UChicago Medicine Ingalls Memorial ยท 2 hours ago
Clinical Laboratory Associate 1 - Flossmoor Offsite Laboratory Service Center - Registry
Flossmoor, IL
Full-time
Onsite
New Grad, Entry LevelUChicago Medicine Ingalls Memorial is part of a world-class academic healthcare system. The Clinical Laboratory Associate will perform various laboratory tasks including phlebotomy, order entry, and specimen processing, while ensuring exceptional customer service in the delivery of patient care.
Health CareHospital
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
Handles specimens upon receipt in lab following the policies and procedures of the Department of Laboratory Services
Prepares specimens to be sent to outside reference laboratories in accordance with requirements specified for each referral laboratory
Ensures outpatients receive excellent customer service when presenting at the laboratory for specimen collection. Ensures proper registration and ordering of tests
Will be required to learn to run lab testing
Qualification
Required
High School diploma or equivalent
Must have completed accredited phlebotomy course or program
AHA CPR Certification
Preferred
Successful completion of accredited phlebotomy program or certification by: ASCPPP (American Society of Clinical Pathologists)
AMT (American Medical Technologist)
NCCLSSS (National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards)
NPAAA (National Phlebotomy Association)
ASCLSSS (American Society for Clinical Laboratory Scientists)
NCAA (National Certifying Agency)
NHAAA (National Healthcare Association)
Company
UChicago Medicine Ingalls Memorial
For nearly a century we have pioneered sophisticated clinical care and developed the area's most convenient network of comprehensive outpatient centers, all dedicated to improve the health and wellbeing of the community.
Founded in 1923
2-10 employees
Funding
Current Stage
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