Position : Phlebotomist

Verifies patient by reading patient identification.

Obtains blood specimens by performing venipunctures and fingersticks.

Maintains specimen integrity by using aseptic technique, following department procedures; observing isolation procedures.

Collects therapeutic drug-monitoring assays by collaborating with nursing personnel to ensure appropriate drug dose to collection time.

Tracks collected specimens by initialling, dating, and noting times of collection; maintaining daily tallies of collections performed.

Monitors glucose levels by performing bedside glucose tests; recording results; reporting results to unit nurse-manager.

Performs bleeding-times tests by entering results to the computer; notifying pathologist of results falling outside normal ranges.

Maintains quality results by following department procedures and testing schedule; recording results in the quality-control log; identifying and reporting needed changes.

Phlebotomists with at least 1 year experience.