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Summary of Position: This position is responsible for providing laboratory registration, preregistration, scheduling, as well as requisition maintenance. The position will assist in processing blood, cultures, and urine specimens, label samples, as well as sort and set up batches of specimens. This position is responsible for the collection of blood samples for laboratory testing in hospital, emergency room, and outpatient settings.

Laboratory Registration: Registers patient scripts collecting demographic and insurance information to ensure proper billing to all parties, as well as inputs acceptable and accurate diagnosis codes for all registrations.

Patient Scheduling : Coordinates and schedules phlebotomy services for all outpatient locations, including homedraw services using the hospital computer system.

Requisition Maintenance: Performs requisition functions including obtaining scanned requisitions, accurately ordering laboratory tests in the Meditech system, as well as investigating esoteric test orders to determine proper test and specimen requirements, making certain that laboratory test orders are compliant with regulatory agency requirements.

Laboratory Communication: Serves as the primary laboratory contact staff communicating with patients, physician offices, floor staff, as well as reference laboratories through telephone, fax and electronic routes following hospital policies pertaining to HIPAA compliance.

Patient Care: Recognizes specific patient requirements relating to choice of appropriate collection equipment, verbal and non-verbal communications. Assesses patient condition associated with adverse reactions to specimen collections, in addition to determining when these reactions meet the requirements for a medical emergency, and what action to take.

Specimen Collection: Obtain blood specimens by performing venipuncture, fingersticks, and heel sticks maintaining order of draw, as well as knowledge of specimen requirements, ensuring optimal results for diagnostic decisions.

Specimen Processing: Receive, sort, label and process specimens including mixing, centrifuging, aliquotting, incubating maintaining safe specimen handling requirements, as well as distinguishing which tests require whole blood, serum or plasma while preserving specimen storage requirements. Staff recognize problems associated with specimen integrity, and demonstrate proper notification for rejected specimens.

Requirements:

Education, Training & Experience: High School graduate or equivalent. One year full-time phlebotomy experience or equivalent required.

Certifications / Licensure: Valid New York State driver's license required. Must be at least 21 years of age and approved to drive Saratoga Hospital vehicles for shifts requiring travel for offsite specimen collection. PBT - Certified by ASCP, NCA, or AMT

Completes a minimum of 6 hours of technical continuing education on an annual basis.

Salary Range: $17.79 - $27.45 Pay Grade: 17 Compensation may vary based upon, but not limited to: overall experience and qualifications, shift, and location.