Phlebotomy Technician

Location: Keesler AFB, MS

Schedule: Will be scheduled for 8 hour duty days with a 1 hour unpaid lunch, 40 hours per week. The normal duty hours will fall between 0500 – 1700 Monday through Friday, excluding Federal Holidays and hospital closures. The schedule will created by the designated government supervisor. The specific schedule for each two-week period will be provided one month in advance. Any changes in the schedule shall be coordinated between the HCW and the Government. At the mutual agreement of the Contractor and the Government, alternative schedules may be implemented. Any planned absences of the HCW shall be communicated to the Government supervisor in advance of the absence in order to ensure that clinical operations are not adversely affected. The Government reserves the right to change shift hours with a five day notice to accommodate patient care needs and mission requirements.

Pay: $18.52/hr + $4.93*/hr for Health & Wellness

Benefits: Vested vacation, sick leave, holiday leave, Life, Accidental Death and Dismemberment, Short Term Disability

Optional Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(K) matching with employee participation in 401(K) plan

• While on duty, the Contractor personnel shall be neat and clean, free from visible dirt and stains, well groomed, and appropriately dressed. The Contractor personnel’s clothing shall fit correctly to provide a professional, modest appearance, in keeping with normally accepted community standards of dress for the work being performed.
• Facial hair (including beards, mustaches, and sideburns) shall be controlled (restrained) or trimmed. It shall not interfere with safe work practices, look unkempt, or be unclean. Facial hair shall not interfere with the face seal if a tight-fitting respirator (e.g., N95) is required to be worn for normal duties.
• The Contractor personnel shall display legible MTF-provided identification media on his/her outer clothing.
• Practice general hospital safety, infection control, aseptic and sterile techniques for safe handling of sharps, electrical equipment, and blood or blood products, to include cleaning of work areas and equipment.
• Participate in the orientation, training, and evaluation of duty performance of newly assigned personnel phlebotomists ensuring compliance with standards of care and practice.
• Ensure a safe work environment and safe employee work habits.
• Complete applicable documentation to include manual and computer methods.
• Review laboratory request slips for completeness and identify discrepancies.
• Possess/maintain proper certification and skills to perform required duties within regulatory compliance and with minimal oversight.
• Adhere to and maintain a system of supply inventory management with unit supply custodian to ensure adequate stock levels of consumable supplies are available within Laboratory to minimize waste and ensure uninterrupted services.
• Ensure all MTF equipment is properly cleaned and stored at the end of each work shift.
• Ensures preventative maintenance and routine cleaning are performed.
• Be productive and perform duties with minimal supervisory direction.
• Contractor personnel shall perform a wide range of procedures involved in the collection of blood with minimal supervision. These procedures involve assembling required equipment, locating an accessible vein, disinfecting the area, performing venipuncture, treating the puncture site, labeling blood containers, and managing patient or donor reactions.
• Greets and interviews patients. Receive and interpret laboratory request slips, review request slips for required information, and determine the fitness of the patient for tests requested by the healthcare provider/physician (i.e., fasting state, liquid intake, medication, dietary instruction). Ensure specimens are collected in the amount and type of specimen required (e.g., with or without a particular anticoagulant) for each laboratory test. Enter laboratory orders into Composite Health Care System (CHCS).
• Perform timed blood collection procedures, such as glucose tolerance tests. Utilizes glucose point of care glucometer which provides immediate glucose results in evaluating the patient’s condition before administering the glucose load.
• Collect blood specimens from ambulatory or bed patients via venipuncture, finger, or infant heel stick, as appropriate, using standardized procedures. For venipuncture specimens, this entails the application of a tourniquet, selection of the proper vein, disinfection of the puncture site, and entering the vein using a sterile blood collection and vacutainer. The blood collection may require the use of a lancet, capillary tube, pipette, or glass slide for blood smears.
• Dress the skin puncture site after blood collection. Carefully observe the patient for any sign or symptoms of physiological reactions after blood collection and take appropriate first aid measures to prevent injury and stabilize the patient.
• Verifies specimen labels, properly label collected blood specimens with appropriate patient identification information, and deliver specimens to the Laboratory’s Central Operations section within the established specified time frame.
• Provide immediate care to patients by recognizing adverse reactions to procedures and instituting immediate corrective measures.
• Mentors Phase II laboratory students and medical technology interns in phlebotomy.
• Perform applicable documentation.
• Maintain blood collection tray in a clean, hygienic state and replenish blood collection supplies as needed. Maintain supply levels for drawing stations and shelves on a daily basis.
• Perform clerical duties in Laboratory Central Operations. Answer telephones, look up test results in the laboratory computer, and fax test results to ordering healthcare providers/physicians.
• Process patient demographic data into the laboratory automated data system (i.e. CHCS or manual system). Identifies and corrects patient data errors. Verifies physician, patient information, ward and clinic locations, and provider codes for entering accession information into the computer terminal, and work with wards, clinics, and other medical personnel to resolve missing or incorrect data.
• Receive telephone calls and visitors to the laboratory. Determine nature of call or visit. Direct callers or visitors to appropriate personnel. Personally provide the information requested when routine or procedural matters of the laboratory are involved. Apply established guidelines concerning the release of information on test results, adhering to the provision to the Privacy Act and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
• Contractor personnel shall provide patients with the utmost care and attention. All patients shall be assured of their privacy and personal dignity.
• Contractor personnel shall maintain open and professional communication with members of the MTF staff. Complaints validated by the Flight Commander/Medical Director shall be reported in writing to the Contract Administrator and the Contractor for action. Failure of the Contractor to correct validated complaints raised by the MTF staff and the Contracting Officer (CO) will be considered a failure to perform.
• Contractor personnel shall prepare all documentation (to include patient records) to meet or exceed established standards of the MTF, to include but not limited to, timeliness, accuracy, content, and signature. Only MTF and Air Force-approved abbreviations shall be used for documentation of the patient/donor health records.

• Degree: Certificate.
  Education: High school equivalent and completion of NAACLS or two part Phlebotomy program.
• Experience: A minimum of three years of experience is required within the previous 48 months. Certified phlebotomy technicians with less than three years of laboratory experience would be considered if prior military service National Guard, Reserve or internship at this facility. Candidate acceptance will be at the discretion of the Government Supervisor.
• Board Certification: Contractor personnel shall be certified (registered) (Phlebotomists) IAW an approved certifying agency (e.g., ASCP, NCA, AMT). Contractor personnel must provide proof of board certification prior to providing services to the 81 MDG and maintain their certification throughout
  their employment. Contractor personnel registered or certified by national/medical associations shall continue to meet the minimum standards for CME to remain current as prescribed in Chapter 4, AFI 41-117, Medical Service Officer Education, 25 Mar 15. CME hours will be reported to the Medial Director, annually on the first normal duty day in January for the previous calendar year. Periodic CME may be conducted at the MTF and will be available, at no cost, should the Contractor personnel desire to attend. Attendance will be at the discretion of the Flight Commander/Medical Director.

AKAHI ASSOCIATES LLC

AKAHI Associates is a premier provider of healthcare workers to various military treatment facilities across the United States. With a corporate office in Honolulu, Hawaii and recruiting office in San Antonio, Texas we specialize in providing skilled, trained and highly successful healthcare workers, including RNs, CRNAs, Physicians, LPN/LVN, Licensed Social Workers, and many more.

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