Medical Technologist Trainee
About the role
Join the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) and be part of a team committed to creating a positive impact in the lives of fellow Texans. At HHSC, your contributions matter, and we support you at each stage of your life and work journey.
Our comprehensive benefits package includes 100% paid employee health insurance for full-time eligible employees, a defined benefit pension plan, generous time off benefits, numerous opportunities for career advancement and more. Explore more details on the Benefits of Working at HHS webpage.
Responsibilities
Professional trainees in Medical Laboratory Science receive twelve (12) months of intensive personal instruction by experienced Medical Laboratory Scientists (Medical Technologists). Instruction incorporates both didactic lecture series and laboratory clinical rotations.
Trainees rotate through the following departments:
- Hematology, Coagulation, and Phlebotomy (11 weeks)
- Clinical Chemistry (13 weeks)
- Urinalysis (3 weeks)
- Microbiology (12 weeks)
- Immunohematology (7 weeks)
- Immunology/Serology (3 weeks)
Practical examinations are given in each clinical rotation and periodic written examinations are given during the clinical rotations and lecture series. Upon satisfactory completion of all rotations, the professional trainee is qualified to sit for the national Board of Certification exam in Medical Laboratory Science.
Requirements
Essential movement requirements for the Medical Laboratory Science trainee: Operate laboratory instruments and calculate, record, evaluate, and transmit laboratory information using a computer keyboard.
Essential Communication Requirements For The Medical Laboratory Science Trainee:
- Read and comprehend technical and professional materials including, but not limited to, textbooks, magazine and journal articles, handbooks, and instruction manuals.
- Follow verbal and written instructions in order to correctly and independently perform laboratory test procedures.
- Clearly instruct patients prior to specimen collection.
- Effectively, confidentially and sensitively converse with patients regarding laboratory tests.
- Communicate with faculty members, fellow students, staff and other health care professionals verbally and in multiple formats, e.g., handwritten, typed or printed, graphic or telecommunications based.
- Independently prepare papers, prepare laboratory reports, and take paper, computer and laboratory practical examinations.
Essential Intellectual Requirements For The Medical Laboratory Science Trainee:
- Possess these intellectual skills: comprehension, measurement, mathematical calculation, reasoning, integration, analysis, comparison, self-expression, and criticism.
- Exercise sufficient judgment to recognize and correct performance deviations.
Essential Behavioral Requirements For The Medical Laboratory Science Trainee:
- Manage the use of time and be able to systematize actions in order to complete professional and technical tasks within realistic constraints.
- Follow all hospital policies regarding time and attendance.
- Possess the emotional health necessary to effectively employ intellect and exercise appropriate judgment.
- Provide professional and technical services while experiencing the stresses of task related uncertainty, emergent demands, and a distracting environment.
- Be flexible and creative and adapt to professional and technical change.
- Recognize potentially hazardous materials, equipment, and situations and proceed safely in order to minimize risk of injury to patients, self, and nearby individuals.
Other Essential Requirements For The Medical Laboratory Science Trainee:
- Adapt to working with biohazardous substances.
- Support and promote the activities of fellow students and of health care professionals.
- Be honest, compassionate, ethical, and responsible.
Qualifications
Professional Trainees should be:
- Fluent in written and spoken English
- In good health and highly motivated
- Able to discriminate between colors
- Possess manual dexterity
- Possess good near vision
Registrations, Licensure Requirements Or Certifications: Bachelor of Science degree or currently enrolled in a Medical Laboratory Science (MLS) program at an accredited university.
Skills
Initial Screening Criteria: Bachelor of Science degree or currently enrolled in a Medical Laboratory Science (MLS) program at an accredited university.
Benefits
Our comprehensive benefits package includes 100% paid employee health insurance for full-time eligible employees, a defined benefit pension plan, generous time off benefits, numerous opportunities for career advancement and more.
Pay
Salary Range: $600.00 - $1,998.00, Pay Frequency: Monthly
Schedule
Shift: Day, Additional Shift Telework: Not Eligible for Telework, Travel: Up to 5%, Regular/Temporary: Regular, Full Time/Part Time: Full time, FLSA Exempt/Non-Exempt: Nonexempt