Medical Laboratory Scientist Associate - General Lab

Texas Children's Hospital; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Texas Children’s Hospital is seeking a Medical Laboratory Scientist Associate to join our growing team, performing technical procedures, analyzing data, and reporting results to aid diagnosis and patient care.

You will work under supervision, validate specimens, maintain instrumentation, participate in quality control, and continue education to support our mission in pediatric care.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in chemical, biological, clinical or medical laboratory science, or medical technology field required.
• 1 year of laboratory experience required.

Responsibilities

• Validate specimen identification and ensure sample type/size per SOPs.
• Prioritize workload to release patient results within 60 minutes.
• Perform routine and special test procedures accurately and troubleshoot orders.

Skills

Laboratory experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in chemical/biological/clinical or medical laboratory science or medical technology field

Job description

Job Description

We’re searching for a Medical Laboratory Scientist Associate, someone who’s ready to be part of a growing team with amazing opportunities. In this position, you’ll perform technical laboratory procedures, analyze statistical data, and report results to be used for prediction and diagnoses of disease and provision of quality patient care.

Think you’ve got what it takes?

We’re searching for a Medical Laboratory Scientist Associate, someone who’s ready to be part of a growing team with amazing opportunities. In this position, you’ll perform technical laboratory procedures, analyze statistical data, and report results to be used for prediction and diagnoses of disease and provision of quality patient care.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

• Validates specimen identification per hospital and departmental policies and procedures and appropriateness of sample type and size; processes according to specimen handling protocols defined in standard operating procedures
• Organizes workload to prioritize specimen samples using first-in-first out so that patient results are released within 60 minutes from time of receipt
• Performs routine and special test procedures accurately according to the policies & procedures, recognizing and troubleshooting questionable orders and results, delta checking and repeating tests when necessary
• Reviews quality control data and performs troubleshooting and corrective actions as necessary
• Coordinates and documents correlation studies for new lot numbers of QC material per defined protocols and as assigned by a Manager or Technical Leader
• Performs the daily, weekly, monthly, and unscheduled instrument maintenance and calibration to ensure proper functioning of instruments
• Troubleshoots instrument problems and makes minor repairs when applicable by consulting the manuals or calling technical support
• Demonstrates theoretical and practical knowledge of the procedures and instrumentation; maintains skills and demonstrates competency via performance, documentation, and observation by supervisory staff
• Participates in continuing education and in-service programs by attending section meetings, vendor sponsored workshops, and seminars; reads professional publications and reviews procedure manuals and attends classes
• Analyzes College of American Pathologists (CAP) and other proficiency testing samples and obtains accurate results in a timely manner
• Orders supplies in a timely manner to maintain adequate stock for continuous testing, minimizing wastage due to expiration of unused reagents

Skills & Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a chemical, biological, clinical or medical laboratory science, or medical technology field required
• 1 Year Of Laboratory Experience Required

ABOUT US

Since 1954, Texas Children’s has been leading the charge in patient care, education and research to accelerate health care for children and women around the world. When you love what you do, it truly shows in the smiles of our patient families, employees and our numerous accolades such as being consistently ranked as the best children’s hospital in Texas, and among the top in the nation by U.S. News & World Report as well as recognition from Houston Business Journal as one of this city’s Best Places to Work for ten consecutive years.

Texas Children’s comprehensive health care network includes our primary hospital in the Texas Medical Center with expertise in over 40 pediatric subspecialties; the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (NRI); the Feigin Tower for pediatric research; Texas Children ’ s Pavilion for Women, a comprehensive obstetrics/gynecology facility focusing on high-risk births; Texas Children ’ s Hospital West Campus, a community hospital in suburban West Houston; Texas Children ’ s Hospital The Woodlands, the first hospital devoted to children ’ s care for communities north of Houston; and Texas Children’s Hospital North Austin, the new state-of-the-art facility providing world-class pediatric and maternal care to Austin and Central Texas families. We have also created Texas Children ’ s Health Plan, the nation ’ s first HMO focused on children; Texas Children ’ s Pediatrics, the largest pediatric primary care network in the country; Texas Children ’ s Urgent Care clinics that specialize in after-hours care tailored specifically for children; and a global health program that is channeling care to children and women all over the world. Texas Children ’ s Hospital is affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine, one of the largest, most diverse and successful pediatric programs in the nation.

Texas Children’s is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants and employees are considered and evaluated for positions at Texas Children's without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.