About the Role
Saint Joseph London is a 150-bed regional hospital founded in 1926, recognized as a Best Place to Work in Kentucky for five consecutive years. As part of CommonSpirit Health, a Catholic health system dedicated to advancing health for all, this role is crucial for maintaining laboratory collection turnaround times and ensuring accurate specimen processing.
Responsibilities
- Performs blood collection and specimen processing.
- Assists with clerical duties as requested.
- Maintains laboratory collection turnaround time.
- Practices positive patient identification at all times.
- Practices HumanKindness and courtesy with all patient and co-worker interactions.
- Establishes and maintains good communication within the department and with other hospital departments.
- Complies with isolation and hand sanitization procedures.
- Follows blood collection procedures, performs venous and capillary punctures on all age groups.
- Utilizes appropriate collection techniques to obtain quality samples and adheres to appropriate volume requirements.
- Performs Blood Bank collections.
- Follows written collection and Blood Bank banding procedures.
- Demonstrates accuracy and good penmanship.
- Adheres to specimen requirements.
- Maintains order and cleanliness of phlebotomy trays, stations and storage rooms.
- Maintains laboratory turnaround time and prioritizes work activities.
- Organizes draw requests to assure efficiency and turnaround time requirements are met.
- Assists with phlebotomy training under the direction of the supervisor and/or coordinator.
- Performs specimen processing/intake and distribution to testing areas of the laboratory.
- Uses good judgment when problem solving and requests help when needed.
- Takes responsibility for the department workflow, assists all members of the team to maintain department workflow and efficiency.
- Creates an atmosphere that fosters teamwork and collaboration.
Requirements
- High School diploma/GED
- BLS-CPR within 90 days
Skills
- Excellent customer service skills
- Excellent time management skills
Location
- London, KY
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 3 months phlebotomy in an acute care facility (Preferred)
Education Level
- High School diploma/GED
- Phlebotomy certificate (Preferred)
About the Company
- Saint Joseph London is a 150-bed regional hospital founded in 1926.
- Located on a 52 acre healing environment, Saint Joseph London offers private patient rooms that overlook a small lake and healing garden.
- Saint Joseph London has been recognized as a Best Place to Work in Kentucky for five years in a row (2020-2024).
- CHI Health Saint Joseph is part of CommonSpirit Health, a non-profit, Catholic health system dedicated to advancing health for all people.
- CommonSpirit Health has approximately 175,000 team members and 25,000 physicians and advanced practice clinicians.
- CommonSpirit Health's commitment to serve the common good is delivered through the dedicated work of thousands of physicians, advanced practice clinicians, nurses, and staff.
- CommonSpirit Health provides clinical excellence across a system of 140 hospitals and more than 2,200 care centers serving 24 states.
