Multi-Site Phlebotomist: Fast-Paced Lab Tech

Advocate Health Care; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Advocate Health Care in Chicago seeks a professional phlebotomist to perform venipuncture and specimen collection across age groups, ensuring proper labeling and safe handling per CLIA guidelines.

You will support patient care by obtaining specimens efficiently, documenting results, and providing courteous service to physicians, patients, and staff in a fast-paced laboratory environment.

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.
• Performs limited testing under CLIA, 1988 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.
• Orders and verifies test requests. Documents appropriate information for quality assurance/improvement according to established protocol. Runs quality control checks.
• Performs laboratory result entry in the computer system.
• Performs internal and external proficiency testing in the same manner as patient samples. Reviews various pending and management reports. Generates and distributes reports.
• Instructs employees and students in phlebotomy, data entry and specimen processing functions.
• Must be able to demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served.

Skills

Phlebotomy

Customer service

Verbal communication

Written communication

Typing

Computer literacy

Multi-tasking

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

Laboratory equipment

Job description

Advocate Health Care in Chicago seeks a professional phlebotomist to perform venipuncture and specimen collection across age groups, ensuring proper labeling and safe handling per CLIA guidelines.

You will support patient care by obtaining specimens efficiently, documenting results, and providing courteous service to physicians, patients, and staff in a fast-paced laboratory environment.