Medical Lab Scientist or Lab Tech - Clinic

Location

Access Health Brookings & AMG Brookings

Regular

Primarily days with possible weekends/evenings/holidays (United States of America)

$22.25 - $42.00

The pay range for this position is listed below. Actual pay rate dependent upon experience.

NEW GRADUATES ARE WELCOME TO APPLY!!

Schedule:

Monday - Friday from 7:45 am to 5:15 pm. Off one afternoon/week.

Urgent Care Coverage:
Every 8th weekend from 9am-Noon on Saturday and Sunday. One weeknight every other week until 7pm.

Sign on Bonus:

• MLS:
  May be eligible for a $15,000 Sign on Bonus with a 3 year commitment.
• Lab Tech:
  May be eligible for a $3,000 Sign on Bonus with a 2 year commitment.

This position is eligible for Avera's Student Loan Repayment Program which helps you pay off your loans and save money. Each month an extra payment of $167 (up to $10,000) from Avera will help pay down your principle balance faster.

• Associate's Transcript showing Medical Laboratory Technician Degree
• MLT - American Medical Technologists (AMT) within 1 Year or with the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) within 1 Year or

• Be part of a multidisciplinary team built with compassion and the goal of Moving Health Forward for you and our patients. Work where you matter.

Monitors, coordinates and performs timely, accurate, quality clinical laboratory results utilizing all available human and material resources within the laboratory.

• Performs testing utilizing established protocol with a high degree of accuracy in all departments of the laboratory. Performs calibration, quality control checks, and preventative maintenance steps on assigned instrumentation.
• Reviews, researches, interprets, and reports data. Assumes responsibility for distinguishing between normal and abnormal clinical parameters.
• Collects, receives, and transports blood and other specimens from clinic patients following accepted standards of practice.
• Implements and monitors laboratory inventory and control program. Responsible for resource utilization (supplies and equipment) in department.
• Responsible for training of new employees or co-workers on new equipment/procedures as applicable. Assists in student clinical rotation programs.
• Researches, suggests, evaluates, and implements new tests and updates current tests. Attends educational training for new skills, technology or knowledge applicable to the laboratory and throughout the clinic to maintain quality testing and infrastructure flow.
• Actively participates in quality assurance program. Recommends corrective action for problems identified. Reviews policies and reads procedures as scheduled. Assists in the preparation for inspection and participation during inspection.

The individual must be able to work the hours specified. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily including having visual acuity adequate to perform position duties and the ability to communicate effectively with others, hear, understand and distinguish speech and other sounds. These requirements and those listed above are representative of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform the essential job functions.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions, as long as the accommodations do not cause undue hardship to the employer.

• Bachelor's Transcript showing Medical Laboratory Science degree or
• Bachelor's Transcript showing Medical Technology degree
• MLS - American Medical Technologists (AMT) within 1 Year or
• Medical Laboratory Scientist (MLS) - American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) within 1 Year or
• Medical Technologist (MT) - American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) within 1 Year

• Commitment to the daily application of Avera’s mission, vision, core values, and social principles to serve patients, their families, and our community.
• Promote Avera’s…