Clinical Lab Associate 1, Laboratory Service Center - Part-Time, Day Shift

UChicago Medicine • Harvey, IL

8d • Onsite

About The Position

Be a part of a world-class academic healthcare system, Ingalls Memorial Hospital, as a Clinical Lab Associate 1 (Phlebotomist) in the Lab Service Center department. In this role, you will be performing phlebotomy tasks, providing order entry, central processing, EKG’s, performing laboratory testing, and assisting with DOT’s and BAT’s as needed. Upon achieving full competency at level 1, there is potential for elevation to CLA level 2. This position is 100% onsite and requires you to be based in the greater Chicagoland area. UChicago Medicine Ingalls Memorial Hospital has a long history of providing sophisticated clinical care and a comprehensive network of outpatient centers, dedicated to improving community health through preventing, diagnosing, treating, and rehabilitating illness and injury. The hospital offers a wide range of services including inpatient care, on-site X-rays, mammography, laboratory services, cancer screening, other radiology services, and echo and stress testing. UChicago Medicine emphasizes superior healthcare with compassion, seeking employees with passion, talent, and commitment to advance medical innovation and serve the community.

Requirements

• High School diploma or equivalent
• Must have completed accredited phlebotomy course or program
• AHA CPR Certification

Nice To Haves

• Successful completion of accredited phlebotomy program or certification by: ASCP (American Society of Clinical Pathologists)
• AMT (American Medical Technologist)
• NCCLS (National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards)
• NPA (National Phlebotomy Association)
• ASCLS (American Society for Clinical Laboratory Scientists)
• NCA (National Certifying Agency)
• NHA (National Healthcare Association)

Responsibilities

• Performs assigned supportive work in conjunction with the delivery of patient care, involving multiple office, clerical, technical duties, venipuncture, blood specimen collection, obtain EKG, and functional skills
• Interacts, intervenes, and problem solves to ensure exceptional customer service by greeting patients, responding to telephone inquiries, phones/faxes/distributes test results
• Processes human specimens for delivery to specific laboratory departments for testing
• Performs technical procedures, for which training has been given and competency demonstrated
• Utilizes interactive processes which will contribute to exceeding the expectation of patients, physicians, families or significant others in the provision of high quality, cost effective care and treatments
• Demonstrates necessary skills and knowledge to provide care for patients according to unit specific competencies
• Various degrees of unpredictability can occur from day to day which will require the individual to adapt by adjusting as required in work schedules and assignments
• Demonstrates a working knowledge of the HIS and LIS systems, and progress to functional capabilities with the hospital billing computer systems
• Will be required to learn to run lab testing

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees