Phlebo II Ambulatory - Aurora HealthCare - Grafton, WI

975 PORT WASHINGTON ROAD

GRAFTON, WI

53024

OZAUKEE

Discover the Benefits…

Imagine a work environment where you are valued for finding better ways of caring for our patients and are offered flexibility, mobility and growth through a wide range of career options. With Aurora you’ll find a diverse and comprehensive blend of benefits designed to make your life better both inside and outside of the workplace.

Aurora supports a safe, healthy and drug-free work environment through criminal background checks and pre-employment drug testing. We maintain a smoke-free environment at all our locations. We are an equal opportunity employer and maintain an environment that attracts, recruits, engages and retains a diverse workforce.

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Licenses & Certifications

Professional Collector (CPC) certification issued by the Drug and Alcohol Testing Industry Association (DATIA) needs to be obtained within 6 months.

Degrees

High School Graduate.

Required Functional Experience

No experience required

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Demonstrates knowledge and experience in phlebotomy or related laboratory function.Basic computer skills including experience using computer software applications.Keyboarding and typing skills.Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Good listening skills.Ability to work in a fast paced environment and to handle multiple tasks simultaneously.Demonstrated customer service skills to interface effectively with physicians, patients, visitors, and other healthcare employees.

Primary Purpose

Under general supervision, obtains specimens from patients for laboratory analysis and performs limited testing and/or result entry. Performs specimen processing and manual ordering or computer data entry. Functions as a liaison between the laboratory and patients/customers.

Major Responsibilities

Verifies positive patient identification to ensure patient safety. Assesses patient reactions to specimen procurement.

Performs venipuncture and collects other specimens from newborn, pediatric, and adult patients according to established protocol. Obtains medical assistance when judged necessary.

Obtains specimens according to priority and scheduled draw times. Ensures completion of specimen collection functions according to protocol. Ensures that specimens are properly labeled and suitable for testing. Resolves specimen identification and/or requisition problems and clarifies requests.

Performs limited testing under Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA), 1988 guidelines according to established policies and procedures.

Answers and screens telephone calls. Assists with inventory and maintains supplies and/or equipment. Provides assistance in support of Billing and other business functions.

Accepts specimens from a variety of internal and external customers. Receives and sorts specimens. Packages and tracks specimens for transport. Processes specimens for testing, including aliquoting, pre-analytical steps, and loading instruments, while maintaining proper specimen identification.

Orders and verifies test requests. Documents appropriate information for quality assurance/improvement according to established protocol. Runs quality control checks. Takes appropriate action to notify providers of stat, critical and other abnormal results as defined by policy and procedure.

Performs laboratory result entry in the computer system. Performs patient registration, payment collection, data entry of demographic and insurance information, and other clinical procedures to support efficient clinic operations.

Performs internal and external proficiency testing in the same manner as patient samples. Reviews various pending and management reports. Generates and distributes reports.

Instructs employees and students in phlebotomy, data entry and specimen processing functions.

Varied hours between 0745 and 1730 Monday thru Friday. Weekend rotation included.

At Aurora Health Care we believe that each of us can use our knowledge, experience and creativity to help people live well. We’re a non-profit organization with a clear vision of providing people with better health care than they can get anywhere else. Our strength stems from teamwork and collaboration among a talented and diverse group of professionals.