Hire medical laboratory scientists without doing the sourcing
Describe the role. Expa finds the certified lab scientists and technicians in your market, reaches out, screens the ones who reply, and books your interviews. About ten minutes of your time.
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351K+ clinical laboratory professionals • 95% with verified personal data
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What happens after you hit start
Describe the role
Paste a job description or say it in plain English. No boolean strings, no filters to learn, no sourcing skill required.
Approve the shortlist
Expa finds the medical laboratory scientists, contacts them, follows up, and screens the ones who reply. You approve or reject.
Take the interviews
Approved candidates land in your calendar. That is the whole job on your side.
In plain terms
How Expa sources medical laboratory scientists
Expa is an AI-powered healthcare recruiting and clinician sourcing platform. It identifies licensed medical laboratory scientists who are in-market, verifies their contact details, runs outreach over email, SMS and LinkedIn until they reply, screens the ones who respond, and books interviews with the candidates you approve.
There are 351,200 clinical laboratory technologists and technicians in the United States, and the profession is in the worst staffing position in healthcare. ASCP's 2024 vacancy survey found vacancy rates as high as 28.5% in anatomic pathology, the highest of any department surveyed. Laboratory work is invisible to patients, training programs have been closing for years, and a large share of the workforce is near retirement. The result is a profession that almost nobody outside healthcare has heard of, carrying vacancy rates nobody inside healthcare can ignore.
Expa searches on ASCP Board of Certification status, license type and state where licensure applies, department, instrumentation and shift, covering medical laboratory scientists, medical laboratory technicians, histotechnologists, cytotechnologists and specialists. It also surfaces students finishing MLS and MLT programs, which in a shrinking pipeline is often the only way to hire ahead of demand.
How the clinical laboratory market compares
| Profession | Employed in the U.S. |
|---|---|
| Registered nurses | 3,391,000 |
| Physicians and surgeons | 839,000 |
| Dental professionals | 370,900 |
| Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians | 351,200 |
| Nurse practitioners | 320,400 |
| Radiologic and MRI technologists | 272,000 |
| Physical therapists | 267,200 |
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2024 and 2025 employment. These are national totals. The number inside your hiring radius is a small fraction of them, which is the entire problem.
Medical laboratory scientists near Boise right now
A sample of what a search returns. Identifying details stay hidden until you start.
Boise, ID · 7 miles
8 years · hospital core lab, chemistry and hematology
Meridian, ID · 13 miles
Certified 2 months ago · clinical rotations
Nampa, ID · 19 miles
11 years · anatomic pathology
No names, no photos, no current employers, no license numbers.
Why lab roles stay open
Nobody applies to a job they have never heard of
Lab science has no patient-facing visibility and almost no public profile. Posting a req reaches an audience that barely knows the profession exists.
The pipeline is shrinking, not growing
Training programs have closed steadily for years while demand has not moved. Every year the replacement pool gets smaller.
Night shift is where the vacancies live
Labs run 24 hours. The hardest role to fill is rarely day shift, and outreach that names the shift and the differential gets answered.
Where medical laboratory scientists get hired
Questions
How many clinical laboratory professionals are there in the US?
351,200 clinical laboratory technologists and technicians, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The number holding current ASCP certification in any given specialty is smaller, and in any single market smaller again.
Why are medical laboratory scientist roles so hard to fill?
Three reasons compound. The profession has almost no public visibility, so few people enter it. Training programs have been closing for years, shrinking the pipeline. And a large share of the existing workforce is approaching retirement. ASCP's 2024 vacancy survey found rates as high as 28.5% in anatomic pathology, the highest of any department it measured.
Can you search by ASCP certification?
Yes. ASCP Board of Certification status, certification type such as MLS, MLT, HT or CT, plus state licensure where it applies, department, instrumentation experience and shift.
Can you find MLS and MLT students before they graduate?
Yes. Expa surfaces students finishing medical laboratory science and medical laboratory technician programs. Given how few programs remain, reaching graduating cohorts early is often the only way to hire ahead of demand.
Do you source histotechnologists and cytotechnologists?
Yes. Both are covered, and both are scarcer than generalist MLS roles, which makes direct outreach more necessary rather than less.
Can you fill night and weekend shifts?
Yes, and it is where most lab vacancies sit. Expa filters for clinicians whose profile suggests openness to off-shift work, and outreach that names the shift and the differential up front performs far better than outreach that hides it.
Do I have to do the sourcing myself?
No. You describe the role and approve a shortlist. Expa does the searching, the outreach, the follow-up and the screening, then books interviews with the candidates you approve. It takes about ten minutes of your time.
How fast will I see candidates?
A slate of interested, contactable medical laboratory scientists within 48 hours of starting, often within 24. Time to hire from there depends on your interview process.
How much does Expa cost?
You can start free. For ongoing hiring, Expa pilots start at $6,000 for three months and cover all your open roles, with no per-placement fees. For comparison, a contingency agency placing a single medical laboratory scientist typically charges 15% to 22% of first-year salary.
Start hiring medical laboratory scientists in about ten minutes
Describe the role, approve a shortlist, take the interviews.
Hiring across multiple sites or six or more roles?
Managed sourcing for multi-site groups, health systems and staffing agencies. Pilots from $6,000 for three months, covering all your open roles.