Outreach Laboratory Technician II (Path & Lab)

Outreach Lab Tech II

What we do here changes the world. UTHealth Houston is Texas' resource for healthcare education, innovation, scientific discovery, and excellence in patient care. That's where you come in.

This Outreach Lab Tech II role supports laboratory and pathology operations by processing and preparing specimens, staining and assembling slides, entering patient data, and maintaining laboratory instruments and records. Responsibilities also include client service support, specimen pickup, outreach coordination with clinics, handling billing inquiries, completing medical transcriptions, and ensuring timely, accurate delivery of materials to pathologists.

Once you join us you won't want to leave. It's because we reward our team for the excellent service they provide. Our total rewards package includes the benefits you'd expect from a top healthcare organization (benefits, insurance, etc.), plus:

• 100% paid medical premiums for our full-time employees
• Generous time off (holidays, preventative leave day, both vacation and sick time all of which equates to around 37-38 days per year)
• The longer you stay, the more vacation you'll accrue!
• Longevity Pay (Monthly payments after two years of service)
• Build your future with our awesome retirement/pension plan!

We take care of our employees! As a world-renowned institution, our employees' wellbeing is important to us. We offer work/life services such as...

• Free financial and legal counseling
• Free mental health counseling services
• Gym membership discounts and access to wellness programs
• Other employee discounts including entertainment, car rentals, cell phones, etc.
• Resources for child and elder care
• Plus many more!

Position Summary:

Provides technical skills for the performance of basic laboratory tasks required in the preparing and analyzing of various specimens.

Position Key Accountabilities:

Essential Functions

• Logs patient data into computer system ensuring accuracy and completeness.
• Stains and coverslips slides. Assembles and delivers slides to Pathologists.
• Labels biopsy cassettes and prepares biopsy specimens for grossing using routine techniques.
• Processes and aliquots samples in preparation for further testing.
• Answers laboratory phone and triages client service concerns.
• Files slides and paperwork.
• Performs and documents instrument and stain maintenance.
• Acquires laboratory specimens from nearby contracted clinics and doctors' offices.
• Markets Outreach Laboratory services to outside clinics and doctors' offices.
• Handles billing questions/problems from contracted clinics and doctors' offices. Resolves all issues in a timely and professional manner.
• Completes medical transcriptions in a timely manner.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Certification/Skills:

• Moderate typing skills and medical terminology course or medical transcription skills.
• DL NUMBER - Driver License, Valid and in State, clean record required

Minimum Education:

High School Diploma or equivalent required

Minimum Experience:

1 year of relevant experience required

Physical Requirements:

Exerts up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 10 pounds frequently and/or a negligible amount constantly to move objects.

Security Sensitive:

Security Sensitive: This job class may contain positions that are security sensitive and thereby subject to the provisions of Texas Education Code 51.215

Residency Requirement:

Employees must permanently reside and work in the State of Texas.