Medical Technologist PT

HCA Healthcare, Inc.; Pasadena (TX); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Wellbeing support

Time away from work

401(k) match

Education support

Fertility and family building

Job summary

HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast in Pasadena, TX seeks a Medical Technologist to perform bacteriological, hematological, chemical, immunological and immunoassay procedures in the laboratory under the supervision of the Laboratory Director/Laboratory Manager.

The candidate should hold a Bachelor Degree in MT/CLS or be CLIA-qualified, with MT/CLS certification preferred and at least one year of clinical lab experience. We offer comprehensive benefits and a strong commitment to compassionate care.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in MT/CLS or CLIA-qualified.
• MT/CLS certification or eligibility preferred.
• One year clinical lab experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Perform routine, complex or specialized bacteriological, hematological, chemical, immunological, serological and immunoassay procedures on body fluids.
• No supervision for processing specimens, performing testing, or reporting results.
• Maintain required competencies in all departments assigned.
• Demonstrate accuracy for all testing performed.
• Adhere to patient safety, risk management and infection control policies.
• Perform quality control and required proficiency testing.
• Maintain competence and pursue personal and professional growth.
• Identify opportunities for performance improvement on the unit and other service areas.
• Demonstrate fiscal responsibility by managing time, reducing waste and promoting cost effectiveness while maintaining patient safety and quality of care.
• Advocate for and protect health, safety and rights of the patient.
• Communicate effectively with physicians, nurses, business office, and medical records for continuity of care.
• Maintain attendance, punctuality and timekeeping practices.
• Show a positive attitude, initiative and motivation to achieve goals of unit, facility and organization.
• Uphold standards of the profession and organization and practice ethically and with integrity.
• Other duties as assigned

Education

Bachelor Degree in a Chemical, Physical, Biological, or Medical Technology/Clinical Laboratory Science (MT/CLS)

CLIA guidelines MT/CLS qualification

Job description

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.

Job Summary and Qualifications

1. Under the general supervision of the Laboratory Manager, the Medical Technologist performs routine, complex or specialized bacteriological, hematological, chemical, immunological, serological and immunoassay procedures on body fluids.

2. Requires no supervision for processing specimens, performing testing, or reporting results. No review of patient results is required prior to reporting.

3. Maintains required competencies in all departments assigned.

4. Demonstrates accuracy for all testing performed.

5. Observes patient safety, risk management and infection control policies and procedures

6. Performs related quality control and required proficiency testing according to policy and procedure.

7. Fulfills the duty and responsibility to maintain competence and to continue personal and professional growth.

8. Identifies and assists with opportunities for performance improvement activities on the unit and with other service areas.

9. Demonstrates fiscal responsibility by taking ownership of time management, decreasing waste (of time and supplies) and promoting cost effectiveness while maintaining patient safety and quality of care. To actively market services to increase volume and awareness.

10. Demonstrates the ability to be an advocate for and strive to protect the health, safety and rights of the patient.

11. Interactions with patients and colleagues demonstrate compassion and respect for the inherent dignity, worth, and uniqueness of every individual, unrestricted by considerations of social or economic status or cultural beliefs.

12. Communicate effectively with other care providers (physicians, nurses, business office, and medical records) to provide for continuity of patient care and to meet the needs of the customers we serve.

13. Demonstrates ability to fulfill requirements of attendance, punctuality, and timekeeping practices.

14. Behaviors and interactions demonstrate a positive attitude, personal initiative and motivation to achieve the goals of the unit, facility and organization.

15. To uphold the standards of the profession and organization and practice ethically and with integrity.

16. Other duties as assigned

Reports to: Laboratory Director/Laboratory Manager

What qualifications you will need:

• · Bachelor Degree in a Chemical, Physical, Biological, or Medical Technology/Clinical Laboratory Science (MT/CLS) from an accredited institution.
• ·Or be qualified under CLIA guidelines for MT/CLS.

Licensure/Certification

PREFERRED: MT or equivalent certification, or be currently eligible to sit for MT or equivalent certification exam preferred.

Experience required or preferred:

PREFERRED: One year clinical laboratory experience or equivalent clinical lab training.

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.

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

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.