Phlebotomist, Multi-Specialty - Full-Time, Days

Be a part of a world-class academic healthcare system, UChicago Medicine Medical Group, as a Phlebotomist at our River East clinic. Here, you will work with our Multi-Specialty team. This position is a 100% onsite opportunity. You will need to be based in the greater Chicagoland area.

Located in Chicago’s Streeterville neighborhood, UChicago Medicine River East is a state-of-the-art outpatient center featuring a wide range of care services. In addition to those listed below, we offer infusion therapy, lab services, and radiology services, including CT, MRI, mammography, X-ray, DEXA scan and ultrasound.

In this role, a Phlebotomist is responsible for drawing blood from outpatients under minimal supervision. Includes patient and order verification, generation of specimen collection labels, and instruction for random urine collection.

Essential Job Functions 

• Performs venipuncture and skin punctures with expertise and in a customer service oriented fashion, adhering to all established policies and procedures
• Conducts on-site laboratory tests on specimens as required
• Properly prepares, labels and packages specimens for delivery through pneumatic tube system
• Stocks blood drawing area and inventories supplies for reordering.
• Cleans/sterilizes equipment, instruments, and work area following safety, cleanliness, and infection control procedures
• Administers glucose tolerance tests and schedules subsequent draws according to dosage times
• Provides accurate collection instructions for random urine specimens and process according to policies

Required Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Training in phlebotomy from an accredited program; 3-4 years of practical experience with references
• Thorough knowledge of asepsis; manual dexterity and accuracy
• Ability to follow directions and established procedures with attention to detail
• Demonstrate ability to utilize institutional computer systems
• Demonstrate ability to interact effectively with patients, colleagues, and other healthcare workers
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to complete tasks with accuracy and document appropriately, perform in stressful situations; handle large volumes of patients within narrow timeframes (up to 75-100 patients per day)
• Ability to stand, stoop, push, lift and walk distances up to 6 city blocks in length, and ability to adapt to rapidly changing environment
• Current CPR certificate

Preferred Qualifications

• American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) certification
• Certification as medical assistant
• National certification through American Medical Technologists as a registered phlebotomy technician

Position Details

• Job Type/FTE: Full-Time 1.0 FTE
• Shift: Days - 9:30 am - 5:30 pm
• Work Location: Onsite - River East
• Unit/Department: Multi-Specialty
• CBA Code: Non-Union

In this role, we anticipate that you will generally work approximately 40 hours per week. We anticipate that you will generally be scheduled to work the day shift, between the hours of 9:30 am - 5:30 pm and will not be scheduled for on-call shifts. We anticipate you will be scheduled to work 90% at the River East Clinic and 10% at various offsite locations. The days of the week that you are scheduled will vary depending on the week, but we anticipate that you will be scheduled to work on weekends (Saturday) once per month.