Medical Laboratory Technician

HCA Houston Healthcare; Webster (TX); On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive medical coverage

401(k) Plan with 100% match

Education assistance

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Family support programs

Employee assistance

Job summary

A community hospital in Webster seeks a Medical Laboratory Technician responsible for performing routine, complex, and specialized clinical laboratory procedures. Candidates must hold an Associate Degree and preferably have at least one year of clinical laboratory experience. The role requires adherence to quality control protocols and the ability to respond efficiently to patient care needs. This position offers a range of benefits, including comprehensive medical coverage, retirement plans, and educational assistance.

Qualifications

• Minimum 1 year of experience in a clinical laboratory preferred.
• Minimum 1 year of clinical laboratory experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Perform assigned diagnostic test procedures accurately.
• Adhere to quality control protocols.
• Report work accurately in accordance with the criteria for abnormal values.
• Work efficiently to provide optimum patient care.
• Interact professionally with lab personnel and hospital departments.
• Assist with evaluation of equipment and procedures.
• Comply with universal precautions and adhere to safety standards.
• Use the Laboratory Computer System appropriately.
• Pass the hospital CPR course and assist during codes as necessary.

Education

Associate Degree

Job description

Introduction: Experience the HCA Healthcare difference where colleagues are trusted, valued members of our healthcare team. Grow your career with an organization committed to delivering respectful, compassionate care, and where the unique and intrinsic worth of each individual is recognized. Submit your application for the opportunity below: Medical Laboratory Technician HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay. Plans include prescription drug and behavioral health coverage as well as free telemedicine services and free AirMed medical transportation.
• Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long‑term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance and more.
• Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical and financial wellbeing.
• 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service).
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock.
• Family support through fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance.
• Referral services for child, elder and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning and more.
• Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts.
• Retirement readiness, rollover assistance services and preferred banking partnerships.
• Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships).
• Colleague recognition program.
• Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long‑ and short‑term disability coverage and leaves of absence).
• Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee‑only coverage to full‑time and part‑time colleagues based on income.

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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

Job Summary And Qualifications

The Medical Laboratory Technician is responsible for prompt and accurate performance of routine, complex and specialized clinical laboratory procedures as assigned by the Laboratory Manager. The Medical Laboratory Technician demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide age appropriate care to patients including neonates, infants, children, adolescents, adults, and geriatric patients.

What you will do in this role

• Performs assigned diagnostic test procedures accurately in accordance with the written policies and procedures.
• Adheres to quality control protocols. Performs and document prescribed maintenance procedures.
• Reports work accurately, legibly and in accordance with the criteria for abnormal and critical values.
• Works efficiently and respond to stats and other priority tests to provide optimum patient care.
• Interacts professionally with lab personnel and with other hospital departments.
• Assists with evaluation of equipment and procedures, orient new employees and work with students.
• May be assigned to other tasks and/or required to vary schedule to meet the needs of the Laboratory and the patients.
• Will comply with universal precautions and adhere to safety standards and practices.
• Will use the Laboratory Computer System and will be assigned to the security level appropriate to the job.
• Will pass the hospital CPR course and provide assistance during codes as necessary.

What qualifications you will need

• Associate Degree.
• Minimum 1 year of experience in a clinical laboratory preferred.

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 Women 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.

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If you find this opportunity compelling, we encourage you to apply for our Medical Laboratory Technician opening. We promptly review all applications. Highly qualified candidates will be directly contacted by a member of our team. We are interviewing - apply today!

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