Travel Medical Lab Technician - $1,763 per week at Tuba City Regional summary:

The Travel Medical Lab Technician role involves working in a 24-hour laboratory that provides high complexity testing services in a hospital setting. The position requires a bachelor's degree in a related field, along with certification and documented experience in various laboratory specialties. The technician will engage in tasks such as chemistry, hematology, microbiology, and phlebotomy while working a rotating schedule that includes nights and weekends.

Certification Details
• ASCP
• AMT

Job Details
• ABOUT THE FACILITY: Tuba City Regional Health Care Corporation, a JCAHO accredited health center, provides services to a 4,400 square mile area and serves as a referral center for the western part of the Navajo and Hopi Reservations. The hospital was constructed in 1975 with a bed capacity of 73. Services provided to the community include comprehensive inpatient/outpatient emergency services, dental and ophthalmology services, orthopedics, OB/GYN, oral surgery, eye surgery and urological procedures. Approximately 49% of the surgeries performed are outpatient/ambulatory surgical procedures. The Tuba City Regional Health Care Corporation is located in Northwestern Arizona on the land known as the Colorado Plateau. This semi-desert landscape varies in elevation from 4,400 in the Little Colorado River Valley to nearly 7,000 feet at Preston Mesa. The unique community of Tuba City offers a culturally rich environment.

Job Requirements
• Medical Laboratory Science certification from a nationally recognized certification agency must be obtained with 18 months of hire.
• Must have one (1) year documented bench experience in each specialty of clinical, high complexity testing.
• A bachelor's degree in a laboratory, chemical, physical, biological science, Allied Health, Healthcare, or Healthcare Management related field.
• 35 hours of coursework across various subjects related to clinical laboratory sciences such as biological science, microbiology, organic chemistry, biochemistry, and mathematics.

Schedule Information
• The position is located in a laboratory that provides sub-specialties of service in a hospital setting; chemistry, hematology, coagulation, urinalysis, phlebotomy, blood bank, microbiology, and clinical microscopy.
• The laboratory provides 24-hour coverage and incumbent's work rotational, day, evening, or night shifts, weekends, holidays and occasional overtime.

Additional Details
• ORIENTATION: Every two (2) weeks only.
• COVID EXEMPTIONS: We do not accept religious exemptions. If a candidate submits for a medical exemption, we will have to get approval from our medical review board to proceed with onboarding.
• HOUSING APPLICATION: must be submitted 2 weeks prior to start date - form uploaded in Medefis.

Keywords:

Travel Medical Lab Technician, Laboratory Technician, Medical Laboratory Science, Clinical Laboratory, Health Care, Hematology, Microbiology, Phlebotomy, High Complexity Testing, Healthcare Employment