Penobscot Community Health Care

Medical Technologist / Medical Laboratory Technologist

Penobscot Community Health Care  •  Bangor, ME (Onsite)  •  5 months ago
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Job Description

If medical laboratory technology is your passion, we invite you to consider joining PCHC as our next Medical Laboratory Technologist In this essential role, you’ll support our mission behind the scenes by accurately analyzing, processing, and managing laboratory specimens, entering data, and escalating critical results to ensure high-quality patient care. We’re seeking a detail-oriented, motivated professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment, values precision and quality control, and takes pride in their work. As an added bonus, this is a Monday–Friday, daytime position with no nights and no major holidays, offering the work-life balance you’ve been looking for. If you’re ready for your next meaningful career step, we’d love to hear from you.

What’s it like to work at PCHC? Find out: https://www.youtube.com/watch-v=GyC3DFYq0zg

Schedule: Part-Time, Monday-Friday, 1-5pm or 2-6pm (20-25 hours/week depending on schedule preference)

Highlights of the position:

  • Provides high-quality service by demonstrating helpfulness, proficiency, and accurate and efficient processing of lab specimens.
  • Is a good steward of technical laboratory testing. Receives, analyzes, and processes specimens, ensuring testing is accomplished in a timely and accurate manner.
    • Phlebotomy: Obtains specifics via proper sterile technique and ensures proper labelling
    • Storage: Appropriately stores specimens, maintaining proper temperature of refrigerator and freezer.
    • Computer Entry: Inputs patient results and data into lab software, ensuring information is accurate.
    • Quality Control: Runs appropriate Quality Control material and acts as appropriate. Maintains compliance with quality assurance standards at all times.
  • Recognizes and immediately acts on critical values, reporting results to physician in a timely manner.
  • Takes ownership of lab and workspace, ensuring area is neat and orderly, and surfaces are disinfected as per protocol.
  • Collaborates with lab and practice teams to improve the patient experience and lab processes.

Join PCHC's nationally recognized non-profit organization:

  • Federally Qualified Health Center offering integrated Medical Home Model
  • Collegial professional atmosphere with informed leadership
  • Flexible schedules supportive of work/life balance
  • Competitive compensation and generous benefits
  • PCHC provides comprehensive, patient-centered care with integrated services, including Psychiatry & Mental Health, Dental, Family Medicine, Pediatrics, Pharmacy, Geriatrics, Laboratory Services, Physical Therapy, and more!

Education and Experience:

  • Associate degree or Bachelor’s degree in related field required.
  • ASCP certification preferred.

Curious, or interested to learn more? Apply today! You can request a full copy of the detailed job description by emailing recruitment@pchc.com

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Penobscot Community Health Care

About Penobscot Community Health Care

PCHC, a non-profit organization founded in 1997, is the only Federally Qualified Health Center in the Greater Bangor area, Waldo County, and in the Jackman region. Its purpose is to ensure access to comprehensive and integrated out-patient health care services to those on MaineCare, Medicare and those both with and without insurance – regardless of their ability to pay. PCHC is recognized as a leader among the nation's Community Health Centers, and has been named an “exemplar practice” by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the nation’s leading health care foundation. PCHC practices are staffed by about 200 clinicians including medical and dental practitioners, mental health providers, physical therapists, pharmacists, and medical specialists. PCHC now provides over 400,000 patient visits for almost 65,000 patients annually. Its four largest practices in Bangor, Brewer, and Old Town are open seven days a week, including all day Saturday and Sunday and weekday evenings by appointment and through four Walk-In Care Clinics, for the convenience of its patients, and the public.

PCHC has sixteen practices and program service sites in the Bangor area, plus one in Belfast, offering a wide range of services including family medicine, dental, pediatrics, geriatrics, nursing home care, psychiatry, mental health and substance abuse services, physical therapy, lab, x-ray, pharmacy and healthcare for the homeless and those at risk of homelessness. In addition, PCHC has a team of medical specialists who deliver a wide range of specialty services including allergy, gynecology, orthopedics, podiatry, dermatology and osteopathic manipulative therapy. All PCHC services are provided with a sliding fee scale based on income through its Affordable Care Program to make certain that everyone can obtain the healthcare services they need. About 7% of PCHC’s budget is funded by Federal operating grants.

Industry
Healthcare & Social Services
Company Size
201-500 employees
Headquarters
Bangor, ME
Year Founded
1997
Website
pchc.com
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