Ambulatory Phlebotomist — Rotating Saturdays

125 Advocate Health and Hospitals Corporation; Park Ridge (IL); On-site; USD 27,000 - 41,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off

Educational Assistance

Retirement Plan

Job summary

Advocate Health is seeking a Phlebotomist to join the Lab Ambulatory Services team in Park Ridge. The role involves venipuncture, specimen handling, and data entry within a 40-hour week, with rotating Saturday coverage and occasional on-call responsibilities.

Starting shift times vary from 7:00am to 9:00am, Monday through Friday, with no Sundays. This position supports patient safety, specimen integrity, and provides essential clerical and billing assistance as part of a dynamic lab team.

Qualifications

• Demonstrates knowledge and experience in phlebotomy or related laboratory function.
• Basic computer skills including experience using computer software applications.
• Keyboarding and typing skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Good listening skills.
• Ability to work in a fast paced environment and to handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Demonstrated customer service skills to interface effectively with physicians, patients, visitors, and other healthcare employees.

Responsibilities

• Verifies positive patient identification to ensure patient safety.
• Assesses patient reactions to specimen procurement.
• Performs venipuncture and collects specimens from newborn, pediatric, and adult patients.
• Obtains medical assistance when judged necessary.
• Obtains specimens according to priority and scheduled draw times.
• Ensures completion of specimen collection functions according to protocol.
• Ensures that specimens are properly labeled and suitable for testing.
• Resolves specimen identification and/or requisition problems and clarifies requests.
• Performs limited testing under CLIA guidelines according to established policies and procedures.
• Answers and screens telephone calls.
• Assists with inventory and maintains supplies and/or equipment.
• Provides assistance in support of Billing and other business functions.
• Accepts specimens from a variety of internal and external customers.
• Receives and sorts specimens.
• Packages and tracks specimens for transport.
• Processes specimens for testing, including aliquoting and pre-analytical steps.
• Responds to additional specimen procurement requests via pager or other means.
• Orders and verifies test requests.
• Documents information for quality assurance/improvement.
• Runs quality control checks.
• Notifies providers of stat, critical and other abnormal results.
• Performs laboratory result entry in the computer system.
• Performs proficiency testing.
• Reviews pending and management reports.
• Generates and distributes reports.
• Instructs employees and students in phlebotomy, data entry and specimen processing functions.
• Must demonstrate knowledge to provide care appropriate to patient age.

Skills

Phlebotomy

Patient safety

Communication

Computer skills

Typing

Multitasking

Customer service

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

LIS software

CLIA guidelines

Job description

Advocate Health is seeking a Phlebotomist to join the Lab Ambulatory Services team in Park Ridge. The role involves venipuncture, specimen handling, and data entry within a 40-hour week, with rotating Saturday coverage and occasional on-call responsibilities.

Starting shift times vary from 7:00am to 9:00am, Monday through Friday, with no Sundays. This position supports patient safety, specimen integrity, and provides essential clerical and billing assistance as part of a dynamic lab team.