening/night shifts; malfunction of equipment is reported to supervisor personnel.
- Countertops are cleaned per policy review of records.
- Cleanliness as directly observed by supervisory personnel.
- No recurring valid complaints or incident reports of incorrectly labeled aliquots.
- No recurring valid complaints from other sections or clients of delays in specimen delivered to testing areas.
- Operates the pneumatic tube system correctly by review of incident reports and direct observation.
- Patient demographics accurately transcribed 95% of the time by supervisor review of registration sheets.
- No recurring valid client complaints of test not ordered or wrong test performed.
- Results are entered accurately by review of all results by technologists the following day.
- No recurring valid complaints from laboratory personnel, hospital personnel or clients.
- Appropriate communication skills as directly observed by supervisory personnel.
- Complete work in timely manner as directly observed by supervisory personnel.
- No recurring valid complaints from laboratory personnel or clients.
- An effective team member as directly observed by supervisory personnel.
- No recurring valid complaints from coworkers, laboratory personnel or clients.
- High School Diploma or General Educational Development (G.E.D.) required.
- Minimum of 2 years phlebotomy experience required. Experience with patient venipuncture of all ages preferred. Experience with laboratory specimen processing and/or laboratory supply/equipment maintenance preferred.
- Certification as a Phlebotomy Technician (PBT) from the American Society of Clinical Pathology required.
- Knowledge of phlebotomy practices and venipuncture specimen and safety procedures.
- Knowledge of laboratory processes, inventory, and equipment.
- Skill in phlebotomy procedures for all ages, and for all degrees of difficulty.
- Ability to coordinate laboratory training functions for clinical personnel.
- Ability to maintain patient confidentiality.
- Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing including one to one training activities.
- Participates in mandatory in services.
- Light Work - Exerting up to 20 pounds of force.
- Not neccessary for the position (0%):
- Climbing
- Crawling
- Kneeling
- Occasionally Performed (1%-33%):
- Balancing
- Carrying
- Crouching
- Lifting
- Pulling/Pushing
- Sitting
- Frequently Performed (34%-66%):
- Distinguish colors
- Fingering/Touching
- Grasping
- Keyboarding/typing
- Reaching
- Repetitive Motions
- Speaking/talking
- Twisting
- Constantly Performed (67%-100%):
- Hearing
- Seeing/Visual
- Standing
- Stooping/bending
- Walking
- Not Related:
- Chemical agents (Toxic, Corrosive, Flammable, Latex)
- Equipment/Machinery/Tools
- 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%):
- Biological agents (primary air born and blood born viruses) (Jobs with Patient contact) (BBF)
- Physical hazards (noise, temperature, lighting, wet floors, outdoors, sharps) (more than ordinary office environment)