
Medical Laboratory Scientist II
Houston, TXJob$34–50.58/hrSeen 5 days agoSeen in employer's feed 5 days ago
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Job overview
The Medical Laboratory Scientist performs complex laboratory testing and provides accurate, timely results for patient diagnosis and treatment. The role covers analytical procedures across laboratory disciplines, specimen analysis, instrument operation and maintenance, result interpretation, and quality control. The scientist also supports department workflow, trains staff and students, assists with validations and inventory, and contributes to proficiency testing and continuing education.
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Job Summary and Responsibilities
$10,000 Sign-On Bonus and up to $10,000 relocation assistance available.
As our Medical Lab Scientist, you will be a critical diagnostic expert, performing complex laboratory tests to ensure accurate, timely results vital for patient diagnosis and treatment.
Every day, you will execute a wide range of analytical procedures across various lab disciplines (hematology, chemistry, microbiology, etc.). You'll analyze specimens, operate/maintain instruments, interpret results, and conduct quality control, providing crucial data for clinical decisions.
To be successful in this role, you must demonstrate a strong scientific foundation, advanced technical proficiency, exceptional problem-solving skills, and meticulous attention to detail. Your paramount commitment will be to accuracy and regulatory adherence.
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Performs and reports waived, moderately complex, and highly complex test procedures on patient specimens adhering to the Section’s Standard Operating Procedures to ensure accurate and timely reporting Provides excellent patient care through clinical correlation of results, identification of patterns of bias, rapid notification of appropriate caregivers of critical values, and completion of testing within established turn-around-time limits
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Acts as a ‘group leader’ by assisting other staff members in work duties as needed to ensure a smooth workflow in the department.
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Ensures that major automated equipment is operational by performing required maintenance, calibration and troubleshooting procedures; including contacting of instrument vendor for assistance or repair. May receive or have extended instrument training to function as an instrument lead for the department. Trains new employees and students in the department. Performs required calibration and quality control procedures and maintains records to ensure tests are being performed within established parameters. Assists department Technical Coordinator or Supervisor in preparation of QC and calibration reports, ensuring that records are complete and accurate.
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Performs proficiency testing as assigned and review results with laboratory clinical leaders
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Assists Technical Coordinator or Supervisor with test or equipment validations. Helps with training, validation records and documentation.
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Participates in opportunities for continuing education and/or teaching, training according to the Section Performance Standards to enhance technical skills of students, trainees, coworkers, and self Responsible for inventory of supplies, including providing assistance with monitoring supplies, ordering, and placing received supplies into storage. May assists department inventory supplies as primary inventory control
Job Requirements
Required
- Bachelors Of Science in a biological or chemical science as defined by CLIA. and 2 years experience in a clinical laboratory., upon hire
Preferred
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Where You'll Work
Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center is an 1,045 bed facility located in the Texas medical center. A joint venture with Baylor College of Medicine, Baylor St. Luke’s is an internationally recognized leader in research and clinical excellence that has given rise to breakthroughs in cardiovascular care, neuroscience, oncology, transplantation, and more. The hospital is home to the Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, a nationally-accredited and NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center. Our new McNair Campus is designed around the human experience—modeled on evidence-based practices for the safety of patients, visitors, staff, and physicians. The 27.5-acre campus represents the future of healthcare through a transformative alliance focused on leading-edge patient care, research, and education.
Pay Range
$34.00 - $50.58 /hour
We are an equal opportunity employer.
How this job compares
Set against the 1,145 open Medical Laboratory Scientist jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$34–50.58/hr
- Texas median$30–40/hr22 hourly ranges
- US median$30–47/hr510 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $42.29/hr, is 20% above the Texas median midpoint ($35/hr) — in the top quarter of Medical Laboratory Scientist hourly ranges in Texas.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 109 open Medical Laboratory Scientist jobs in Texas and 1,145 across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Texas
- HCA Healthcare25 open
- Baylor Scott & White Health16 open
- Houston Methodist16 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience; Medical Laboratory Scientist postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years at the median (406 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 555 of the 1,145 open Medical Laboratory Scientist jobs (48%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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