Medical Lab Scientist / MLS or MLT

Overview:

Join our team as a day shift, full-time,   Medical Laboratory Scientist (MLS) or Medical Lab Technician (MLT)in Pittsburg, TX.

Why Join Us? 

 

Thrive in a People-First Environment and Make Healthcare Better  

• Thrive:  We empower our team with career growth opportunities, tuition assistance, and resources that support your wellness, education, and financial well-being.   

• People-First:  We prioritize your well-being with paid time off, comprehensive health benefits, and a supportive, inclusive culture where you are valued and cared for.   

• Make Healthcare Better:  We use advanced technology to support our team and enhance patient care.   

Get to Know Your Team:  

• UT Health Pittsburg offers 25 private rooms, a 24-hour Level IV trauma center and Level III stroke center, surgical suites, advanced diagnostics, a sleep lab, swing bed care, 16 physician offices, and a UT Health East Texas Olympic Center fitness facility. 

Explore Career Pathways for Laboratory Professionals:

Responsibilities:

• The Medical Laboratory Scientist functions as a professional who assumes responsibility and accountability for the performance of clinical laboratory testing that pertains to patient care and diagnosis.
• This position performs routine and special laboratory procedures, quality control, preventative maintenance, minor equipment repairs, inventory control, and statistical compilation.
• Will additionally participate in the quality assurance and performance improvement tasks, new employee training and proficiency testing as assigned.

Qualifications:

Job Requirements: 

• Baccalaureate Degree in Medical Technology, Clinical Laboratory Science, or a chemical, physical or biological science.
  • OR  Associates degree in Medical Laboratory Technician studies or a chemical, physical or biological science associates degree.
• ASCP or equivalent.
  • Certification within a specific area, i.e. M(ASCP), H(ASCP), C(ASCP) qualifies.
  • Certification must be maintained without lapse during employment.
    • If certification does lapse, job will be downgraded to Medical Laboratory Scientist (non-certified) until certification is reinstated.
• Current knowledge of clinical laboratory techniques and principles.