Medical Laboratory Scientist (MLS)/Medical Laboratory Technician (MLT) - Full Time (40 hours/week)

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 toS  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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Performs all aspects of Laboratory testing, to include specimen collections, scheduling, sample processing, analytical testing, and equipment maintenance.  Processing of test requests for all outpatient & inpatient services.  Performs Point of Care, waived, moderate, and high complexity testing.  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...

• MA-P or MA-C license from the Washington State Department of Health within 12 months of hire (maintenance required)

Based on level of degree;

• Completion of an approved 4-year MT/MLS program with MT/MLS certification obtained within six months of hire OR completion of all science credits that meet the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) for moderate and high complexity testing with on-the-job training and MT/MLS certification.

OR

• Completion of an approved 2-year MLT program with MLT certification obtained within six months of hire OR completion of all science credits that meet the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) for moderate and high complexity testing with on-the-job training and MLT certification

What is preferred...

• Previous experience in a high complexity testing environment
• ASCP Certification or equivalent

Wage:  Wage range depends on level of education.  Actual wage will be determined by years of applicable experience.

For our MLT/MLS staff we have create a career progression ladder, based on the level of competency in all areas of the lab.

MLS Tier 1 = $35.79 - 54.24

MLT Tier 1 = $28.90 - $43.80

FTE: 1.0 = 40 hours/week 

Benefits:  This position is benefits eligible

Union Status:  This is a non-union covered position