Senior Phlebotomist

Summary

Join Natera as a Sr. Phlebotomist in our Falls Church, VA office. You will be responsible for drawing blood from patients, preparing specimens for lab testing, and performing screening procedures. This role requires a minimum of 5 years of experience and a high school diploma or equivalent. A BS/BA degree and phlebotomy certificate are preferred. You will maintain specimen integrity, track collected specimens, and ensure quality results by following established procedures. You will also work with protected health information (PHI) and must complete HIPAA/PHI privacy training. Natera offers competitive benefits, including comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life, and disability plans, as well as free testing for employees and their families.

Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years of phlebotomy experience
• High School Diploma (or equivalent) required
• Phlebotomy Certificate (if required by State)
• Ability to serve and protect the hospital community by adhering to professional standards, hospital policies and procedures, federal, state, and local requirements, and JCAHO standards
• Work in an office setting with scrubs required
• The position requires tracking of each draw

Responsibilities

• Verifies test requisitions by comparing information with nursing station log; bringing discrepancies to the attention of unit personnel
• Verifies patient by reading patient identification
• Obtains blood specimens by performing venipunctures and finger sticks
• Maintains specimen integrity by using aseptic technique, following department procedures; observing isolation procedures
• Tracks collected specimens by initialing, dating, and noting times of collection; maintaining daily tallies of collections performed
• Maintains quality results by following department procedures and testing schedule; recording results in the quality-control log; identifying and reporting needed changes
• Maintains safe, secure, and healthy work environment by following standards and procedures; complying with legal regulations
• Resolves unusual test orders by contacting the physician, pathologist, nursing station, or reference laboratory; referring unresolved orders back to the originator for further clarification; notifying supervisor of unresolved orders
• Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations
• Enhances phlebotomy department and hospital reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments
• This role works with PHI on a regular basis both in paper and electronic form and have an access to various technologies to access PHI (paper and electronic) in order to perform the job
• Employee must complete training relating to HIPAA/PHI privacy, General Policies and Procedure Compliance training and security training as soon as possible but not later than the first 30 days of hire
• Must maintain a current status on Natera training requirements
• Logistical management/printing of patient reports for that area
• Billing question answering/triaging and follow-up with patients
• Scheduling pick ups from courier services - FedEx or Medspeed

Preferred Qualifications

BS/BA degree (preferred)

Benefits

• Competitive Benefits - Employee benefits include comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life and disability plans for eligible employees and their dependents
• Additionally, Natera employees and their immediate families receive free testing in addition to fertility care benefits
• Other benefits include pregnancy and baby bonding leave, 401k benefits, commuter benefits and much more
• We also offer a generous employee referral program!