In the LA/Orange County/San Bernadino county areas the starting salaries for
unregistered technicians is much higher than this.  There is a great
shortage in this area so I anticipate you will have a difficult time
attracting someone at the wage offered.

Jennifer MacDonald



> Good luck finding someone these days, with college, for that salary.

>

> Orange, CA

> Hospital Lab Technician I

> Salary Starting Between $11.30-$13.60 per hour
> DUTIES: Performs a limited-variety of routine technical procedures to
assist
> physicians and other healthcare personnel in the diagnosis, delivery and
> monitoring of of patient care. SAMPLE DUTIES INCLUDE: Processing surgical
> specimens, staining H & E's and frozen sections, coverslipping, label
> slides, preparing solutions for kits, fixatives, stains and buffers,
> laboratory clean-up, maintaining equipment.  Provides administrative
support
> to the department including record management, filing and distribution of
> materials.
> REQUIREMENTS: Graduation for college with a major in an app;icable natural
> science: or two years of applicable college courses plus two years of
> applicable esperience: or and equivalent combination of education and
> experience: and the knowledge and ability essential to the successful
> performance of the duties assigned to the position.
> DESIRABLE: Knowledge of medical computer software: skill to coverslip and
> label slides accurately: application of basic histologic stains; knowledge
> of tissue processors.
>
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