Travel Laboratory Assistant - Make $1,089 - $1,318/week (Job #3483692)

Aya Healthcare, Inc.; Longview (WA); On-site; USD 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Premium medical

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

401(k) match

Housing stipend

Paid sick time

Continuing education units

Job summary

Aya Healthcare is seeking a Laboratory Assistant in Longview, WA for a 13-week assignment. You will handle specimen collection and processing, label specimens, and operate common lab equipment. Epic charting is used for record keeping, and the role starts 10/26/2026.

The position requires about 1 year of experience, days shifts, and a focus on timely, accurate sample handling and patient care.

Qualifications

• Experience in a laboratory setting is required.
• Certification and skills are listed in requirements.

Skills

Proper labeling

Blood culture bottles

Blood specimen storage

Centrifuge

Chilled specimen

Blood draws order

Data entry

Deliver specimens

Gray top tubes

Green top tubes

Hazardous materials handling

Specimen collection training

Laboratory requisitions

Light blue top tubes

Microbiological specimens

Occult blood testing

Ova parasite handling

Post venipuncture care

Stat/timed sample handling

Quality controls

EDTA tubes

Vacutainer tubes

Proper disposal

Protection from light

Warmed specimen handling

Job description

Aya Healthcare has an immediate opening for the following position: Laboratory Assistant in Longview, WA.

We'll work with you to build the healthcare career of your dreams. Whether you want a job close to home or across the country, we've got you.

Job Details

• Profession: Laboratory
• Pay: $1089 to $1318 weekly
• Assignment Length: 13 weeks
• Shift: Days
• Schedule: 5, 8-Hour 12:00 - 20:30
• Openings: 1
• Start Date: 10/26/2026
• Charting System: Epic

Requirements

• Experience: 1 Year
• Required Certifications & Skills
  • Skills: Proper labeling,Blood culture bottles,Blood specimen storage,Centrifuge,Chilled specimen,CLSI recommended Order of blood draws,Data entry,Deliver specimens to laboratory (time),Gray top (Fluoride, Potassium Oxalate),Green Top (Heparin, Ammonia),Hazardous materials and MSDS,Instruct patient on proper collection and preservation for laboratory specimen,Laboratory requisitions,Light blue top tubes (coagulation),Microbiological specimens,Occult blood packets,Ova parasite container,Pin worm kits,Post venipuncture site care,Prioritize patient collections based on order request (stat, timed, routine),Process specimens for laboratory (centrifuge, aliquot, storage),Proper disposal,Protection of specimen from light source,Purple top (EDTA),Quality assurance and controls,Red top tubes (plain),Standard precautions,Understand Mode of action of additives/anticoagulants in blood collection tubes.,Vacutainer holder,Vacutainer tubes,Warmed specimen

Facility & Unit Information

• Facility Type: Acute Care Hospital
• Charting Experience: Yes
• Facility Level Trauma: Level 3
• Facility Bed Count: 122

• Exceptional benefits, including premium medical, dental, vision and life insurance beginning day one of your assignment. Want to take time off? Keep insurance coverage for up to 24 Days between assignments.
• A generous 401(k) match.
• Paid company housing (we'll help you bring your pets along, too!) or a generous housing stipend, if eligible.
• Paid sick time in accordance with all applicable state, federal, and local laws. Aya's general sick leave policy is that employees accrue one hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked. However, to the extent any provisions of the statement above conflict with any applicable paid sick leave laws, the applicable paid sick leave laws are controlling.
• Access to unlimited continuing education units online.
• Licensure, relocation and other reimbursements, when applicable.
• Pay listed above includes taxable wages and tax-free expense reimbursements.

Aya is an Equal Employment Opportunity ("EEO") Employer and welcomes all to apply.