Medical Laboratory Scientist

Pay Range:

$28.14 - $42.21HSHS St. Elizabeth's Hospital is seeking a certified Medical Laboratory Technician to perform routine tests in medical laboratory, to provide data for use in the diagnosis and treatment of disease, ensuring validity and accuracy of test results. Analysis performed may range from routine to complex testing, involving all major areas of the clinical laboratory and creating reports for findings.

Position Specifics:
Department: Laboratory
Core Function: Laboratory
Schedule: Full-Time, 36 hours/week, Day Shift
Facility: St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Location: O'Fallon, IL
Sign On Bonus: $10,000
Compensation: Compensation that aligns with your experience

Education Qualifications

• Associate's degree required and successful completion of a National Accreditation Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (NAACLS) accredited medical laboratory technician program, OR
• Associate’s degree and at least 60 academic credit hours including 6 hours chemistry and 6 hours biology and successful completion of a 50 week US military medical laboratory training course, OR Associates degree and at least 60 academic credit hours including 6 hours chemistry and 6 hours biology and 3 years full time lab experience in an accredited laboratory within the last 10 years.
• Physician Enterprise: Associates degree in Laboratory Sciences (including chemical, physical, biological or clinical laboratory) is required.

Experience Qualifications

• Experience in an accredited lab is preferred.

Certifications, Licenses and Registrations

• Medical Technician or Medical Laboratory Technician or eligibility for certification by a nationally recognized certifying agency such as:
  - American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP)
  - National Credentialing Agency for Laboratory Personnel (NCA)
  - American Medical Technologies (AMT)
  - Department of Health, Education and Welfare (HEW) -
  or other laboratory certifying agency is required.
  
  Certification must be received within 180 days of hire. Colleagues hired prior to January 1, 2017 are exempt from this requirement.
  
  Physician Enterprise: Medical Laboratory Technician (MLT) certification is preferred.

Job Description

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

36

Throughout communities in Illinois and Wisconsin, 13 hospitals, numerous community-based health centers and clinics, our 13,000+ colleagues have built a culture based on our solid core values of respect, care, competence, and joy. These are the ideals we believe in, work by, and live each day.

Built upon more than 145 years of service to the communities we serve, we now look to the future and our place in it as a health care system that strives to continually improve processes, procedures, and outcomes with the latest and most advanced technologies and treatments.

Regardless of how far our passion for excellence carries us, our focus will always remain on the most important person in our entire organization: The patient.

Benefits:  HSHS provides a benefits package designed to support the overall well-being of our colleagues including their physical, emotional, financial, spiritual, and work health. Colleagues budgeted to work at least 32 hours per pay period are eligible for HSHS benefits.

• Comprehensive and affordable health coverage includes medical, prescription, dental and vision coverage for full-time and part-time colleagues.

• Paid Time Off (PTO)  combines vacation, sick, and personal days into one balance to allow you the flexibility to use your time off as you need.

• Retirement benefits including HSHS
  contributions.

• Education Assistance benefits include up to $4,000 of educational assistance each calendar year and tuition discounts to select colleges with no waiting period.

• Adoption Assistance provides financial support up to $7,500 for colleagues growing their families through adoption   to reimburse application and legal fees, transportation, and more!

• Other benefits include: Wellness program with incentives, employer-paid life insurance and short-term and long-term disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, employee assistance program, ID theft coverage, colleague rewards and recognition program, discount program, and more!

Benefits

HSHS and affiliates is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE).

HSHS is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace dedicated to pursuing and hiring a diverse workforce.