Medical Lab Technician
Whitesburg, Kentucky
Whitesburg ARH Hospital

Medical Lab Technician

Specialty: Laboratory Location: Whitesburg, Kentucky Employment Type: Travel/Contract Contract Length: 13 weeks Shift: Night (3x12 hours), 19:00 to 07:30 Hours: 12 hours per day, 36 hours per week

Role Details

• Possible weekend work.
• Techs may need to perform phlebotomy. Phlebotomy experience is required.
• Float is required within scope of practice.
• Blocked scheduling cannot be accommodated.
• Orientation is held bi-weekly.
• Ratios can fluctuate with census, call-ins, and similar factors.

Required Qualifications

• 2+ years of Medical Lab Technician experience, including experience within the last year
• BLS certification issued by the American Heart Association (Instructor, Provider, or RQI only)
• ASCP certification
• Valid driver's license or state ID, included in submission packets
• Phlebotomy experience

Health and Immunization Requirements

• Physical exam within 1 year before start, signed by an MD, DO, PA, or NP, stating the candidate is clear to work without restrictions. Updated annually.
• TB screening: QuantiFERON (Qgold) within 1 year of start, renewed annually. T-spot and PPD are not accepted. A positive TB result requires a chest X-ray within the last 5 years and a TB questionnaire.
• Tdap valid within 10 years. Td is not accepted. Declinations must be within 1 year of start.
• Hepatitis B: series, titer, or declination within 1 year of start.
• Proof of 2 vaccines or a positive titer for measles (rubeola), mumps, rubella, and varicella. Varicella history of disease is also accepted.
• Latex allergies can be accommodated. Candidates must notify the facility before start and inform employee health and their unit manager once onsite.
• Fit testing is completed onsite. PAPRs cannot be accommodated due to facial hair. Candidates with an approved exemption do not need to fit test. If an exemption is denied, the candidate must shave to pass a fit test.
• Drug testing: 9-panel (no THC) with expanded opiates and oxycodone, completed within 30 days of start. Candidates must complete labs within 48 hours of signing.

Background and Screening

• Background check, with annual update required. Includes SSN trace, national criminal search, sex offender and fugitive databases, county searches for the last 7 years, and exclusion checks (SAM/EPLS, HHS/OIG, OFAC). Exclusion checks are completed within 30 days before start.
• Education verification, included in the background check or completed through a third party.
• Work history verification for the last 7 years, completed through a third-party vendor. Attestation letters are accepted only after all attempts are exhausted.
• Monthly monitoring enrollment must remain active for the duration of the assignment.
• Kentucky Vulnerable Adult Maltreatment Registry check, completed within 30 days before start. Annual update required.
• Candidates switching locations after a gap of less than 30 days do not need new clearances unless the most recent report expires within 30 days of start.

Competencies and Documentation

• Competency exam completed within 1 year before start, renewed annually.
• Medication test/pharmacology competency exam (required).
• Core Parts I, II, and III (required).
• Skills checklist, renewed annually.
• Two professional references within 1 year of start. One may be a charge RN. The second must be a supervisor or higher.
• Complete employment application or resume with education and work history.
• Signed and dated specialty job description, renewed annually.
• Employee health attestation and form, completed before the compliance deadline.
• Flu vaccine documentation with proof of portal upload, or proof of exemption submission. Exemption requests must be submitted within 48 hours of offer acceptance.
• Primary source verification of licensure before start and upon expiration.

Preferred

• Copy of professional license
• Copy of national technician certification
• Hard copy of allied state license

Submission Rules

• Facility cover sheet and driver's license are required in all submission packets.
• Submit a candidate to only one job at a time.
• Assignment confirmation must be signed within 24 hours of an offer.
• No RTO edits after an offer is made. No timecard edits after the pay period closes.