Work Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA
Onsite or Remote
Fully On-Site
Work Schedule
Monday-Friday 3:00pm-11:30pm; rotating weekends and holidays
Posted Date
03/30/2026
Salary Range $26.31 - 26.31 Hourly
Employment Type
6 - Staff: Per Diem
Duration
Indefinite
Job #
29466
The Central Service Technician (CST) supports patient care by ensuring clinical teams across UCLA Health have timely access to medical supplies and equipment. This role supports high‑volume procedural areas by managing inventory, distributing supplies, and maintaining organized, accurate supply locations.
Key Responsibilities
Work Environment This role requires working in fast‑paced procedural settings where accuracy, organization, and efficiency are essential. The CST collaborates closely with clinical staff, supply chain teams, and vendors to ensure uninterrupted patient care.
Hourly rate: $26.31
Per Diem roles may convert to Career
The Central Service Technician must be a highly motivated and detail-oriented individual who thrives in a fast-paced healthcare environment supporting high-volume procedural areas. The ideal candidate demonstrates strong organizational and time management skills, with the ability to prioritize tasks efficiently while responding to frequent supply requests and operational demands.
Strong English verbal and written communication skills are required to effectively interact with clinical staff, supervisors, and supply chain teams. The ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a team environment is essential. Candidates must be disciplined, dependable, and able to meet operational deadlines with minimal supervision.
The technician must be comfortable entering and maintaining accurate data in inventory management systems and completing administrative tasks in a timely manner. Attention to detail is critical to ensure accuracy in inventory tracking, par management activities, and supply distribution.
Flexibility to adapt to changing workloads, assignments, and schedules—including weekend coverage—is required. Employees must comply with all UCLA Health policies, infection control practices, and safety requirements, maintain a clean and safe work environment, and stay current with required HR training and competency requirements.
The position also requires a commitment to quality improvement initiatives and adherence to Materials Management and UCLA Health policies to ensure efficient supply support for patient care operations.
As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts an offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of substantiated misconduct with a previous employer.
For more than half a century, UCLA Health has provided the best in healthcare and the latest in medical technology to the people of Los Angeles and throughout the world.
Comprised of Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, UCLA Medical Center Santa Monica, Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UCLA, UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital, UCLA West Valley Medical Center and the UCLA Medical Group with its wide-reaching system of primary-care and specialty-care offices throughout the region, UCLA Health is among the most comprehensive and advanced healthcare systems in the world.
Our physicians are world leaders in the diagnosis and treatment of complex illnesses, and our hospitals are among the best in the country. Consistently ranked one of the top ten hospitals in the nation and the best medical center in the western United States by U.S. News & World Report, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center is at the cutting edge of biomedical research, and our doctors and scientists are leaders in performing pioneering work across an astounding range of disciplines, from organ transplantation and cardiac surgery to neurosurgery and cancer treatment, and bringing the latest discoveries to virtually every field of medicine.
