Medical Lab Technologist

HCA Healthcare; Panama City (FL); On-site; USD 55,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Wellbeing support

Paid time off

401(k) match

Education assistance

Adoption assistance

Life insurance

Job summary

HCA Florida Gulf Coast Hospital in Panama City is seeking a Medical Lab Technologist to join a 238-bed acute-care team committed to quality patient care. You will perform accurate and timely laboratory testing, assume department leadership in the supervisor's absence, maintain documentation, and ensure quality control while handling stat specimens to meet turnaround targets.

Florida licensure required or eligible.

Qualifications

• An Associate Degree in Medical Technology is required.
• A 4-year degree is preferred.
• A Florida Technologist License is required or can be obtained during the interview process.
• Generalist licensure with related areas preferred (blood bank, serology, chemistry, hematology, microbiology).
• Minimum 1 year of MT experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Perform accurate and timely laboratory testing and proficiency sample analysis.
• Assume department leadership in the supervisor's absence.
• Complete records/documentation for patient results.
• Perform stat procedures within turnaround targets.
• Use good judgment in correlation and interpretation of results.
• Review logs and communicate workload needs to staff relief.
• Perform quality control and handle problematic or critical specimens.

Skills

Laboratory testing

Proficiency testing

Documentation

Quality control

Delta checks

Independent thinking

Education

Associate degree in Medical Technology

Bachelor's degree in Medical Technology (preferred)

Florida Technologist License (required or pending)

Job description

Introduction

Last year our HCA Healthcare colleagues invested over 156,000 hours volunteering in our communities. As a Medical Lab Technologist with HCA Florida Gulf Coast Hospital you can be a part of an organization that is devoted to giving back!

Benefits

HCA Florida Gulf Coast Hospital, 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 (https://careers.hcahealthcare.com/pages/employee-benefits-and-rewards)

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

Seeking a Medical Technologist / Med Tech to provide expertise and champion results. We are an amazing team that works hard to support each other and are seeking a phenomenal addition like you who feels the patient experience is as meaningful as we do.

What you will do in this role:

• Perform accurate and timely laboratory testing by analyzing proficiency testing samples according to instructions and complete within the allowable time frame

• Assume responsibility of the department as appropriate in the absence of the supervisor

• Complete all required records/documentation pertaining to patient results

• Perform stat procedures within established turnaround time targets

• Demonstrate the ability to use good judgment and independent thinking in the correlation and interpretation of patient results. (Including performing delta checks, etc.)

• Review pending logs (OSR) and result logs; resolve any outstanding workload or communicate to staff relief

• Perform quality control procedures per protocol and handle all problem and/or critical laboratory specimens/test results

What Qualifications you will need:

• A 2 Year/Associate Degree is required

• A 4 Year/Bachelor's Degree in Medical Technology is preferred

• Minimum 1 year of experience as a Medical Technologist preferred

• A State of Florida Technologist License is required OR the ability to obtain a license during the interview process

• Technologist License in one or more clinical specialty areas: (Generalist highly preferred) -Blood Bank Bank, Serology, Chemistry, Hematology, Microbiology

HCA Florida Gulf Coast Hospital is a 238-bed acute care hospital. For 40 years, we have served Bay County and the surrounding communities. We are an accredited facility offering comprehensive care. This includes advanced cardiac assessment and treatment. We offer certified women's services. Our hospital has dedicated spaces for adult and pediatric emergency services. We are certified in Advanced Primary Stroke Care. Our hospital is accredited as a Comprehensive Breast Care Center. We are the area's only Accredited Chest Pain Center with Primary PCI and Resuscitation. Other services that we offer include orthopedic care and joint replacement, robotic surgery, cardiac, vascular, and interventional services. We are home to the only Pediatric ER in the community. We have the only Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and Pediatric Intensive Care Unit in the region. Together, we continue to raise the bar in healthcare.

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.

“There is so much good to do in the world and so many different ways to do it.”- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.

HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

Be a part of an organization that invests in you! We are reviewing applications for our Medical Lab Technologist opening. Qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews.

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.