Phlebotomist

• Assist in determining donor suitability
• Establish rapport with donors to ensure customer happiness and donor confidentiality
• Respond to and assist with handling donor reactions
• Monitor donors and equipment to ensure donor health and product quality
• Set up, disconnect, and operate automated plasmapheresis machines
• Disconnect and dispose of contaminated disposable equipment
• Work in a plasma center while following occupational safety and protective-equipment requirements

• Perform all specimen collection procedures and assist Department technical and clerical staff.
• Obtain blood specimens and collect urine, sputum, and throat swabs for laboratory testing.
• Check test requisitions or computer labels for correctness and completeness before collection and report discrepancies.
• Verify positive patient identification.
• Perform venipunctures and finger-sticks using aseptic technique and department procedures.
• Observe hospital isolation procedures.
• Ensure specimen requirements are met and maintain specimen integrity.
• Perform therapeutic drug-monitoring assay collections and verify last dose/date/time with nursing personnel.
• Initial, date, and time all collections.
• Accession and process specimens for laboratory testing.
• Maintain patient comfort and document specimen collection in the LIS.
• Deliver verified specimens to appropriate areas and order venipuncture collection in the LIS.
• Perform specimen collection at off-site locations, other healthcare facilities, and hospital-sponsored special programs.
• Provide specimen collection information to requesting clients.
• Query the LIS for telephone requests for patient results and document appropriately.
• Assist with training students and new staff in specimen collection procedures and LIS use.
• Perform other related duties and special projects assigned by the supervisor or director.

• Assist in determining donor suitability
• Establish rapport with donors to ensure customer happiness and confidentiality
• Respond to and assist with donor reactions
• Monitor donors and equipment to ensure donor health and product quality
• Set up, disconnect and operate automated plasmapheresis machines
• Disconnect and dispose of contaminated disposable equipment
• Work in a plasma center producing plasma-derived medicines and supporting transfusion medicine

• Assist in determining the suitability of donors
• Establish rapport with donors to ensure customer happiness while maintaining donor confidentiality
• Respond to and assist with handling donor reactions
• Monitor donors and equipment to ensure donor health and product quality
• Set up, disconnect and operate automated plasmapheresis machines
• Disconnect and dispose of contaminated disposable equipment
• Work in a plasma center while following applicable safety procedures and using required personal protective equipment

• Assist in determining donor suitability
• Establish rapport with donors to ensure customer happiness while maintaining donor confidentiality
• Respond to and assist with donor reactions
• Monitor donors and equipment to ensure donor health and product quality
• Set up, disconnect, and operate automated plasmapheresis machines
• Disconnect and dispose of contaminated disposable equipment
• Work in a plasma center with exposure to biological fluids, infectious organisms, electrical equipment, and extreme cold
• Use required personal protective equipment

• Provide coverage at three separate Chicago locations based on business needs
• Verify positive patient identification and assess patient reactions to specimen procurement
• Perform venipuncture and collect specimens from newborn, pediatric, and adult patients
• Obtain specimens according to priority and scheduled draw times
• Label specimens properly and resolve identification or requisition problems
• Perform limited testing under CLIA 1988 guidelines
• Answer and screen telephone calls
• Assist with inventory, supplies, equipment, billing, and other business functions
• Accept, receive, sort, package, track, and process specimens for testing
• Perform aliquoting, pre-analytical steps, and instrument loading while maintaining specimen identification
• Respond to additional specimen procurement requests
• Order and verify test requests
• Document quality assurance and improvement information
• Run quality control checks and notify providers of stat, critical, and abnormal results
• Enter laboratory results into the computer system
• Perform internal and external proficiency testing
• Review pending and management reports and generate and distribute reports
• Instruct employees and students in phlebotomy, data entry, and specimen processing

Multi-Site Phlebotomist

• Perform blood collections by venipuncture and capillary techniques for all age groups
• Collect specimens for drug screens, paternity tests, alcohol tests, and other purposes
• Perform accurate and timely data entry of patient information
• Process billing information and collect payments as necessary
• Prepare collected specimens for testing and analysis
• Maintain patient and specimen information logs
• Provide superior customer service to patients
• Perform administrative and clerical duties as necessary
• Travel to additional sites when needed
• Work in a Patient Service Center or Client office
• Serve as the face of Labcorp while providing skilled specimen collections

• Assist in determining the suitability of donors
• Establish rapport with donors to ensure overall customer happiness while ensuring donor confidentiality
• Respond to and assist with handling donor reactions
• Monitor donors and equipment to ensure donor health and product quality
• Set up, disconnect, and operate automated plasmapheresis machines
• Disconnect and dispose of contaminated disposable equipment