LAB TECHNOLOGIST

Salary: $34.82 – 51.99 per hour, payable bi-weekly. The salary scale for this position is between steps 0 and 19, depending on experience. This is a non-exempt, 20 weekly hours. Applicants must pass an extensive background check.

Work Location and Hours of Operations

The After Hours Clinic – 2101 E. Yesler Way, Seattle, WA 98122

• Weekdays: 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• Weekends: 11:00 am – 5:00 pm

About UsCountry Doctor Community Health Centers (CDCHC) is a not-for-profit organization that operates two primary care clinics, an After-Hours Clinic, two School-Based Health Centers, a low barrier Medication-assisted treatment clinic, and a Dental Clinic. Our Carolyn Downs Family Medical Center was founded in 1970 by the Seattle Black Panther Party in Seattle’s Central District. Our Country Doctor Community Clinic was established in 1971 by residents of the Capital Hill neighborhood in conjunction with the Seattle Liberation Front. The primary goal of each clinic was to provide low-barrier, high-quality healthcare services and promote social justice.

CDCHC is passionate about serving patients of all ethnicities, races, gender identities, languages, and backgrounds and employing individuals who are equally committed to this mission. To ensure our organization is best serving these populations, we strive to promote policies that enable us to work effectively in all cross-cultural situations, with patients, with coworkers, and with the community.

Our Mission and Commitment to Social JusticeWe remain committed to health equity and our founding principle of social justice. Every day our actions are guidedby our mission: to improve the health of our community by providing high-quality, caring, culturally appropriateprimary health care that addresses the needs of people, regardless of their ability to pay. At Carolyn Downsand Country Doctor, health care is a right, not a privilege.

What You’ll Be DoingIf you’re a reliable licensed Lab Technologist who enjoys problem-solving and taking responsibility, please consider joining our CDCHC team. In this important role you’ll provide laboratory services to support our organization’s clinics. This includes blood draws from newborns to adults, microscopic examination for various in-clinic lab services, and processing of specimens for sending to contract labs. Your contributions will help manage our patients’ road to better health in a competent, caring environment.

You’ll need these qualifications

• You’re certified as a Medical Technologist (MT) or a Medical Laboratory Technician (MLT), by the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) or the American Medical Technologists (AMT)
• You have six (6) months of phlebotomy experience within the last 2-4 years
• You’re comfortable working with people from diverse cultures, backgrounds, and lifestyles
• You have a current WA state Phlebotomist license or are able to obtain it within 90 days of hire.

BenefitsWe provide a robust suite of benefits, including the choice of three medical plans, two dental plans, long-term disability, life, and other insurance programs. You’ll have access to flexible spending accounts, a subsidy up to 80 % of the cost of an ORCA pass, and a generous safe harbor 401K plan with a 3 % base employer contribution plus an additional 2% discretionary match. We’ve got you covered!

This is a union position.