You’ll need
Certifications
Certification as a medical assistant or phlebotomist preferred.
Education
✓High school diploma or equivalent required.
Qualifications
✓Strong customer service skills and ability to communicate effectively with patients and team members.
✓Experience with a wide range of patient age groups, including neonates, pediatrics, adults, and geriatrics.
✓Moderate knowledge of medical and laboratory terminology.
✓Excellent verbal, written, and clerical skills, with attention to detail.
✓Proficiency in computer applications, including order entry, Excel, and Word.
✓Strong dexterity skills are essential.
✓Ability to meet physical demands of the job, including lifting, standing, gripping, and bending for extended periods.
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1phlebotomist role open in AK
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- Join a dynamic healthcare team at South Peninsula Hospital, where you can make a direct impact on patient care while developing valuable phlebotomy and clerical skills. HIGHLIGHTS
- Work at the forefront of patient care with a mix of phlebotomy and clerical duties, providing support in laboratory and clinical settings as needed.
- Community-Centric: Pairing small town values with industry-leading standards, South Peninsula Hospital values and invests in our staff and deeply cares about our patients.
- B enefits: This is not a benefited position. In lieu of benefits, an additional 15% premium is added to the base pay for all Per Diem (Casual) employees. . RESPONSIBILITIES
- Perform phlebotomy on neonates, pediatrics, adults, and geriatrics in both laboratory and clinical settings.
- Accurately input patient data and test results into the computer system using Excel, Word, and order entry systems.
- Provide clerical support such as filing, answering phones, and maintaining patient records.
- Assist in pre-analytical, limited analytical, and post-analytical phases of testing.
- Cross-train and provide coverage in various laboratory or clinical departments as necessary, based on staffing needs. KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE
- High school diploma or equivalent required.
- Certification as a medical assistant or phlebotomist preferred.
- Strong customer service skills and ability to communicate effectively with patients and team members.
- Experience with a wide range of patient age groups, including neonates, pediatrics, adults, and geriatrics.
- Moderate knowledge of medical and laboratory terminology.
- Excellent verbal, written, and clerical skills, with attention to detail.
- Proficiency in computer applications, including order entry, Excel, and Word.
- Strong dexterity skills are essential.
- Ability to meet physical demands of the job, including lifting, standing, gripping, and bending for extended periods. ENVIRONMENT The South Peninsula Hospital is a combined 22-bed Acute Care Critical Access Hospital and 28-bed Long Term Care facility located at the southern end of the Kenai Peninsula in South-Central Alaska. The laboratory is a biohazard environment. Employees must adhere to the laboratory safety plan in the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) when performing job duties. The position requires: 1. Frequent contact with water (hand washing and cleaning) 2. Frequent contact with potential biohazards including blood and other body fluids. 3. Exposure to potential hazard by a sharps injury, such as a needlesticks. 4. OSHA risk factor: Category 1
About the role
Work at the forefront of patient care with a mix of phlebotomy and clerical duties, providing support in laboratory and clinical settings as needed.