Mercy Cedar Rapids.

  • Cedar Rapids, IA


  • Permanent.

  • Full-time.

Job Tasks

  • Ensures that precise and scientifically pertinent info is communicated with patients, their households, and colleagues at hand offs and other times as required. Take all steps necessary to guarantee that the suitable and involved celebrations have actually communicated necessary info in order to permit for the finest possible client outcome
  • Appropriately determines clients and samples during the pre-analytical, analytical, and post-analytical phases of screening
  • Follows lab treatments for specimen collection, order entry, specimen receiving, and all other duties
  • Interacts successfully and expertly with physicians, nurses, other medical personnel, patients, and families
  • Focuses on work to guarantee prompt collection of client samples
  • Maintains and improves abilities by getting involved in at least one continuing education activity annually
  • Actively seeks and recognizes chances for process improvement
  • Utilizes lab information system access details and get in information
  • Helps with education and trains brand-new staff and trainees
  • Perform specimen collection, consisting of phlebotomy, respiratory swabs, and skin tests, with skill and empathy
  • Responses inbound phone calls and places outgoing phone calls in a prompt way utilizing correct phone rules
  • Receives specimens into the lab and delivers to appropriate locations
  • Gets involved in off-site collections and rotate to laboratory locations outside the medical facility as needed

Understanding, Skills and Capabilities

Knowledge of specimen collection treatments, consisting of venipuncture, capillary collection, TB positioning, and respiratory swabs

Knowledge of various client populations and their needs, including neonatal, pediatric, geriatric, and injury

Capability to work quickly and efficiently under pressure without compromising quality

Capability to multi-task, focus on, and work with disruptions

Skill to use the laboratory details system (LIS)

Ability to detail-oriented

Capability to complete suitable documents and documents plainly and entirely

Displays impressive consumer service to clients, families and colleagues.

Licensure, Certification, Registration

Preferred – one of the following:

American Society for Medical Pathology (ASCP), PBT (ASCP)

American Medical Technologists (AMT, RPT (AMT)

National Healthcareer Association (NHA), CPT (NHA).

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