Job Description

Job Description

Frye Regional Medical Center

As a part of Duke LifePoint Healthcare, our community hospital is being supported with more resources than ever before. Duke LifePoint combines Duke University Health System's unparalleled expertise in clinical excellence, quality and patient safety with LifePoint Health's financial resources and extensive operational experience - making our hospital even stronger.

Duke LifePoint Healthcare's pledge to our hospital and the communities we serve is quality, expertise and commitment.

* Quality is the cornerstone of Duke LifePoint, and it is the central focus of everything the organization and our hospital strive to achieve.
* Duke LifePoint pledges to bring a wealth of expertise and resources to strengthen the already excellent care our hospital delivers.
* And, Duke LifePoint's commitment is to work collaboratively with our hospital to make our community healthier by strengthening local healthcare delivery for the future.

For more information about Duke LifePoint, visit www.dukelifepointhealthcare.com.

Job Description:

1. Blood and Specimen Collection, according to Clinical Laboratory procedures

Venipuncture

Fingerstick

Heelstick

Pediatric Phlebotomy

Blood Culture

Therapeutic Phlebotomy

Drug Screen

Urine: clean catch

Throat and Nasopharyngeal Swabs

Nasopharyngeal Aspirates

Glucose Tolerance Test Specimens

Transcutaneous Bilirubin

ACTH Stimulation Test Specimens

TRH Provacative test

PKU Collection

2. Enter / Review / Organize Outpatient Orders and Test Results in Laboratory Information System

Register patient in Star using quick registration

Place patient orders in Horizon Lab

Scan orders into Right Fax

Process orders on all Medicare patients through Compliance Checker prior to order entry

and follow all Medical Compliance rules to ensure that appropriate paperwork completed

and follow-up is taken when necessary

3. Order, read and report IPPDs

Assist patient in completing form correctly, place order in computer and file form

Read arm and result in computer

Refer patient to employee health if applicable

4. Receptionist Duties

Answer incoming phone calls and greet customers in Lab reception area

Perform necessary communication (via fax or phone) between Lab and Physician /

Provider offices to ensure testing is ordered and reported correctly

Label and delivery of Outpatient Specimens to Laboratory areas

Prepare and distribute specimen containers and instructions to Outpatients

Process, file and mail physician reports

5. Specimen Processing Duties

Receive and process specimens

Deliver specimens to appropriate departments instrument ready

Evaluate, reschedule and recollect unacceptable specimens

Process reference lab specimens for pickup

6. Assists in the training of new employees, Phlebotomy students, other hospital staff performing

phlebotomy responsibilities throughout the hospital.

7. Phlebotomy Work Area Duties

Temperatures

Cleaning and maintenance of phlebotomy work area

Storage and inventory of phlebotomy supplies

8. Achieves departmental goals as defined by job description

Job Requirements

High School Graduate

Community College Certificate for completing Phlebotomy Program preferred

LifePoint Health is committed to providing Equal Employment Opportunities for all applicants and employees and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of color, race, sex, age, religion, national origin, disability, genetic information, gender identity, sexual orientation, veterans status or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law.

LifePoint Health is a trade name used to refer to an organization of affiliated entities that own and operate hospitals and other healthcare providers in more than 80 communities. LifePoint Health, Inc. is a holding company only. It does not own or operate hospitals or healthcare providers and does not have any employees. When terms such as LifePoint or LifePoint Health or we or us are used herein, they refer to LifePoint Health, Inc. and its operating subsidiaries. When terms such as hospital or provider or facility are used herein, they refer to the hospitals or other healthcare providers that are wholly owned and operated by subsidiaries of LifePoint Health, Inc. Finally, when terms such as LifePoint employees or our employees are used herein, they refer to individuals employed by subsidiaries of LifePoint Health, Inc.