Medical Technologist
Du Bois, Pennsylvania
Penn Highlands DuBois

Medical Technologist (Laboratory)

Location: Dubois, Pennsylvania Specialty: Laboratory Employment Type: Travel/Contract Contract Length: 13 weeks Hours: 40 hours per week, 8 hours per day

Role Overview

• Works mainly in blood bank
• Generalist role

Schedule

• Evening shift: 14:30 to 23:00 (five 8-hour shifts)
• Night shift: 23:00 to 07:30 (five 8-hour shifts)
• Typical shift: 14:30 to 23:00, with possible 12:00 to 20:30 and 23:00 to 07:30 shifts
• Every other weekend: Friday and Saturday nights, 23:00 to 07:30
• May include some day shifts, 07:00 to 15:00

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of 1 year of experience as a Medical Technologist, with experience within the last year
• BLS issued by American Heart Association or American Red Cross
• ASCP
• Bachelor's degree
• Experience in the blood bank
• Experience as a generalist across lab benches

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience using the ECHO Lumina blood bank analyzer

Background, Health, and Onboarding Requirements

• Seven-year criminal background search within 1 year of start, including county, nationwide, sex offender, and PA statewide searches
• EPLS/GSA/SAM and HHS/OIG checks
• Education verification (transcripts, diplomas, or third-party verification)
• PA Childline search within 1 year of start
• PA FBI fingerprinting within 12 months of start, completed in Pennsylvania
• Physical exam within 1 year of start
• Negative 10-panel drug screen within 30 days of start
• Alcohol breathalyzer within 30 days of start (not required at some locations)
• Tdap within the past 10 years, or facility declination
• Negative TB test within 6 months of start, or chest X-ray within 5 years, plus annual TB questionnaire
• Measles, mumps, rubella, hepatitis B, and varicella immunity by titer or vaccination, or facility declination where allowed
• COVID and flu vaccine or facility declination (flu season November to April; mask required if flu vaccine is declined)
• Photo for badge, passport style with no filters
• Bloodborne pathogen quiz, orientation packet and acknowledgements, and medical surveillance checklist, all completed before start