Senior Clinical Laboratory Scientist Specialist, Core Lab
UCLA Health Systems
Posted Saturday, July 19, 2025
Posting ID: 23341
Los Angeles, CA
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Description
If you're passionate about applying your specialized clinical laboratory expertise to uncover the causes of diseases, UCLA Health offers an outstanding opportunity to advance your career. In our dynamic and supportive environment, you'll collaborate with world-class clinicians and work with cutting-edge laboratory technology. Join one of the nation's top health systems and take your career to the next level.
As a Senior Clinical Laboratory Scientist Specialist, you will serve as a technical consultant and subject matter expert within the lab. Primary duties include:
• Investigating and developing new or modified test procedures while reviewing and refining existing protocols.
• Overseeing quality control, quality assurance, and proficiency testing activities.
• Identifying staff training needs and assessing the competency of testing personnel.
• Writing and maintaining SOPs and developing training materials.
Salary Range: $60.71/hour - $78.17/hour
Job Qualifications
Qualifications
• Current, valid California Clinical Laboratory Scientist (CLS) license.
• Bachelor's degree.
• Minimum of 4 years of licensed CLS experience.
• Strong knowledge and experience in Urinalysis.
• Proficiency in evaluating Gram stains.
• Experience with procedure and report writing.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a collaborative team.
• Demonstrated experience in validation, testing, and troubleshooting.
• Must pass the Ishihara Color Vision exam, i.e. visual acuity including color differentiation.
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If you're passionate about applying your specialized clinical laboratory expertise to uncover the causes of diseases, UCLA Health offers an outstanding opportunity to advance your career. In our dynamic and supportive environment, you'll collaborate with world-class clinicians and work with cutting-edge laboratory technology. Join one of the nation's top health systems and take your career to the next level.
As a Senior Clinical Laboratory Scientist Specialist, you will serve as a technical consultant and subject matter expert within the lab. Primary duties include:
• Investigating and developing new or modified test procedures while reviewing and refining existing protocols.
• Overseeing quality control, quality assurance, and proficiency testing activities.
• Identifying staff training needs and assessing the competency of testing personnel.
• Writing and maintaining SOPs and developing training materials.
Salary Range: $60.71/hour - $78.17/hour
Job Qualifications
Qualifications
• Current, valid California Clinical Laboratory Scientist (CLS) license.
• Bachelor's degree.
• Minimum of 4 years of licensed CLS experience.
• Strong knowledge and experience in Urinalysis.
• Proficiency in evaluating Gram stains.
• Experience with procedure and report writing.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a collaborative team.
• Demonstrated experience in validation, testing, and troubleshooting.
• Must pass the Ishihara Color Vision exam, i.e. visual acuity including color differentiation.
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The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.
On-SiteTroubleshooting (Problem Solving)
Quality Control
Quality Assurance
Medical Laboratory
Report Writing
Visual Acuity
Clinical Laboratory Science
Developing Training Materials
Urinalysis
Clinical Laboratory Scientist License (CLS)
Validation Testing
