Laboratory Assistant

HCA Houston Healthcare; Webster (TX); On-site; USD 36,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

401(k) plan with match

Education support

Job summary

HCA Houston Healthcare is seeking a Laboratory Assistant to support patient care in our Clear Lake facility. You will perform phlebotomy, process lab specimens, and ensure timely reporting of results within a patient‑centered team environment.

The role emphasizes accuracy, adherence to attendance policies, and flexibility to cover shifts as needed to maintain optimal department coverage and patient safety.

Qualifications

• No Travel Required
• 2 years experience Required Years of Experience
• Medical terminology is desirable

Responsibilities

• Accepts responsibility for own actions; offers and accepts constructive criticism in a non – defensive manner.
• Adheres to hospital attendance and tardiness policy. Appropriately clocks in/out and returns from break and lunch on time.
• Adheres to schedule and provides coverage in assigned areas. Adaptable to changes in work flow.
• Adjusts break and lunch times to ensure appropriate department coverage for optimal patient care.
• Answers phone by 4th ring. Takes messages and transfers calls appropriately. Strictly follows Personal Telephone/Cell Phone Usage policy (916-010).
• Appropriate use and inventory of reagents and supplies, order supplies when needed.
• Assists in maintaining general cleanliness and safety of work area to ensures that work area is clean and free of safety hazards.
• Assists in phlebotomy/collection. Manages STAT collection in timely manner.
• Correctly and proficiently charts/mails/faxes lab reports to physician mail boxes/offices.
• Correctly collects, processes/sends, documents and files COC drug screen.

Skills

Phlebotomy

Medical terminology

Job description

Are you passionate about the patient experience? At HCA Healthcare, we are committed to caring for patients with purpose and integrity. We care like family! Jump-start your career as a(an) Laboratory Assistant today with HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake.

Job Summary And Qualifications

What you will do in this role:

• Accepts responsibility for own actions; offers and accepts constructive criticism in a non – defensive manner.
• Adheres to hospital attendance and tardiness policy. Appropriately clocks in/out and returns from break and lunch on time.
• Adheres to schedule and provides coverage in assigned areas. Adaptable to changes in work flow.
• Adjusts break and lunch times to ensure appropriate department coverage for optimal patient care.
• Answers phone by 4th ring. Takes messages and transfers calls appropriately. Strictly follows Personal Telephone/Cell Phone Usage policy (916-010).
• Appropriate use and inventory of reagents and supplies, order supplies when needed.
• Assists in maintaining general cleanliness and safety of work area to ensures that work area is clean and free of safety hazards.
• Assists in phlebotomy/collection. Manages STAT collection in timely manner.
• Correctly and proficiently charts/mails/faxes lab reports to physician mail boxes/offices.
• Correctly collects, processes/sends, documents and files COC drug screen.
• Distributes incoming/outgoing mail.
• Expectations Ethics and Compliance: 1. All employees will be held accountable for behaviors displayed relative to the values articulated in the Mission and Values Statement. “Will act with absolute honest, integrity and fairness in the way we conduct our business and the way we live our lives.”2. All employees will be held accountable for attending training regarding the Code of Conduct program at least annually.
• Follows SOP for checking and reconciling CBN tests and draws. Print/review/reconcile computer reports and work sheets as assigned.
• Has no unapproved overtime.
• Maintains competency in designated work areas. Performs appropriate volume of workload within specific time frames. Completes work from previous shifts and assists others as available or needed.

What qualifications you will need:

• No Travel Required
• 2 years experience Required Years of Experience
• Medical terminology is desirable

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.

"The great hospitals will always put the patient and the patient's family first, and the really great institutions will provide care with warmth, compassion, and dignity for the individual."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.

HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

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.