Medical Laboratory Scientist
Caldwell, TXJob$28.67–42.64/hrSeen 2w agoSeen in employer's feed 6 days ago
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Job overview
The Medical Laboratory Scientist performs complex laboratory testing to support patient diagnosis and treatment. The role analyzes specimens, operates and maintains instruments, interprets results, and conducts quality control across laboratory disciplines. It also supports accurate and timely reporting, patient care through clinical correlation and critical-value notification, and the validation of new procedures and equipment. A bachelor’s degree in a biological or chemical science is required; several laboratory certifications are preferred.
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Job Summary and Responsibilities
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
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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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Ensures that major automated equipment is operational by performing required maintenance, calibration and troubleshooting procedures; including contacting of instrument vendor for assistance or repair
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Performs required calibration and quality control procedures and maintains records to ensure tests are being performed within established parameters
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Performs proficiency testing as assigned and review results with laboratory clinical leaders
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Assists in evaluation and generation of compliant documentation for the validation of new procedures and equipment to provide the physician with the most current laboratory technology
Job Requirements
Required
- Bachelors Of Science in a biological or chemical science as defined by CLIA., upon hire
Preferred
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Where You'll Work
St. Joseph Health Burleson Hospital is a 25-bed critical access hospital in Caldwell, Texas offering a Level IV Trauma Center, IP and OP services, therapy, emergency care, skilled nursing care, injury treatment and more.
Our hospital is accredited by The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations and certified as a Level III support stroke facility by the Texas Department of State Health Services.
Pay Range
$28.67 - $42.64 /hour
We are an equal opportunity employer.
How this job compares
Set against the 1,205 open Medical Laboratory Scientist jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 11, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$28.67–42.64/hr
- Texas median$31–44/hr20 hourly ranges
- US median$30–46/hr518 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $35.66/hr, is 3% below the Texas median midpoint ($37/hr) — in the middle half of Medical Laboratory Scientist hourly ranges in Texas.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 113 open Medical Laboratory Scientist jobs in Texas and 1,205 across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Texas
- HCA Healthcare25 open
- Houston Methodist18 open
- Baylor Scott & White Health16 open
- Experience
- Medical Laboratory Scientist postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 3 years (408 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 521 of the 1,205 open Medical Laboratory Scientist jobs (43%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 11, 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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