Lab Assistant - Full Time (40 hours/week) - Nights

KVH is an integrated healthcare delivery system that includes 24-hour emergency care, inpatient, and outpatient hospital services through KVH Hospital. Clinics and services provided include family medicine, internal medicine, a geriatric nurse practitioner program, home health and hospice, physical therapy, orthopedics, general surgery, pediatrics, women’s health, and urgent care.

Kittitas Valley Healthcare expects all employees to uphold our Vision & Mission. The KVH Vision, Mission & Guiding Principles can be found at http://www.kvhealthcare.org/mission-and-vision.

KVH puts ‘employee care’ high on the priority list, with health benefits like low cost medical, dental, and vision insurance and a robust employee wellness program. KVH offers company contribution toward your choice of medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage, including coverage available for spouses/ domestic partners, and dependent children. KVH believes that continuing education is critical to our mission and vision.  We have implemented many educational programs such as the Medical Assistant Apprenticeship program and certification pay to encourage continuing education.  We want our employees to know they are valued. One of the ways we show this is by quickly vesting employees, making them pension eligible after just one year of part-time status. To view more details about the comprehensive benefits package we offer to eligible employees visit our website -

Benefits - KV Healthcare

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Sample collections, processing of all laboratory specimens, response to required codes and trauma, and the performance of waived and moderate complexity laboratory tests.  Includes clerical and reception duties of lab.  If in a clinic setting will register patients and obtain x-ray images. This position may require travel among all KVH locations.

What is required... 

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• Current Washington State MA-P or MA-C license (maintenance required)
• One year experience as phlebotomist
• If in a clinic setting and performing x-rays WA Dept of Health Radiologic Technologist licensure is required
• Current CPR card (maintenance required)

What is preferred...

• Valid WA State Driver’s License (may be required)
• Valid auto liability insurance (may be required)
• Previous experience as a Lab Assistant
• ASCP Certification as a Lab Assistant

Wage:  Wage range currently starts at $20.79/hour and goes up to $31.51/hour. Actual wage will be based on years' of applicable experience.  

FTE:  1.0 = 40 hours/week

Benefits:  This position is benefits eligible 

Union Status:  This is a non-union covered position