Clinical Lab Scientist (CLS) - Per Diem - Varied - Oceanside/Rancho Bernardo Clinics

About the role

Caring for San Diegans since 1924, Scripps Clinic is San Diego’s first choice for exceptional primary care and highly specialized and coordinated specialty care. Scripps Clinic offers a comprehensive range of medical and surgical services that are nationally recognized for quality, excellence and innovation.

Responsibilities

• Working independently at their site, and must be confident in their expertise to troubleshoot and make decisions on their own.
• Access to helpful resources, including their counterpart at other sites, lab assistants and leadership.
• Responsible to the Laboratory Leadership for ensuring his/her area of responsibility meets licensure/inspection requirements at all times, that all quality control is performed, documented according to policy and procedure, and that staff is properly trained.
• Duties include specimen collection, specimen processing, specimen testing (without supervision), assorted clerical duties, including order processing, answering telephones, and reporting results.
• Clinical Lab Scientists oversee non licensed personnel in the lab.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree or degree acceptable for California Laboratory Licensure
• At least 2 years of clinical lab experience as a generalist
• CDPH Licensure: MTA (Clinical Laboratory Scientist)
• Licensed to perform work in all areas of the Clinical Lab

Qualifications

• Must be available at a minimum of 2 shifts per two -week pay period
• Rotate at least 1 weekend per month
• 1 major holiday

Skills

• Confidence in troubleshooting and decision-making
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively
• Strong organizational and communication skills

Benefits

• Nearly a quarter of our employees have been with Scripps Health for over 10 years.
• Scripps is a Great Place to Work Certified company for 2025.
• Scripps Health has been consistently ranked as a top employer for women, millennials, diversity, and as an overall workplace by various national publications.
• Beckers Healthcare ranked Scripps Health on its 2024 list of 150 top places to work in health care.
• We have transitional and professional development programs to create a learning environment that enables you to thrive in your specific field as well as in your overall career.
• The lab team in our Oceanside and Rancho Bernardo Labs are a tight-knit, congenial and dedicated group that supports both independent and collaborative work.

Pay

Position Pay Range: $54.24-$78.66/hour