About this role
Join UCLA Health's Clinical Laboratory team and play a critical role in supporting patient care through accurate and timely specimen processing. This position is primarily focused on laboratory pre-analytical functions, including specimen receipt, accessioning, processing, and preparation for testing. Key duties include:
• Receive, verify, accession, and process patient specimens for laboratory testing.
• Ensure specimens are appropriately labeled, handled, stored, and routed according to laboratory procedures.
• Prepare specimens for transport, testing, and referral to reference laboratories.
• Review requisitions and laboratory orders for completeness and accuracy.
• Enter and retrieve patient and specimen information within the laboratory information system and electronic health record.
• Communicate with clinical staff regarding specimen requirements, collection issues, and testing needs.
• Maintain compliance with laboratory quality, safety, and regulatory standards.
• Assist with inventory management and maintenance of laboratory supplies.
• Perform phlebotomy duties as needed to support staffing and operational requirements.
Salary Range: $33.74/hour (flat rate)
• CA CPT certification
• High school diploma or equivalent (e.g. HiSET or GED)
• 2 years of recent phlebotomy experience or one year of in-patient phlebotomy experience
• Experience with Beaker LIS/Care Connect/EPIC – preferred
• Ability to work rotating weekends and holidays
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.