Medical Clinic/ Campus WidePhlebotomist/ Clinic RunnerJob Location: Fulton State Hospital
600 East Fifth Street
Fulton, MO 65251
Why you’ll love this position: Fulton State Hospital is a community of caring, skilled people, partnering with individuals challenged by mental illness to inspire healing and recovery. Through Respect, Encouragement, Compassion, Opportunity, Value, Excellence, and Responsiveness, you can contribute to individuals’ recovery and positively impact those you serve by being a team member within our Medical Clinic. Be part of a team whose responsibility is to provide treatment for clients residing within Fulton State Hospital.
What you’ll do: Laboratory:
- Preparing patients before drawing blood.
- Explaining blood draw procedures to patients and answering any questions about the process.
- Following all health and safety protocols and procedures to maintain sanitary work areas.
- Gathering medical testing materials, including needles, sample vials, blood storage bags and test tubes.
- Verifying patient information and labeling blood samples properly.
- Accurately updating patient information in the organization’s database.
- Helping nervous or frightened patients remain calm during blood draws.
- Working with supervising Providers and following their directions.
- Responsible for communicating list of next working day blood draws and daily refusals.
- Preparing venipuncture specimens for transportation; use proper needles and specimen tubes, label specimens correctly, properly use centrifuge, separate samples, store appropriately.
- Edit orders in the contracted laboratory site, print completed requisitions.
- Order lab supplies from contracted laboratory.
- Responsible to make sure labs are drawn per national Clozaril protocol (will work with pharmacy).
- Work with pharmacy by performing CBC fingersticks for Clozaril.
- Responsible for drawing, filling out paperwork and sending labs to the state laboratory, receive results and file.
- Responsible for checking for expired supplies, stock/restock lab supplies in clinics, exam rooms and lab boxes.
- Work with Medical Providers and Psychiatrists.
- Help maintain lab schedule to optimize how often patients are having labs drawn.
- Work closely with laboratory supervisor and other clinic staff.
- Keep laboratory equipment clean per manufacture guidelines.
Clinic Runner:
- Living Area/Clinic/Infirmary Checks; restock items and check for expiration dates.
- Escort patients to and from the clinic; PT, Podiatry, Medical, Dental, Audiology, Optometry, Speech and OT.
- Escort Clinic Providers to Living Area to examine patients.
- Respond to Crisis intervention (assaultive/resistive behavior).
All you need for success:Typical Qualifications: - High School diploma or equivalent and 2-3 years of relevant experience.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Certification as Phlebotomy Technician.
More reasons to love this position:The State of Missouri offers an excellent benefits package that includes a defined pension plan, generous amounts of leave and holiday time, and eligibility for health insurance coverage. Your total compensation is more than the dollars you receive in your paycheck. To help demonstrate the value of working for the State of Missouri, we have created an interactive Total Compensation Calculator. This tool provides a comprehensive view of benefits and more that are offered to prospective employees. The Total Compensation Calculator and other applicant resources can be found here .
