Laboratory Technician - Reception and Treatment Center

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Hiring Agency:

Correctional Services - Agency 46

Location:

Lincoln, NE

Hiring Rate:

$23.802

Job Posting:

JR2026-00023106 Laboratory Technician - Reception and Treatment Center (Open)

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Job Description:

Hiring rate $23.802/hour minimum. Additional $3.00/hour facility differential offered for hours worked. We want you to join our team!

The Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (NDCS) employs nearly 2,300 team members operating nine institutions statewide, which house approximately 5,800 inmates. The department's focus includes inmate programming and education, physical and behavioral health care, re-entry services, and community programs, and is accredited by the American Correctional Association (ACA). Candidates will model the NDCS values of integrity, respect, compassion, growth, and excellence as we accomplish our mission, "Keep people safe."

Information about the Department can be found at: www.corrections.nebraska.gov. For more information call 402-471-2654. For Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) accommodations, please contact Megan Jones at [email protected].

DUTIES:
* Prepares reagents, compounds, solutions, cultures, or catalysts for use in testing and/or processing samples.
* Operates, calibrates, and cleans or performs minor repairs to laboratory instruments and equipment.
* Records or enters and maintain documents/data on daily analysis activities and findings to comply with record keeping requirements and to ensure information is available for future study and/or presentation.
* Uses electronic medical record system for scheduling and documenting laboratory specific items.
* Performs phlebotomy and collects other specimen for laboratory testing.
* Gathers information to assist with process improvement of laboratory/clinic processes.

 

Requirements/Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications: At least one year of post high school coursework/training in health, chemistry, biology, or related field and one year of experience in a scientific laboratory

Preferred Qualifications: .  Prefer at least one year of experience in phlebotomy and/or specimen collection.

Other:  Applicants accepting a job offer must pass the following pre-employment exams in this order: medical exam, and at a randomly announced time, pass a drug test. Once at the Staff Training Academy, must successfully complete the fully paid NE Corrections Training Program.

 

 

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Benefits

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Equal Opportunity Statement

The State of Nebraska values our teammates as well as a supportive environment that strives to promote diversity, inclusion, and belonging. We recruit, hire, train, and promote in all job classifications and at all levels without regard to race, color, religion, sex. age, national origin, disability, marital status or genetics.