**Join the team at Avera!** **Award Winning Health Care:** Avera has been named among the nation’s 15 Top Health Systems, Forbes list of America’s Best-in-State Employers and Level 10 Most Wired Health Care Organization by CHIME. **Culture:** Be part of a multidisciplinary team built on teamwork, with compassion and the goal of Moving Health Forward for you and our patients. Work where you matter. **You Belong at Avera:** Competitive pay, front-loaded PTO and options for free health insurance, Student Loan Repayment Program, sign-on bonuses, various shifts to fit your lifestyle and opportunities for career growth. **Join Avera as a Histocompatibility Technologist and join a mission-driven organization with a great company culture and team environment.** **A $15,000 sign-on bonus may be available for this position with a 3 year committment.** **_Position Highlights:_** + **Student Loan Repayment:** This position may be eligible for Avera’s Student Loan Repayment Program, which helps you pay off your loans and save money. Each month an extra payment of $167 (up to $10,000) from Avera will help pay down your principal balance faster. + **Paid Time Off (PTO) available on Day 1!** + **Options for Free Health Insurance!** **Job Summary** The Histocompatibility Technologist performs a variety of clinical laboratory tests, procedures and related duties in the assigned laboratory specialty. Utilizes scientific principles as well as technical, procedural, and problem-solving aptitudes for day-to-day laboratory services, quality control, quality assurance, procedure/instrument maintenance, test result correlation and clinical laboratory continuing education. **Education and/or Experience** + Bachelor's degree in Medical Laboratory Science or related science from a four-year college or university required, in accordance with Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) regulations. + 3 years of recent Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) transplant experience preferred. + Willing to consider new graduates. **CERTIFICATION, LICENSURE, and/or REGISTRATIONS** + Certification with American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics (ASHI) + Certified Histocompatibility Associate (CHA) required within three years of hire, or + Certified Histocompatibility Technologist (CHT) required within two years of hire + Specialty certification from American Society Clinical Sciences (ASCP), American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics (ASHI), American Society for Microbiology (ASM), National Registry for Certified Chemists (NRCC) or other equivalent agency as appropriate for the assigned area of specialty is preferred. **Work Schedule** + Monday-Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm + Rotational call one weekday night and every 4th weekend/holiday + Current 8 hour shfit available with the potential to move to 10 hour shift in the future + Full Time; 80 hours every 2 weeks **Pay** The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience. + $28.75 - $43.50 per hour What Makes Avera Special? (http://www.avera.org/careers/what-makes-avera-special/) The policy of Avera to provide opportunities for all qualified employees or applicants without regard to disability and to provide reasonable accommodations for all employees or applicants who may be disabled. Avera is committed to ensuring compliance in accordance with the Americans with Disability Act. For assistance, please contact HR Now at 605-504-4444. Additional Notices: For TTY, dial 711 Avera is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer: Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity.