Complete 4 weeks of online lecture material which includes safety, medical terminology and anatomy & physiology.
Attend rotations within appropriate shift hours: specimen receiving, anatomic pathology, chemistry, hematology, microbiology and outpatient phlebotomy for phlebotomists.
Will be expected to communicate effectively and professionally with peers, instructors, physicians, healthcare professionals, and patients, both verbally and in writing.
Will be expected to communicate effectively and professionally with peers, instructors, physicians, healthcare professionals, and patients, both verbally and in writing.
Answer phones and record messages, collect specimen delivery information and maintain documentation.
Ensure laboratory samples are collected, handled, labeled and transported properly.
TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES
Specimen Collection (Fundamental Awareness): Has limited experience, training, direct exposure, or past experience working with specimen collection.
Phlebotomy (Fundamental Awareness): Has limited experience, training, direct exposure, or past experience working with phlebotomy.
Core Accountabilities:
Organizational Impact: Performs tasks that are typically routine that may impact team's performance with occasional guidance. * Problem Solving/ Complexity of work: Utilizes some discretion and research to solve routine problems. * Breadth of Knowledge: Applies knowledge of standards, established processes and procedure that apply to your own job. * Team Interaction: Provides guidance to entry level co-workers. Core Capabilities :
Benefits
Health insurance
Additional Information
Discover Vanderbilt University Medical Center : Located in Nashville, Tennessee, and operating at a global crossroads of teaching, discovery, and patient care, VUMC is a community of individuals who come to work each day with the simple aim of changing the world. It is a place where your expertise will be valued, your knowledge expanded, and your abilities challenged. Vanderbilt Health is committed to an environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and where your uniqueness is sought and celebrated. It is a place where employees know they are part of something that is bigger than themselves, take exceptional pride in their work and never settle for what was good enough yesterday. Vanderbilt's mission is to advance health and wellness through preeminent programs in patient care, education, and research.
Organization:
CLA-PHB Program Job Summary:
Clinical Laboratory Assistant (CLA)/Phlebotomist Trainee, prepares patient samples for testing in the diagnostic laboratory. Activities can include performing phlebotomy, accessioning samples as they are delivered to the laboratory, centrifuging and pipetting samples, packaging samples, and operating instruments. CLA Trainees also perform tasks such as answering phone calls and troubleshooting issues. CLA Trainees may work in the preanalytical areas of Specimen Receiving and Phlebotomy as well as almost every department within the diagnostic laboratory. .
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