Clinical Lab Associate 1, Lab Service Center - Full-Time, Day Shift
About The Position
UChicago Medicine Ingalls Memorial Hospital is hiring a Clinical Lab Associate 1 (Phlebotomist) for its Laboratory Service Center. The role performs phlebotomy, order entry, central processing, EKGs, laboratory testing, and assists with DOTs and BATs as needed. After achieving full competency at level 1, the employee may be elevated to Clinical Lab Associate level 2. This is a 100% onsite position at the Ingalls campus in Harvey, Illinois, and the employee must be based in the greater Chicagoland area. The position generally involves approximately 40 hours per week, scheduled in 8-hour day shifts with start times between 5:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. Employees are not scheduled for on-call shifts. Workdays vary, with weekend work (Saturday and/or Sunday) anticipated every other week.
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Completion of an accredited phlebotomy course or program.
- AHA CPR certification.
Nice To Haves
- Successful completion of an accredited phlebotomy program or certification by ASCP, AMT, NCCLS, NPA, ASCLS, NCA, or NHA.
Responsibilities
- Perform supportive work in conjunction with patient care, including office, clerical, and technical duties, venipuncture, blood specimen collection, and obtaining EKGs.
- Provide customer service by greeting patients, responding to telephone inquiries, and handling, faxing, and distributing test results.
- Process human specimens for delivery to the appropriate laboratory departments for testing.
- Perform technical procedures for which training has been provided and competency demonstrated.
- Use interactive processes to support high-quality, cost-effective care and treatment for patients, physicians, families, and significant others.
- Demonstrate the skills and knowledge needed to provide care according to unit-specific competencies.
- Adapt work schedules and assignments as needed to address day-to-day unpredictability.
- Use the HIS and LIS systems and develop functional capability with hospital billing computer systems.
- Learn to perform laboratory testing.
- Assist with DOTs and BATs as needed.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
