Outreach Phlebotomy Supervisor

Phlebotomy Supervisor

This position supervises the operation of the phlebotomy team by supervising personnel and overseeing day-to-day workflow.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Education, Certification, and/or Licensure: High school graduate or equivalent.
• Experience: Three (3) years phlebotomy experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Education, Certification, and/or Licensure: Associate degree in healthcare related field. Phlebotomy Certification.
• Experience: Four (4) years phlebotomy experience.

Core Duties and Responsibilities: The statements described here are intended to describe the general nature of work being performed by people assigned to this position. They are not intended to be constructed as an all-inclusive list of all responsibilities and duties. Other duties may be assigned.

• Assists with selecting and hiring employees. Completes departmental training and orientation and assigns departmental staff. Supervises and evaluates the effectiveness of employees on an ongoing basis.
• Schedules and adjusts staff to meet facility needs considering staff competency, established standards and regulatory requirements, including appropriate supervision, and wage and hour law.
• Supervises the daily duties and outcomes of the phlebotomy staff. Assures phlebotomy duties are completed in a time efficient manner, prioritizes STAT orders, ASAP orders, scheduled orders and outpatients. Prints, documents, and reviews pending Specimen Collection lists periodically throughout each workday.
• Provides input in the evaluation of the staff for promotions, salary adjustments, annual performance appraisals, disciplinary actions, and terminations based on documented performance within time frames established by the institution. Identify and addresses outreach quality issues observing for trends and resolving issues with appropriate documentation.
• Ensures that the staff is properly trained for specimen type, proper receipt into the LIS, troubleshooting of missing samples and orders.
• May coordinates health fairs, employee screens, and low cost blood screens offered by the hospital or the lab. Performs the duties of a Phlebotomist as needed.

Physical Requirements: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Heavy/Hard work: Work requires strength and/or stamina, lifting, moving, stooping, reaching, standing, walking, and carrying of materials and equipment weighing 40+lbs. Ability to bend, stoop, reach and be capable of normal rotation, standing and walking for entire shift.

Working Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• May require unsupervised access to restricted areas that may contain medications, supplies and patient confidential information. May be required to travel between facilities/buildings. May be scheduled to work various shifts based on departmental needs.

Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to use a computer keyboard, monitor, mouse, and calculator. Ability to use computer software (PowerPoint, Word, and Excel). Ability to use Fax machines, printers and other office equipment.

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40

Shift:

Exempt/Non-Exempt: United States of America (Non-Exempt)

Company: BMC Berkeley Medical Center

Cost Center: 112 BMC Clinical Labs

Address: 2500 Hospital Drive Martinsburg West Virginia

Equal Opportunity Employer: West Virginia University Health System and its subsidiaries (collectively "WVUHS") is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. WVUHS strictly prohibits and does not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants, or any other covered persons because of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, sex (including gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), age, physical or mental disability, citizenship, past, current, or prospective service in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. All WVUHS employees, other workers, and representatives are prohibited from engaging in unlawful discrimination. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, training, promotion, discipline, compensation, benefits, and termination of employment.