
Lab Assistant - Copley - Variable Shifts - Per Diem
San Diego, CAPer Diem$28.94–40.51/hrSeen 4 days agoSeen in employer's feed 4 days ago
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Job overview
The Lab Assistant supports Sharp HealthCare’s laboratory services by performing assigned laboratory and clerical processes, managing equipment and supplies, and contributing to quality assurance. The role includes variable shifts and as-needed weekend work. A high school diploma or equivalent is required; one year of laboratory experience is preferred.
Skills & qualifications
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Full job description
Facility: Copley Drive
City San Diego
Department
Job Status
Per Diem
Shift
Variable
FTE
0
Shift Start Time
Shift End Time
H.S. Diploma or Equivalent
Hours :
Shift Start Time:
Variable
Shift End Time:
Variable
AWS Hours Requirement:
8/40 - 8 Hour Shift
Additional Shift Information:
Weekend Requirements:
As Needed
On-Call Required:
No
Hourly Pay Range (Minimum - Midpoint - Maximum):
$28.940 - $36.170 - $40.510
The stated pay scale reflects the range that Sharp reasonably expects to pay for this position. The actual pay rate and pay grade for this position will be dependent on a variety of factors, including an applicant’s years of experience, unique skills and abilities, education, alignment with similar internal candidates, marketplace factors, other requirements for the position, and employer business practices.
What You Will Do
Provides the technical knowledge, expertise and judgment required to support the Sharp HealthCare (SHC) mission and scope of laboratory services.
Required Qualifications
- H.S. Diploma or Equivalent
Preferred Qualifications
- 1 Year Experience in a laboratory
Essential Functions
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Documentation and processing of lab resultsAssists with pre-analytical, analytical and post-analytical test processes.Completes assigned duties and responsibilities without error using written policies, procedures and other appropriate resources.Performs new procedures and policies within acceptable training time intervals; meets department turnaround time goals.Evaluates work (e.g., billing, charting) performed for accuracy and verifies any questionable findings with thorough investigation and appropriate follow-through and seeks supervisory assistance and guidance as appropriate.Performs additional duties as assigned.Performs clerical functions related to patient reception, noninvasive sample collection, and able to demonstrate assessment of work related factors with regard to patient age and population specific groups.
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Equipment managementUtilizes all equipment (including phone, copier, fax, etc.,) instruments, products, and other tools per manufacturer's and training instructions and according to established procedures; facilitates issue resolution.Demonstrates competency and efficient use of all tool applications (IT, PC, other system/software) and equipment to produce the end product.Performs and validates required preventive and corrective maintenance on equipment/tools.Reports and documents equipment/tool/reagent issues and failures.Actively manages inventory expiration dates and demonstrates ability to evaluate consumables (reagent/supply) inventory to prevent shortages; alerts ordering personnel.Removes defective equipment from use, documents problem, and notifies appropriate personnel for repair; verifies equipment inspections are up-to-date. Follows through on problem resolution.Verifies equipment safety inspections are up-to-date.
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Quality assuranceCompletes and validates daily position tasks within expected timeframes to meet applicable Quality Assurance indicator goal expectations.Proactively initiates communication and works cooperatively with others to successfully complete work assignments.Establishes effective working relationships between internal and external customers.Demonstrates flexibility and adaptability in work practices and adjusts to unscheduled situations.Positively embraces and is receptive to change and actively participates in the process.Performs additional duties as assigned.Coordinates and completes processes in place to meet standards established to maintain quality testing processes.Assists in identifying errors or variances and follows-through with investigation, correction, documentation as directed by lab leadership.
Sharp HealthCare is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability or any other protected class
How this job compares
Set against the 199 open Lab Assistant jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 12, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$28.94–40.51/hr
- US median$19–25/hr87 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $34.73/hr, is 58% above the US median midpoint ($22/hr) — in the top quarter of Lab Assistant hourly ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 16 open Lab Assistant jobs in California and 199 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most across the US
- Labcorp24 open
- Henry Ford Health System17 open
- Trinity Health14 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience; Lab Assistant postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year at the median (42 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 139 of the 199 open Lab Assistant jobs (70%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 12, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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