Triage Nurse (Phlebotomy) at Reliance HMO

Job Description

• The Triage Nurse on the Reliance Family Clinics team must be skilled in phlebotomy and will provide direct patient care in a new clinic that utilizes the best medical evidence available to provide high quality, comprehensive primary care services.
• The successful candidate will be friendly, engaging, articulate and have experience working in comprehensive primary care.
• This person will be a comfortable with technology, excellent communicator, comfortable working in multidisciplinary teams and able to adapt quickly in a fast-paced “start-up” environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide friendly service to all our patients
• Undertake an initial intake of Patient history and physical exam to appropriately triage patients
• Collect and tag specimens exactly as outlined in each medical requisition
• Develop effective collection techniques as they relate to groups such as pediatric and geriatric patients
• Properly package each specimen and ensure that every specimen is delivered to the laboratory on time
• Maintain an organized and clean work area based on state health laws and the guidelines of our medical organization
• Answer patient questions regarding collection techniques and offer additional resources on the collection process if a patient requests them
• Perform patient assessment
• Initiate emergency treatment if necessary

Requirements
Must Haves:

• Minimum Qualification of First Degree or HND
• Registered nurse with license to practice
• At least 1 year of experience accurately collecting blood samples from a variety of patient groups
• Comfortable using basic technology including laptops and tablet devices
• Friendly, enthusiastic, relationship builder and collaborator
• Able to adapt quickly to fast-paced environment

Some Perks and Benefits

• Daily meals
• Employee-friendly working conditions
• Generous health insurance package; including gym passes
• Modern, cosy and collaborative workspace