Phlebotomist ICC Part time
Posted Sep 17, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
Part time across Aurora and Glen Ellyn, with weekend and holiday rotation and shared on-call. How does that fit your life?
What they are checking: Honest fit with a schedule the posting states in detail.
What would you do
How do you decide what to run first when several orders come in at once?
What they are checking: The posting names prioritizing tests in partnership with lab staff.
How do you calm a patient who is frightened of needles?
What they are checking: Most of the patient experience of a satellite lab is this moment.
An instrument is giving results you do not trust. What do you do?
What they are checking: The posting names verifying instrument accuracy, and whether they hold results back.
How do you work with nurses and providers who need something faster than you can give it?
What they are checking: The posting names working with main lab, departments, nurses and providers.
About the work
Walk me through a difficult draw on a patient with hard veins.
What they are checking: The skill the job lives on, and how many sticks they allow themselves.
How do you make sure the right specimen is labeled for the right patient?
What they are checking: Identification, which is where the worst laboratory errors begin.
What waived and moderate complexity testing have you run?
What they are checking: The posting names both, and moderate complexity is a real step up.
Walk me through running quality control and what you do when a control fails.
What they are checking: The posting names quality control, maintenance and troubleshooting as their responsibility.
Tell me about performing EKGs and where you have done them.
What they are checking: The posting includes EKG for outpatient, preoperative and convenient care patients.
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