Medical Laboratory Technician or Scientist
Part-timeDetroit Lakes, MNPart-time$24.48–36.72/hrSeen 3w agoSeen in employer's feed 6 days ago
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Job overview
Essentia Health seeks a Medical Laboratory Technician or Scientist for St. Mary’s Hospital in Detroit Lakes. The permanent night-shift role performs and reports laboratory tests across complexity levels to support patient screening, diagnosis, treatment, and disease management. Depending on the position, duties also include interpreting results, quality assurance, instrumentation maintenance, troubleshooting, specimen processing, phlebotomy, and technical consultation.
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Full job description
Building Location:
St Marys Hospital - Detroit Lakes
Department:
3062010 GENERAL LAB - DL HOSP
Job Description:
Essentia Health is searching for a Medical Laboratory Technician or Scientist to join our team at St. Mary's Hospital in Detroit Lake, MN. This position is a permanent night shift and is bonus eligible for external candidates.
Education Qualifications:
MLT: $24.48 - $36.72
Graduate of an associates degree in Medical Laboratory Technician
OR
Meets Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) guidelines for the complexity of laboratory testing for alternative route.
MLS: $30.14 - $45.21
Graduate of a four-year degree in Clinical Laboratory science
OR
MLT (ASCP) certified with additional semester hours in clinical laboratory equivalents from an accredited school with 2 years of full time lab experience and certified as an MLS (ASCP) .
Key Responsibilities:
MLT:
Will perform and report tests of all complexity levels, as defined by CLIA, on patients of all ages to assist with the routine screening, diagnosis, treatment and management of diseases and injuries.
Will also exhibit problem solving skills of a complex nature, participate in Quality Assurance, Quality Control Monitoring, instrumentation maintenance and troubleshooting, specimen processing, phlebotomy, along with customer service.
MLS:
Will perform and report tests of all complexity levels, as defined by CLIA, on patients of all ages to assist with the routine screening, diagnosis, treatment and management of diseases and injuries.
Will interpret and correlate test results with disease states and theoretical knowledge, exhibit problem solving skills of a highly complex nature, participate in Quality Assurance, Quality Control monitoring, instrumentation maintenance and troubleshooting.
May be required to perform phlebotomy and specimen processing duties and will participate in research, development, education, and technical consultation.
Licensure/Certification Qualifications:
MLT:
Certification as a Medical Laboratory Technician American Society of Clinical Pathology (ASCP) or equivalent certification, is required within one year from the date of hire.
MLS:
Certification as a Medical Laboratory Scientist American Society of Clinical Pathology (ASCP), is required within one year from the date of hire.
FTE:
0.8
Possible Remote/Hybrid Option:
Shift Rotation:
Permanent Night Rotation (United States of America)
Shift Start Time:
Night Rotation
Shift End Time:
Night Rotation
Weekends:
Yes
Holidays:
Yes
Call Obligation:
No
Union:
Compensation Range:
$24.48 - $36.72
Employee Benefits at Essentia Health:At Essentia Health, we’re committed to supporting your well-being, growth, and work-life balance. Our comprehensive benefits include medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance, along with supplemental options to fit your needs. We offer a 401(k) plan with employer contributions to help you plan for the future, and we invest in your professional development through training, tuition reimbursement, and educational programs. To help you thrive both at work and at home, we provide flexible scheduling, generous time off, and wellness resources focused on your physical, mental, and emotional health. Please note that benefit eligibility may vary. For full details, refer to your benefit summary or contact our HR Service Center at (218) 576-0000.
It is our policy to afford EEO to all individuals, regardless of race, religion, color, sex, pregnancy, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, family medical history, genetic information, sexual orientation, marital status, military service or veteran status, culture, socio-economic status, status with regard to public assistance, and other factors not related to qualifications, including employees or applicants who inquire about, discuss, or disclose their compensation or the compensation of other employees or applicants, or membership or activity in a local human rights commission, or any other category as defined by law.
How this job compares
Set against the 738 open Medical Laboratory Technician jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 12, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$24.48–36.72/hr
- Minnesota median$25–37/hr33 hourly ranges
- US median$26–42/hr292 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $30.60/hr, is 5% below the Minnesota median midpoint ($32/hr) — in the middle half of Medical Laboratory Technician hourly ranges in Minnesota.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 39 open Medical Laboratory Technician jobs in Minnesota and 738 across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Minnesota
- Essentia Health (this employer)9 open
- Avera4 open
- HealthPartners4 open
- Experience
- Medical Laboratory Technician postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (181 postings).
- Education
- 81 of the 738 open Medical Laboratory Technician jobs (11%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 12, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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