Medical Laboratory Technician

Medical Laboratory Technician

Last year our HCA Healthcare colleagues invested over 156,000 hours volunteering in our communities. As a Medical Laboratory Technician with HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake you can be a part of an organization that is devoted to giving back!

Job Summary and Qualifications

The Medical Technologist is responsible for the prompt and accurate performance of routine, complex and specialized clinic laboratory procedures as assigned by the Laboratory Supervisor. Technologists demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide appropriate care to neonate, infant, child, or adolescent, adult and geriatric patients.

What You Will Do In This Role:

• Under the general supervision of the Laboratory Manager, the Medical Lab Technologist performs routine, complex or specialized bacteriological, hematological, chemical, immunological, serological and immunoassay procedures on body fluids.
• Requires no supervision for processing specimens, performing testing, or reporting results. No review of patient results is required prior to reporting.
• Maintains required competencies in all departments assigned.
• Demonstrates accuracy for all testing performed.
• Observes patient safety, risk management and infection control policies and procedures
• Performs related quality control and required proficiency testing according to policy and procedure.
• Fulfills the duty and responsibility to maintain competence and to continue personal and professional growth.
• Identifies and assists with opportunities for performance improvement activities on the unit and with other service areas.
• Demonstrates fiscal responsibility by taking ownership of time management, decreasing waste (of time and supplies) and promoting cost effectiveness while maintaining patient safety and quality of care. To actively market services to increase volume and awareness.
• Demonstrates the ability to be an advocate for and strive to protect the health, safety and rights of the patient.
• Interactions with patients and colleagues demonstrate compassion and respect for the inherent dignity, worth, and uniqueness of every individual, unrestricted by considerations of social or economic status or cultural beliefs.
• Communicate effectively with other care providers (physicians, nurses, business office, and medical records) to provide for continuity of patient care and to meet the needs of the customers we serve.
• Demonstrates ability to fulfill requirements of attendance, punctuality, and timekeeping practices.
• Behaviors and interactions demonstrate a positive attitude, personal initiative and motivation to achieve the goals of the unit, facility and organization.
• To uphold the standards of the profession and organization and practice ethically and with integrity.
• Other duties as assigned
• Reports to: Laboratory Director/Laboratory Manager

What Qualifications You Will Need:

Education required and/or preferred:

• Bachelor's or associate Degree in Chemical, Physical, Biological, or Medical Technology/Clinical Laboratory Science (MT/CLS) or Medical Laboratory Technician/Clinical Laboratory Technician (MLT/CLT) from an accredited institution.
• Or be qualified under CLIA guidelines for MT/CLS or MLT/CLT.

Licensure/Certification

PREFERRED: MT/ MLT or equivalent certification or be currently eligible to sit for MLT or equivalent certification exam preferred.

Experience required or preferred:

PREFERRED: One -year clinical laboratory experience or equivalent clinical lab training.

Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities:

Comprehensive knowledge of Hematology, Urinalysis, Blood Bank, Chemistry, Microbiology and related sciences. Knowledge of the operation and maintenance of laboratory instrumentation. Ability to work independently with minimal supervision. Ability to use independent judgment. Ability to remain calm, to think and act quickly and logically in a critical situation.

Benefits

HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Learn more about Employee Benefits

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake is a 530+ bed hospital where sophisticated, world-class medicine meets the comfort, care and convenience of a community hospital . For more than 40 years, we have proudly been providing high quality, cost-effective, comprehensive healthcare to the Houston Bay Area. We opened our doors in 1972 and now employ 2,000+ staff members and 900+ physicians in a wide range of specialties. Our specialists offer more talent and experience than any other hospital in the region. We are a Level II Trauma Center and the only exclusive heart hospital south of Houston . Our accredited center provides nationally-recognized care in the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and recovery of cardiovascular diseases. HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake offers a variety of other services, including Woman Services, Pediatric Care, Breast Diagnostic Center, ACR-accredited Imaging Center, Wound Care Treatment Center featuring Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy, and much more. We are members of HCA Houston Healthcare, the most comprehensive family of hospitals in the region and part of the leading provider of healthcare in the country, HCA Healthcare. Together we are stronger, smarter and more accessible in providing the patient-centered care you need close to home.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated 3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

Be a part of an organization that invests in you! We are reviewing applications for our Medical Laboratory Technician opening. Qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews. Submit your application and help us raise the bar in patient care!

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.