UCLA Health

Clinical Laboratory Scientist- Stem Cell Lab

UCLA Health  •  Onsite  •  2 months 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 9:00am-5:30pm; Flexible as department needs, plus On-Call
Posted Date
03/23/2026
Salary Range $56.54 - 75.34 Hourly
Employment Type
2 - Staff: Career
Duration
Indefinite
Job #
29200


Primary Duties and Responsibilities

The Bone Marrow Transplant & Stem Cell Lab is seeking a Clinical Laboratory Scientist. In this key position, your primary duties include but are not limited to:

  • Process/cryopreserve bone marrow and peripheral blood stem cells for infusion
  • Prepare samples for sterility, viability, and cell count testing
  • Operate blood separation instruments and hematology analyzer
  • Perform quality control tasks and computations
  • Document equipment maintenance and quality control
  • Maintain, troubleshoot, and perform minor repairs on lab equipment
  • Prepare written reports and technical summaries
  • Record/review data for accuracy, completeness, and suitability
  • Handle clinical trial administrative responsibilities

Salary Range:$56.54-75.34/hourly


Job Qualifications

Required:

  • Current and valid California Clinical Laboratory Scientist License
  • Must be able to work after-hours, weekends, and holidays when required (rotating on-call)
  • Experience in transfusion medicine, blood separation processes, and quality control/quality assurance.
  • Knowledge and experience with microbiology procedures
  • Ability to use MS Office programs, including Word and Excel
  • Skill in practical application of fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to be used in making reagents and in performing calculations
  • Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with outside services
  • Ability to work under conditions of frequent interruptions, distractions, and heavy workload while maintaining equanimity, accuracy and productivity

Preferred:

  • At least two years of recent experience performing testing in a clinical laboratory
  • Knowledge of hematologic malignancies, stem cell transplants, and cellular therapies
  • Recent demonstrated technical competence in cellular therapy product processing
  • Experience with clinical trial processing and protocols


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.

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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