Job Description
Avera Medical Group Family Health Center
Laboratory
Sioux Falls, SD
Full Time
Night Shift
Varied Shifts; 72hrs/2wks
You may be eligible for a $10,000-$15,000 sign-on bonus with a 2-3yr commitment.
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, 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!
Position Highlights:
- You may be eligible for a $10,000-$15,000 sign-on bonus with a 2-3yr commitment.
- First UNOS accredited HLA laboratory in South Dakota.
- First CAP/ISO 15189 Hospital Medical & Anatomic Pathology Certified Laboratory in the country.
- Currently the longest accredited CAP/ISO 15189 Laboratory in the country.
- Highlighted in the Medical Laboratory Observer Magazine as Laboratory of the Year—2010.
- Auto verification of most commonly ordered tests.
- Fully automated core lab.
- Watch this VIDEO to learn about the important role Avera’s lab plays in Healthcare.
Job Summary
- Responsible for accurately performing a variety of clinical laboratory tests & procedures.
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
Here’s what one current employee has to say about opportunities in the lab:
“I completed a six-month internship in the Avera McKennan laboratory while completing my degree. One thing became very clear to me – this place is full of opportunity.”
Read the full story HERE on how a current employee took advantage of opportunities the Avera McKennan lab has to offer!
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
Pay
The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.
- $26.25 - $39.50
- Additional differential pay available for working straight nights!