Evening Phlebotomist: Patient Care & Lab Support

Advocate Health Care; United States; On-site; USD 27,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

Advocate Health Care’s IL ACL Laboratories - Lutheran in Illinois seeks a full-time Phlebotomist for 2nd shift (1:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.) with rotating weekends and holidays.

A high school diploma and about 1 year of phlebotomy experience are preferred. Responsibilities include verifying patient IDs, performing venipuncture, labeling specimens, basic testing under CLIA, and supporting inventory, billing, and data entry.

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 other specimens from newborn, pediatric, and adult patients according to established protocol.
• 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, pre-analytical steps, and loading instruments, while maintaining proper specimen identification.
• Responds to additional specimen procurement requests via pager or other means.
• Orders and verifies test requests.
• Documents appropriate information for quality assurance/improvement according to established protocol.
• Runs quality control checks.
• Notifies providers of stat, critical and other abnormal results as defined by policy and procedure.
• Performs laboratory result entry in the computer system.
• Performs internal and external proficiency testing in the same manner as patient samples.
• Reviews pending and management reports.
• Generates and distributes reports.
• Instructs employees and students in phlebotomy, data entry and specimen processing functions.

Skills

Phlebotomy

Computer skills

Keyboarding

Verbal communication

Listening skills

Multi-tasking

Customer service

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

Advocate Health Care’s IL ACL Laboratories - Lutheran in Illinois seeks a full-time Phlebotomist for 2nd shift (1:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.) with rotating weekends and holidays.

A high school diploma and about 1 year of phlebotomy experience are preferred. Responsibilities include verifying patient IDs, performing venipuncture, labeling specimens, basic testing under CLIA, and supporting inventory, billing, and data entry.