UCLA Health

Clinical Laboratory Scientist - Core Lab

UCLA Health  •  $59 - $79/hr  •  Onsite  •  9 hours ago
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Job Description


General Information

Work Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA

Onsite or Remote

Fully On-Site

Work Schedule

Monday - Friday, 8-hour shifts beginning as early as 6:00am or as late as 7:00am with rotating weekends and holidays

Posted Date

07/20/2026
Salary Range $59.37 - 79.11 Hourly

Employment Type

2 - Staff: Career

Duration

indefinite

Job #

31926


Primary Duties and Responsibilities

Join our team as a Clinical Laboratory Scientist where you will conduct various technical procedures in the Anesthesiology, Core Laboratory, Special Chemistry, and Point of Care. Your primary duties include specimen processing, method development, testing across multiple areas such as chemistry, hematology, coagulation, immunoassay, and blood gases. You will also be responsible for maintaining laboratory instruments, performing quality control, calibration, reagent preparation, and data entry.

Salary Range: $59.37/hour - $79.11/hour

In addition to a competitive salary range, this position is also eligible for shift differentials and bonus pay.


Job Qualifications

•Current, valid California Clinical Laboratory Scientist license

•Bachelor’s Degree

•Ability to work rotating weekends and holidays

•Demonstrated technical competence in high-volume chemistry/hematology

•Working knowledge of lab safety, basic lab skills (e.g., pipetting, dilutions, specimen integrity), and test methodologies

•Proficiency in practical application of fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions for making reagents and calculations

•Ability to perform repetitive tasks such as pipetting and computer data entry

•Two years of recent experience in a high-volume laboratory setting – preferred

•Must pass the Ishihara Color Vision exam, i.e. visual acuity including color differentiation


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.

Current/former UC employees are subject to a personnel file review.
UCLA Health

About UCLA Health

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.

Industry
Healthcare & Social Services
Company Size
10,000+ employees
Headquarters
Los Angeles, CA
Year Founded
1955
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