Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

Phlebotomy Services needed to support the Medical Staff at FCI Herlong

Job Duties:

• Assist the Physician, Advanced Practice Provider, and/or Nurse/ Paramedic with patient flow in a clinic setting by measuring the patient’s vital signs and weight, assisting with EKGs (if covered under licensure scope of practice), and scanning laboratory results in the Bureau Electronic Medical Record (BEMR).
• Organize, schedule, and perform laboratory studies, basic blood draws, specimen collection and process within the Health Service Unit or open, semi-open and locked units, to include A&O in-processing, DNA per procedure, vaccine programs and PPD updates.
• Spin down blood, prepare and ensure specimens are packed and transported according to the contract or BOP Reference Lab and document per Health Services Unit Laboratory Procedures. Ensure that lab requests are completed properly and all reports are returned from the contract lab, provider notified, log results in as received, follow up appropriately, and file results in lab and the Bureau Electronic Medical Record (BEMR).
• Maintain the needle/syringe, security, accountability, and inventory
• Acquire and maintain knowledge of the Health Services Manual and Unit Procedures necessary to accomplish the mission described herein, ensuring that the Laboratory Procedure Manual is updated accordingly.
• Assist the Health Service Administrator (HSA) or his/her designee in the coordination of BOP and Contract Reference Lab contact, CLIA re-certification, maintenance of equipment, including routine equipment checks, and notification of needed supplies.
• Assist the HSA and Clinical Director with providing input for policies that deal with the laboratory program.
• Effectively work with both staff and inmates in the performance of contract services

Education and Experience Required :

• Must have valid license to practice in the state of CA as a Medical Assistant, Laboratory Assistant, Emergency Medical Technician, or Phlebotomist, or hold national certification.
• Previous experience with specimen collections, packaging and shipment to referral laboratories.
• Knowledge of maintaining appropriate records
• Experience working in a Correctional Facility
• CPR Certified in accordance with the American Heart Association or American Red Cross

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