Phlebotomist- Lab Processing Tech - Inpatient - Days

Position Highlights:

• Position: Phlebotomist -Lab Processing Tech
• Hourly Pay Range: $19.31 -$28.00 The hourly pay rate offered is determined by a candidate's expertise and years of experience, among other factors.
• Elmhurst Hospital 155 E Brush Hill Road Elmhurst, IL
• FTE 0.5 Part-time
• Hours: 4am-8am Monday -Friday; 5am-1:30pm every other Saturday and Sunday; holiday rotations

What you will do:

• Actively promotes patient satisfaction and customer service values with all staff members. Treats patients with respect and caring. Follows up and resolves patient complaints. Instructs and encourages coworkers to treat patients and hospital staff courteously. Enhances the laboratory's image by reacting positively with all customers.
• Performs phlebotomy duties as trained/required.
• Receives laboratory specimens, ensures proper and complete patient information on specimens and test requisitions, investigates, and resolves discrepancies in specimen identification and test orders.
• Processes specimens in preparation for laboratory testing, including verification of specimen receipt in computer system, appropriate labeling of specimens, use of centrifuge, ensuring proper transport and processing conditions to maintain integrity of specimens, efficient and expedient distribution of specimens to appropriate testing areas within the laboratory.
• Prepares specimens for transport to reference laboratories, including allocating of specimens, appropriate labeling of transport containers, maintaining specimens at appropriate temperatures or with appropriate preservatives necessary for each specific test, arranging for transportation of specimens, especially those of STAT priority. Maintains computer logs and/or manual files as needed.
• Receives, reviews and processes reports of patient results from reference laboratories, including releasing of computer-interfaced results, documentation and filing of manual results, and accurate receipt and documentation of telephone results. Ensures timely receipt of these results.
• Gathers, records, and registers patient information using the computer system. Orders patient tests as prescribed by physicians using computer systems. Clarifies and interprets physician orders as necessary.
  

What you will need:

• High School Diploma or GED
• Minimum six months of experience in a clinical laboratory setting
• Minimum one year of phlebotomy experience
  

Benefits: (For full time or part time positions):

• Premium pay for eligible employees
• Career Pathways to Promote Professional Growth and Development
• Various Medical, Dental, and Vision options
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Free Parking at designated locations
• Wellness Program Savings Plan
• Health Savings Account Options
• Retirement Options with Company Match
• Paid Time Off
• Community Involvement Opportunities
  

Endeavor Health is a fully integrated healthcare delivery system committed to providing access to quality, vibrant, community-connected care, serving an area of more than 4.2 million residents across six northeast Illinois counties. Our more than 25,000 team members and more than 6,000 physicians aim to deliver transformative patient experiences and expert care close to home across more than 300 ambulatory locations and eight acute care hospitals - Edward (Naperville), Elmhurst, Evanston, Glenbrook (Glenview), Highland Park, Northwest Community (Arlington Heights) Skokie and Swedish (Chicago) - all recognized as Magnet hospitals for nursing excellence. For more information, visit www.endeavorhealth.org.

When you work for Endeavor Health, you will be part of an organization that encourages its employees to achieve career goals and maximize their professional potential.

Please explore our website (www.endeavorhealth.org) to better understand how Endeavor Health delivers on its mission to "help everyone in our communities be their best".

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