Medical Laboratory Scientist; Path & Lab

UTHealth Houston Medical Laboratory Scientist

What we do here changes the world. UTHealth Houston is Texas' resource for healthcare education, innovation, scientific discovery, and excellence in patient care. That's where you come in.

The Medical Laboratory Scientist performs advanced clinical laboratory testing and analysis to support patient diagnosis and treatment. Responsibilities include conducting routine and specialized laboratory assays, evaluating test results, maintaining quality control, implementing and improving testing procedures, managing laboratory inventory and supplies, supporting research activities, maintaining laboratory cleanliness and equipment, participating in competency and proficiency testing, responding to emergencies, and ensuring accurate, reliable laboratory operations.

Once you join us you won't want to leave. It's because we reward our team for the excellent service they provide. Our total rewards package includes the benefits you'd expect from a top healthcare organization (benefits, insurance, etc.), plus:

• 100% paid medical premiums for our full-time employees
• Generous time off (holidays, preventative leave day, both vacation and sick time – all of which equates to around 37-38 days per year)
• The longer you stay, the more vacation you'll accrue!
• Longevity Pay (Monthly payments after two years of service)
• Build your future with our awesome retirement/pension plan!

We take care of our employees! As a world-renowned institution, our employees' wellbeing is important to us. We offer work/life services such as...

• Free financial and legal counseling
• Free mental health counseling services
• Gym membership discounts and access to wellness programs
• Other employee discounts including entertainment, car rentals, cell phones, etc.
• Resources for child and elder care
• Plus many more!

Position Summary:

Provides advanced technical skills in performing and analyzing various clinical laboratory tests and procedures used in the diagnosis and treatment of patients.

Position

Key Accountabilities:

• Performs requested tests on patients enabling physicians to clinically evaluate patients.
• Performs routine and special laboratory assays on patient specimens, exercising independent judgment when evaluating the validity of test results.
• Recommends and implements new and revised testing procedures to provide accurate and informative test results.
• Performs quality control checks on all tests and equipment to guarantee accurate test results.
• Maintains inventory of all necessary supplies and reagents.
• Reviews products, reagents, and new market kits. Tests procedures in journals for accuracy and reproducibility. Develops new tests, improves old test procedures, plots data, and logs test results in the area of research.
• General duties such as maintaining lab cleanliness, maintaining inventory, washing lab ware.
• Maintains competency and participating in proficiency testing as appropriate.
• Responds to emergency situations.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Certification/

Skills:

• None
• Work may involve handling biohazardous, chemical, and radiological materials, as well as operating associated equipment. Required safety training and appropriate engineering and administrative controls including the use of personal protective equipment must be followed.
• Certified Medical Lab Scientist (MLS(ASCP)) by American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) required within 180 Days

Minimum Education:

Bachelor's Degree in Biology, Chemistry, Medical or Clinical Laboratory Science, or related field required

Minimum Experience:

1 year experience as a Medical Technologist required May substitute required experience with equivalent years of education beyond the minimum education requirement.

Physical Requirements:

Exerts up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 20 pounds frequently and/or up to 10 pounds constantly to move objects.

Security Sensitive:

This position is a security-sensitive position pursuant to Texas Education Code §51.215 and Texas Government Code §411.094.

Residency Requirement:

Employees must permanently reside and work in the State of Texas.