Medical Technician-Phlebotomy

Summary This position is organizationally aligned under the Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Consolidated Work Unit of the VISN 12 at the William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital in Danville, IL. The Medical Technician serves as a phlebotomist and is responsible for collecting a broad range of routine and emergency blood samples. Responsibilities ***THIS IS NOT A VIRTUAL POSITION, YOU MUST LIVE WITHIN OR BE WILLING TO RELOCATE WITHIN A COMMUTABLE DISTANCE OF THE DUTY LOCATION*** Major duties and responsibilities include: Provides primary support for the laboratory by assisting with filing, typing and/or updating of laboratory procedure manuals. Assists with updating of collection manuals and specimen collection containers to make sure protocols for collection of specimens is up to date. Identifies properly patients utilizing the full name and full social security number before processing and/or hospital computer entry of requests. Observes Universal Precautions in performance of ...