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Req #: 246189

Department: LABORATORY MEDICINE AND PATHOLOGY

Appointing Department Web Address: https://dlmp.uw.edu/

Posting Date: 05/28/2025

Closing Info:

Open Until Filled

Salary: $44.64 - $64.90 per hour

Shift: First Shift

A Higher Degree of Healthcare

All across UW Medicine, our employees collaborate to perform the highest quality work with integrity and compassion and to create a respectful, welcoming environment where every patient, family, student and colleague is valued and honored.

At UW Medical Center – Northwest, we’re proud of the acclaim we've received for our excellence in patient care and safety. Among the local, regional and national recognition we've received are: The Distinguished Hospital for Clinical Excellence Award; The Emergency Medicine Excellence Award; The Stroke Care Excellence Award; Winner of the HealthGrades Distinguished Hospital Award for Patient Safety for the last three years in a row. We’re also one of the safest places to get care – among the top 5% in the country.

UW Medical Center – Northwest includes a full-service, non-profit community hospital offering comprehensive medical, surgical and therapeutic services. With 281 beds, more than 1900 employees and a world-class medical staff, we provide innovative, technologically advanced care on a patient-friendly, easy-access campus, just north of Seattle.

**UW Medical Center - Northwest has an outstanding opportunity for a FULL-TIME DAYS, MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIST LEAD.** This position provides opportunities to work in a fast-paced, challenging, diverse and rewarding environment. As an employee you will enjoy generous benefits and work/life programs. The Medical Technologist performs, in one or more areas of the Laboratory, routine and complex medical laboratory tests for diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease, as ordered by physician. The Lead Medical Technologist exercises independent judgment, makes decisions, troubleshoots complex problems, develops new tests, and provides leadership and direction to technicians and lab assistants.

RESPONSIBILITIES

+ Regularly assigns, instructs, and checks the work of others.

+ Leads the professional and technical work performed by Medical Laboratory Technicians, Technologists and Trainees in Clinical Hematology, Coagulation and Transfusion Support Services.

+ Exercises expertise in development/evaluation/performance of new or specialty procedures and coordinates the development and evaluation of new laboratory tests and procedures.

+ Performs and provides high level support at a professional level of moderate to high complexity manual and automated clinical diagnostic tests used in the screening, diagnosing, and treating of pathological conditions.

+ Rotates and maintains competency in all sections where he/she has been trained.

+ Provides direction to laboratory staff and students; organizes staff and student teaching programs; and performs administrative functions.

+ Follows safety/biohazard procedures and practices “Universal Precautions” at all times.

+ Responsible for other duties as assigned. **REQUIREMENTS** Accredited Bachelor's Degree in Medical Laboratory Science OR equivalent education/experienceANDMedical Laboratory Science certification with the American Society for Clinical Pathology or equivalent, or certification with a specialty organization appropriate to the laboratory divisionANDThree years of professional experience including one year as a Medical Laboratory Scientist 2 or equivalent

University of Washington is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, among other things, race, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.