Medical Laboratory Scientist (MLS) - Avera Scholarship Recipients at Avera McKennan Hospital summary:
The Medical Laboratory Scientist at Avera is responsible for performing a variety of clinical laboratory tests and procedures, ensuring quality control and accuracy in test results. Avera offers competitive pay, benefits, and professional growth opportunities through specialized training programs. This position requires a Bachelor's degree in a relevant field and certification as a Medical Laboratory Scientist within one year of hire.
You must be an Avera MLS Scholarship Recipient to be eligible to apply for this position.
Join the team at Avera!
Award Winning Health Care: Avera has been named among the nation’s 15 Top Health Systems, Forbes list of America’s Best-in-State Employers and Level 10 Most Wired Health Care Organization by CHIME.
Culture: Be part of a multidisciplinary team built on teamwork, with compassion and the goal of Moving Health Forward for you and our patients. Work where you matter.
You Belong at Avera: Competitive pay, front-loaded PTO and options for free health insurance, Student Loan Repayment Program, sign-on bonuses, various shifts to fit your lifestyle and opportunities for career growth.
Exciting opportunity to join the Avera Laboratory, one of the top labs in the nation!
May be eligible for a $15,000 Sign-On Bonus with a 3 year commitment!
Position Highlights:
- May be eligible for a $15,000 Sign-On Bonus with 3 year commitment.
- Student Loan Repayment: This position may be 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 principal balance faster.
- Compensation: Immediately, Avera starts you with great wages, excellent benefits including health, dental, paid time off, and generous retirement.
- Positive Work Environment: Be part of an organization where we practice the mission in our daily operations and demonstrate our pride by delivering excellent care.
Job Summary
The Medical Laboratory Scientist performs a variety of clinical laboratory tests, procedures and related duties. Utilizes scientific principles as well as technical, procedural, and problem-solving aptitudes for day-to-day laboratory technical operations, quality control, quality assurance, procedure/instrument maintenance and corrective action, test result correlation, and clinical laboratory related continuing education.
Professional Growth Opportunities:
- Lab Leadership Apprenticeship program
- Key Operator overseeing laboratory instruments
- Train in specialized lab departments:
- Blood Banking
- Microbiology
- Flow Cytometry
- Molecular
- Specials Chemistry
- Cell Therapy
Education and/or Experience
- Bachelor's Degree with completion of NAACLS accredited Medical Laboratory Scientist program, or Bachelor's Degree & one to two years of Medical Laboratory Scientist experience/training acceptable to the ASCP or AMT.
Certification, Licensure, Registration
- Certification as Medical Laboratory Scientist from the ASCP or AMT within one year of hire date.
Work Schedule
- Night Shift, 5:30pm-6:00am; 72hrs/2wks
- Every other weekend
- Every other holiday
- Every other on-call
Pay
The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.
What Makes Avera Special?
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