Work Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA
Onsite or Remote
Fully On-Site
Work Schedule
Monday – Friday, 12:30pm – 9:30pm, with some holidays
Posted Date
03/03/2026
Salary Range $36.67 - 48.39 Hourly
Employment Type
2 - Staff: Career
Duration
Indefinite
Job #
28652
As a Hospital Laboratory Technician 3 of the Pathology Outreach team, your primary responsibilities include:
•Perform specimen dictation for gross descriptions
•Accession and process primary specimens with accuracy and efficiency
•Serve as the primary point of contact for clients, providing exceptional customer service
•Troubleshoot specimen and service-related issues to ensure seamless operations
•Oversee and dispatch couriers to maintain timely specimen transport
•Prepare reagents according to established protocols
•Conduct precise data entry to support lab documentation and reporting
Salary Range: $36.67 - $48.39/hour
•Must be qualified as high complexity testing personnel under CLIA-88 regulations. The minimum training/experience required of such personnel is:
An earned Associate degree in chemical, physical or biological science or medical laboratory or equivalent education and training, OR
Education/training equivalent to the above that includes at least 60 semester hours or equivalent from an accredited institution. This education must include: 24 semester hours of medical laboratory technology courses, OR 24 semester hours of science courses that includes 6 semester hours of chemistry, 6 semester hours of biology, and 12 semester hours of chemistry, biology or medical laboratory technology in any combination. In addition, the individual must have laboratory training including either completion of a clinical laboratory training program approved or accredited by the ABHES, the CAHEA, or other organization approved by HHS (note that this training may be included in the 60 semester hours listed above), OR at least 3 months documented laboratory training in each specialty in which the individual performs high complexity testing.
•1 year grossing experience preferred
•Working knowledge of medical terminology and quality assurance methods used in a clinical laboratory
•Ability to lift objects up to 50 lbs., and push objects up to 100 lbs.
•Ability to work outside of normal hours/schedule, including holidays
•Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with variations in temperature, instrument noise, usage of toxic or hazardous chemicals, fumes, odors, and biological agents
•Ability to perform frequent computer data entry
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.
