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Medical Lab Technologist / Medical Lab Scientist

** Sign On Bonus Available.**

Join our I CARE team at Sidney Health Center for the competitive wages, benefit package, ability to obtain a wide variety of experience, family-like atmosphere and great work life balance. Sidney Health Center is proud to be among a select few organizations who have been named a Top 100 Critical Access Hospital and named a Five Star Hospital and Nursing Home.

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About Us

Sidney Health Center is a not-for-profit community based medical center that has been serving people in the MonDak region for more than 100 years. Our passion for caring is shared by doctors, nurses and over 500 employees and volunteers. This commitment to caring is our allegiance to the community as we strive to provide “Exceptional Care for Life” while offering many services that are rarely found in like-size communities. From state-of-the-art imaging services to cancer care to a locally-owned air ambulance service, Sidney Health Center combines the modern medical amenities with a small-town agriculture-based community.

The Position: Medical Lab Technologist / Medical Lab Scientist

Employment Status: Full-time

Hours per two-week pay-period: 40

Compensation:

• Medical Lab Technician- $28.50 Per hour starting wage, aligned with internal pay structure and experience
• Medical Lab Scientist- $32.00 Per hour starting wage, aligned with internal pay structure and experience

Essential Job Functions:

• Perform accurate and timely laboratory testing across multiple departments, including Chemistry, Hematology, Blood Bank, Urinalysis, Coagulation, and Microbiology.
• Perform quality control, instrument maintenance, troubleshooting, and result verification while ensuring compliance with laboratory standards.
• Provide reliable laboratory services, including specimen collection, STAT testing, and emergency testing, while working independently and rotating shifts as needed.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Associate’s Degree in Medical Laboratory Technology (MLT) or Bachelor’s Degree in Medical Laboratory Science (MLS), with Montana licensure or eligibility.
• Minimum of 2 years of clinical laboratory experience preferred, particularly as a generalist in a hospital setting.

Certifications and Licenses:

• Required: Current Montana Clinical Laboratory Scientist (CLS) or Clinical Laboratory Technician (CLT) license, as applicable, or eligibility for licensure.
• Preferred: ASCP or AMT certification as MLS or MLT.

Position Summary:

Sidney Health Center is seeking a Medical Lab Technologist / Medical Lab Scientist to join our I CARE team in the Laboratory setting. Essential duties of the position include perform accurate and timely laboratory testing across multiple departments, including Chemistry, Hematology, Blood Bank, Urinalysis, Coagulation, and Microbiology, perform quality control, instrument maintenance, troubleshooting, and result verification while ensuring compliance with laboratory standards and provide reliable laboratory services, including specimen collection, STAT testing, and emergency testing, while working independently and rotating shifts as needed. If you enjoy serving others through purposeful work, Sidney Health Center is the place for you. The Laboratory team is critical to provide courteous, professional, and timely laboratory services while ensuring patient safety, quality care, and effective communication with patients and healthcare staff. As a major employer in Richland County, Sidney Health Center offers competitive wages and a benefit package that support a great work-life balance.

Sidney Health Center (SHC) is an Equal Opportunity (EEO) employer. All persons of either sex, of all races, nationalities and religions, disabled or nondisabled, veteran or non, of all ages, as authorized by law, are encouraged to apply for any position at SHC for which they consider themselves qualified according to the position announcement.