Work Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA
Onsite or Remote
Fully On-Site
Work Schedule
Monday - Friday, 2:00pm - 10:30pm, with rotating weekends and holidays
Posted Date
03/13/2026
Salary Range $56.54 - 75.34 Hourly
Employment Type
2 - Staff: Career
Duration
Indefinite
Job #
29556
Join our dynamic team, where we're dedicated to advancing the field of immunogenetics, histocompatibility, and transplantation immunology. As a Clinical Laboratory Scientist, you will be responsible for a multitude of tests in relation to organ transplantation. Your primary duties include:
•Perform high complexity histocompatibility testing, including serological techniques, microcytotoxicity testing, cross-matching, and antibody testing using Luminex.
•Participate in Transplant on-call and weekend rotations.
•Contribute to ongoing R&D and method development projects.
Salary Range: $56.54 – $75.34/hour
In addition to a competitive salary range, this position is also eligible for shift differentials.
•Current, valid California Clinical Laboratory Scientist (CLS) or Clinical Histocompatibility Scientist (CHS) license.
•Bachelor’s degree.
•Ability to work outside of normal shift hours, including on-call and rotating weekends.
•Experience and background in Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) and blood bank, preferred.
•Background in molecular methods, reference ranges, test methodologies, instrument operation/maintenance as well as CAP and other regulatory requirements.
•Knowledge of relevant disease states in order to communicate significance of test results.
•Ability to perform testing, documentation, interpretation, and report preparation for ongoing R&D and method development projects.
•Strong teamwork skills.
•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.
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.
