Senior Clinical Laboratory Scientist Specialist - Point of Care

General Information

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Work Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA

Onsite or Remote

Fully On-Site

Work Schedule

Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm

Posted Date

07/08/2026

Salary Range: $67.61 - 87.05 Hourly

Employment Type

2 - Staff: Career

Duration

Indefinite

Job #

28634

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

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If you're devoted to using your specialized clinical laboratory expertise to uncover the causes of diseases, you'll find an exceptional home for your career at UCLA Health. Within our stimulating and supportive environment, you'll collaborate with world-class clinicians while working with the latest in laboratory technology. If you're looking to advance your career with one of the nation's top health systems, we invite you to join us.

As the Senior Clinical Laboratory Science Specialist for Point of Care Testing (POCT), you will provide leadership and technical expertise for the Ambulatory Clinical Laboratory Point of Care program. In this role, you will oversee POCT quality control and proficiency testing, conduct training and competency assessments, validate new analyzers and test methodologies, and develop and maintain policies and procedures.

Salary Range: $64.39/hour - $82.90/hour

Job Qualifications

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• Current, valid California Clinical Laboratory Scientist license.
• Bachelor's degree.
• A minimum of four years of clinical laboratory scientist experience.
• Proven experience in training and lecturing.
• Experience writing procedures and reports.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a collaborative team.
• Demonstrated experience in LIS interface validation, testing, and troubleshooting.
• Must pass the Ishihara Color Vision exam, i.e. visual acuity including color differentiation.
• Experience in Point of Care Testing, highly preferred.

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.