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Job Description
Now Hiring: 1 PRN Lab Technologist (MLT or CLS)
Location: Newcastle, WY | Department: Lab| FLSA: Non-Exempt | Reports to: Lab Manager
As a Lab Technologist, you’ll play a vital role in supporting patient care by performing accurate and timely laboratory testing that providers rely on every day. From analyzing specimens and ensuring quality control to maintaining a clean, organized lab environment, you’ll help keep operations running smoothly. If you take pride in attention to detail, critical thinking, and working as part of a collaborative healthcare team, this is a role where your expertise truly makes a difference.
Job Summary
As a Medical Laboratory Technologist (MLT/CLS), you play a critical role in delivering accurate, timely diagnostic information that providers rely on every day. Through skilled analysis, attention to detail, and a commitment to quality, you ensure laboratory results are precise and dependable. Working both independently and as part of a collaborative care team, your expertise helps drive informed clinical decisions and supports exceptional patient outcomes from behind the scenes.
Why You’ll Love Working Here
- Competitive compensation and benefits package
- Supportive, collaborative team environment
- Opportunities for growth and professional development (including scholarships and training)
- Paid Personal Leave (PPL): begins accruing on your first day and can be used after 90 days of employment
- Health insurance: coverage begins the first day of the month following hire
- Dental and vision insurance begins the first day of the month following hire
- Life insurance: coverage begins the first day of the month following hire
- Supplemental insurance options, including accident, short-term, and long-term disability
- Bereavement leave
Qualification
- High School Diploma or equivalent.
- Graduate of an accredited MT or MLT Program.
- Current registration with certifying board registration or equivalent.
- Has and maintains Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification.
- Has the ability to teach, train, and coach.
Physical Requirements & Environmental Conditions
- Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer and/or standing.
- Occasional overtime or after-hours calls may occur.
- Must be able to cover any shift if the need arises
- Must be able to access, find, and navigate each department at WCHS.
- This position requires light to moderate work with 50 pounds maximum weight to lift and carry.
- Position requires reaching, bending, stooping, and handling objects with hands and/or fingers, talking and/or hearing, and seeing.
Responsibilities
- Maintains medical laboratory equipment performance by maintaining quality standards, operations, quality, and troubleshooting procedures, compliance, certifying instrument performance, arranging equipment replacement, service, and repair.
- Maintains medical laboratory information system by identifying information needs and problems, recommends improvements, establishes priorities, tests, and maintains security and confidentiality at all times.
- Laboratory Technicians are required to cover any/all shifts when needed as required by the Laboratory Manager.
- Assists with analysis and trending of occupational exposure incidents and information exchange.
- Attends and participates in staff meetings and other assigned meetings.
- Adheres to accreditation and compliance standard guidelines.
- Assists in completing required reports, program reviews and preparation.
- Utilizes good communication skills to maintain positive relationships with clients, providers, co-workers and other sections in the organization and with other facilities in the community.
- Replenishes supplies as needed.
- Follows all infection control practices including hand washing techniques, Standard Precautions and Isolation Precautions.
Weston County Health Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.