HCA Florida West Hospital 8383 North Davis Highway Pensacola, FL 32514
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. Submit your application for the opportunity below: Medical Technologist II
Seeking a Medical Technologist II who performs all approved laboratory procedures in assigned areas of licensure. The work customarily involves any testing which may require a high degree of theoretical knowledge and technical expertise in licensed areas. Collaborates with other members of the health care delivery team to deliver quality healthcare.
What you will do in this role:
- Performs calibration, quality control, maintenance and troubleshooting on highly sophisticated and technical diagnostic equipment.
- Evaluates specimen integrity and identification prior to performing testing.
- Accurately performs laboratory testing within specified turn-around-time requirements.
- Actively and quickly investigates specimen problems and takes all steps necessary to resolve.
- Performs all maintenance, quality control, corrective action and calibration procedures as required. Performs analyzer troubleshooting procedures as required.
- Reports critical test results within 30 minutes of completion, requests verbal read back and documents same.
- Reports reference laboratory tests within specified time frames.
- Assists Technical Supervisor with evaluation of new methods, lot crossovers, and other projects as requested.
- Monitors Tracker and investigates and resolves delays.
- Maintains adequate inventory of reagents and supplies and notifies Technical Supervisor when reagents and supplies are running low.
- Ensures continuation of care across shifts by providing and receiving shift report at each shift change.
- Provides technical guidance to phlebotomists, nurses and physicians.
- Communicates technical and procedural problems to Director, Emergency Department and House Supervisor as needed.
- Ensures compliance with CAP, CLIA, AHCA, and other regulatory requirements.
- Writes, revises, reviews, and signs policies/procedures within specified time limits and as needed.
- Demonstrates knowledge of the occurrence reporting system. Uses system to report potential patient safety issues.
- Promotes and displays a positive customer oriented demeanor to patients, visitors, staff, and physicians.
- Actively seeks ways to control costs without compromising patient safety, quality of care, or the services delivered.
- Uses Performance Improvement Plan to improve patient safety.
- Promoting consistent positive patient interactions that advance the agenda of unparalleled patient service
- Practicing and adhering to the “Code of Conduct” philosophy and “Mission and Value Statement”
- Performing other duties as assigned
What Qualifications you will need:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Medical Technology or closely related field, i.e. Biological Sciences Required
- 3 years’ experience as a Medical Technologist Required
Licenses & Certifications
- State of Florida Clinical Lab Technologist or State of Florida Clinical Laboratory Supervisor Required
Benefits
HCA Florida West Hospital, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:
- Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
- Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
- Time away from work programs 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 support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
- Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts
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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.
HCA Florida West Hospital is a 515-bed facility. We are proud to be the area's leading health care facility in quality outcomes performance. We are the area's first Accredited Chest Pain Center and Breast Imaging Center of Excellence. Our hospital is the first in the state of Florida to have earned Atrial Fibrillation with Electrophysiology Services Accreditation. We have an Advanced Primary Stroke Center. We provide a specialized Emergency Department tailored to the needs of seniors and children. We have a Kid’s ER dedicated to our youngest patients. We are the area’s only comprehensive CARF-accredited physical rehabilitation hospital. Our facility has a behavioral health facility. We offer services including cardiology, cardiovascular surgery, oncology, and orthopedics. Other services that we offer include robotic-assisted surgery, critical care, and neurology/neurosurgery. We also offer urology, gastroenterology, obstetrics, and pulmonary and rehabilitative medicine.
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
If you find this opportunity compelling, we encourage you to apply for our Medical Technologist II opening. We promptly review all applications. Highly qualified candidates will be directly contacted by a member of our team. We are interviewing - apply today!
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.
