Medical Lab Technician or Medical Lab Scientist

Department Laboratory Location Monticello, MN, 55362 64 hours every two weeks 232137 Wage: $32.57-$48.09

Performs laboratory tests according to current standards of federal, state, and local regulations and District policies and procures. (CLT-Clinical Lab Technician, MLT-Medical Lab Technician; CLA-Clinical Lab Assistant)

• Perform clinical laboratory procedures in chemistry, hematology, microbiology, immunohematology, immunology, and other areas of the clinical laboratory.
• Monitor quality to maintain high performance.
• Use established and approved protocol that require a broad exercise of independent judgment and responsibility with minimal technical supervision.
• Responsible for operating,maintaining,and validating instrumentation/equipment and records.
• Troubleshooting of equipment, instruments, and procedures
• Recognized factors affecting measurement and takes appropriate action.
• Monitor quality control, proficiency testing and quality assurance activities related to test performance.
• Determine results that are abnormal or deviated from expected.
• Rotates through various benches/areas of the lab to include Microbiology, Blood Bank, Hematology, Coagulation, Urinalysis, Chemistry, molecular, and phlebotomy responsibilities.
• Involved in special projects, evaluations, and implementation of new methodologies in the laboratory.
• Support and implements patient safety and other safety practices as appropriate.
• Demonstrate customer service principles when interacting with patients and their families and with co-workers.

• Full-time | 64 hours every two weeks | Onsite
• Days | 8-hour shifts | Monday-Friday Days with start times between 5am-10am
• Every 3rd weekend with start times of 5am or 8am. Rotating Holidays.

• MLT
  • Starting pay begins at $27.67 per hour and increases with experience
    • Pay range: $27.67 - $39.59 per hour
• MLS
  • Starting pay begins at $32.57 per hour and increases with experience
    • Pay range: $32.57 - $48.09 per hour
• $10,000 hiring bonus or $15,000 student loan repayment bonus for eligible candidates!$5,000 relocation bonus available for eligible candidates.
• Benefits include Medical, dental, vacation, retirement, employee discounts and more! See Monticello benefits .

• MLT
  • Associate degree from an accredited Clinical/Medical Laboratory Technician (CLT / MLT) program New Graduate’s degree must be validated within 2 months post-graduation.
  • ASCP-BOC certified within 6 months, with the first exam completed within 3 months of hire, with certification verified within six weeks of exam
  • Basic Life Support (BLS) Current American Heart Association (AHA) BLS Healthcare Provider card required
• MLS
  • Bachelor’s degree with necessary science/math credits as required and verified by the ASCP Board of Certification (BOC). New graduate’s degree must be validated within 2 months post-graduation
  • ASCP-BOC certified within 6 months, with the first exam completed within 3 months of hire, with certification verified within six weeks of exam
  • Basic Life Support (BLS) Current American Heart Association (AHA) BLS Healthcare Provider card required

To be eligible for the hiring bonus or student loan repayment you must be an external candidate who is hired into an eligible full-time or part-time benefited position. Previous Centra Care employees qualify if they have not worked for Centra Care for at least 9 months at the date of hire. Relocation assistance requirements:
Must accept a position that offers benefits and may not have worked for Centra Care in the last 9 months. Must currently reside more than 50 miles away fromthe primary work locationandrelocate within 30 miles of the primary work location. Centra Care hiring incentives to include but not limited to, hiring and relocation bonuses may be discontinued at any time.

Centra Care has made a commitment to diversity in its workforce. All individuals including, but not limited to, individuals with disabilities, are encouraged to apply. Centra Care is an EEO/AA employer.