Medical Technologist

HCA Healthcare, Inc.; Pasadena (TX); On-site; USD 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

401(k) Plan with 100% match on 3% to 9

Tuition assistance

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast in Pasadena, TX is seeking a Medical Technologist to join our hospital laboratory team. You will perform manual and automated testing, ensure quality control, and report results accurately to support patient care.

Required include at least one year of clinical laboratory experience, a bachelor’s degree in a chemical or biological science or medical laboratory technology, and MT (ASCP) or registry eligibility.

Qualifications

• One year experience in a clinical laboratory.
• MT (ASCP) or equivalent preferred or Registry eligible as a Medical Technologist.
• Bachelor’s degree in a chemical or biological science or medical laboratory technology from an accredited institution, or equivalent laboratory training and experience required.

Responsibilities

• Consistently provides outstanding service to patients, physicians, fellow employees, and guests.
• Demonstrates ability to operate and maintain laboratory instrumentation, including minor troubleshooting.
• Demonstrates the ability to perform manual and automated test procedures.
• Maintains ability to report laboratory results, including special calculated, critical values and quality control in a timely manner.

Skills

Clinical laboratory experience

MT (ASCP) preferred

Education

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

Registry eligible as Medical Technologist

Job description

Do you have the career opportunities as a(an) Medical Technologist you want with your current employer? We have an exciting opportunity for you to join HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast which is part of the nations leading provider of healthcare services, HCA Healthcare.

Job Summary and Qualifications

What you will do in this role:

• Consistently provides outstanding service to all patients, physicians, fellow employees, and guests.
• Displays initiative to see processes through to completion and offers assistance without being asked.
• Maintains awareness of own limitations and seeks guidance from appropriate personnel as needed.
• Prioritizes activities of self based on demands for service.
• Remains alert to the detection of errors in own work and the work of others with appropriate corrective actions initiated.
• Demonstrates an understanding of patient rights, including those pertaining to confidentiality, informed decision-making, and privacy.
• Is aware of resources available for ethical concerns and makes appropriate referrals.
• Practices cost-efficiently.
• Performs technical skills proficiently in accordance with established standards, as evidenced by annual validation processes.
• Utilizes specialized knowledge and skill to perform job requirements.
• Demonstrates the ability to operate and maintain laboratory instrumentation, including minor troubleshooting.
• Demonstrates ability to perform manual and automated test procedures.
• Demonstrates knowledge of specimen requirements, processing, handling, and rejection criteria.
• Maintains ability to report laboratory results, including special calculated, critical values and quality control in a timely manner.
• Knowledgeable of all laboratory forms, and logs.
• Demonstrates understanding of hospital policies and procedures, i.e. technical safety, infection control and disaster policies.

What qualifications you will need:

• One year experience in a clinical laboratory
• MT (ASCP) or equivalent preferred or Registry eligible as a Medical Technologist
• Bachelor’s degreein a chemical or biological science or medical laboratory technology from an accredited institution, or equivalent laboratory training and experience required.

Benefits

HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefitsfor medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support,including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from workprograms 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 supportthrough tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefitsfor 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 Southeast is a full-service 340+ bed acute care hospital in Pasadena, Texas. We have been a leader of medical care in Pasadena for more than 50 years. With board-certified physicians, registered nurses and expert technicians, the community has come to rely on us for top-quality, comprehensive and compassionate healthcare. HCA Houston Southeast is the only hospital in Pasadena with both Chest Pain Center Accreditation with Primary PCI and Resuscitation by the American College of Cardiology and full accreditation by The Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. 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.

"Bricks and mortar do not make a hospital. People do"
- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.
HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

If you are looking for an opportunity that provides satisfaction and personal growth, we encourage you to. We promptly review all applications. Highly 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.