Clinical Lab Assistant Phlebotomy PRN

About the role

Are you passionate about the patient experience? At HCA Healthcare, we are committed to caring for patients with purpose and integrity. We care like family! Join our team as a Clinical Lab Assistant (CLA) and help support the health of our community.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical coverage with low copays, including prescription drug, behavioral health, free telemedicine, and free AirMed medical transportation.
• Dental and vision plans, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, and 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 other programs.
• Retirement readiness, rollover assistance, 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, leaves of absence).
• Employee Health Assistance Fund offering free employee‑only coverage based on income.

Responsibilities

• Process specimens for the laboratory section, including preparing blood smears and body fluid slides, centrifuging specimens, streaking microbiology plates, and preparing specimens for transport to reference labs.
• Understand laboratory methods and demonstrate knowledge of pathological processes with correlation to disease states and test results.
• Independently perform specimen processing and moderate‑complexity testing.
• Set up instruments and perform basic equipment maintenance.
• Perform basic quality control as instructed and collect quality‑assurance data.
• Handle clerical duties: answer telephones, communicate verified test results by phone, type procedures, perform data entry/retrieval, file paperwork and slides, fax documents, and assist with inventory of supplies.
• May perform phlebotomy, point‑of‑care, and waived testing as designated.
• Work in accordance with laboratory regulatory standards.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED equivalent from an accredited program.
• Phlebotomy certification preferred; graduate of a phlebotomy course required.
• Additional 6 months experience preferred; if phlebotomy program not completed, one year experience in a medical laboratory or college coursework in biological/chemical sciences required.
• Six months of computer keyboarding or equivalent experience preferred.

About Methodist Hospital Metropolitan

Methodist Hospital Metropolitan, with over 370 beds, offers outstanding heart and cancer care, general surgery, neurosurgery, orthopedic surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation, sleep disorder evaluation, and the largest emergency room in downtown San Antonio. The women’s pavilion is the only stand‑alone center in the city dedicated to women’s health and newborn care, welcoming nearly 3,000 newborns each year. The facility also houses the Methodist Weight Loss Center and is designated an American Society for Metabolic Surgery Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence®. Recognitions include Modern Healthcare’s Best Place to Work in Healthcare, a five‑year streak as a Leader in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality by the Human Rights Campaign, Pathway to Excellence designation by the ANCC, Leapfrog Grade A Hospital Safety Score for eight consecutive periods, Accredited Chest Pain Center by the ACC, Primary Stroke Center by the Joint Commission, and the first Texas hospital to earn a Gold Seal of Approval for Sepsis Certification.