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Clinical Laboratory Scientist

Part-time

Sutter Health

San Carlos, CAPart-time$66.8–85.69/hrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today

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Compensation
$66.8–85.69/hr
Location
San Carlos, CA
Schedule
Part-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Licensed Clinical Lab Scientist, required

Job overview

The Clinical Laboratory Scientist provides laboratory testing services, including specimen collection and preparation, testing, reporting, quality control and assurance, and equipment maintenance. The role requires a licensed Clinical Laboratory Scientist upon hire. Preferred experience includes one year as a Clinical Laboratory Scientist; for candidates without that experience, prior clinical laboratory or healthcare experience and three years with Palo Alto Medical Foundation are preferred.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Independent Work, nice to haveChange Management, nice to havePhlebotomy, nice to haveSpecimen Handling, nice to haveSpecimen Processing, nice to haveLaboratory Information Systems, nice to haveLaboratory Testing, nice to haveEquipment Operation, nice to haveTroubleshooting, nice to havePlanning, nice to haveOrganization, nice to have

Qualifications

Licensed Clinical Lab Scientist, requiredOne Year CLS Experience, nice to haveClinical Laboratory or Healthcare Experience, nice to haveThree Years PAMF Experience, nice to have

Full job description

We are so glad you are interested in joining Sutter Health!

Organization:

PAMF-Palo Alto Medical Foundation PAD

Position Overview:

To provide laboratory testing services. Duties include obtaining specimens, performing testing, preparing specimens for transportation, providing laboratory reports, participation in quality control and quality assurance programs, and maintenance of laboratory equipment. Clinical Laboratory Scientists of all levels must demonstrate good judgment and technical skill.

Job Description :

These Principal Accountabilities, Requirements and Qualifications are not exhaustive, but are merely the most descriptive of the current job. Management reserves the right to revise the job description or require that other tasks be performed when the circumstances of the job change (for example, emergencies, staff changes, workload, or technical development).

CERTIFICATION & LICENSURE

CLSL-Licensed Clinical Lab Scientist Upon Hire

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE AS TYPICALLY ACQUIRED IN:

Preferred one (1) year continuous experience as a Clinical Laboratory Scientist.

For CLS without experience, prior experience in the clinical laboratory/healthcare and Palo Alto Medical Foundation (3 years) is preferred. Equivalency will be determined by the Laboratory Director and the Personnel office staff.

SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE

Decision Making/Problem Solving: Demonstrate ability to work independently. Ability to accept, implement and evaluate change.

Knowledge of phlebotomy, specimen handling, processing and experience with Lab Information Systems.

Expert knowledge and ability to perform in all technical areas of the lab as assigned.

Basic knowledge of how to operate and troubleshoot all essential laboratory and office equipment.

Planning/Organizational Skills: The ability to perform with minimum supervision, all routine procedures and the most advanced procedures in the laboratory. Ability to accept, implement and evaluate change

Job Shift:

Days

Schedule:

Part Time

Shift Hours:

6

Days of the Week:

Monday - Friday, Variable

Weekend Requirements:

Rotating Weekends

Benefits:

Yes

Unions:

Yes

Position Status:

Non-Exempt

Weekly Hours:

24

Employee Status:

Regular

Employees of Sutter Health and its entities may handle hazardous drugs in the course of their work, including patient care, which requires them to manage, store, prepare, receive, unpack, transport, dispose of, or administer drugs identified as hazardous or potentially hazardous by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and in accordance with the USP 800 guidelines.

Sutter Health is an equal opportunity employer EOE/M/F/Disability/Veterans.

Pay Range is $66.80 to $85.69 / hour

The posted pay range is based on the position's primary work location. Candidates who reside and work outside of that location may be subject to a different pay range based on their work location. Candidate starting salaries consider multiple factors, including, but not limited to a candidate’s experience, education, skills, licensure, certifications, departmental equity, training, and organizational needs. Base pay is only one component of Sutter Health’s comprehensive total rewards program. Eligible positions also include a comprehensive benefits package.

How this job compares

Set against the 510 open Clinical Laboratory Scientist jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$66.8–85.69/hr
  • California median$58–78/hr118 hourly ranges
  • US median$40–54/hr230 hourly ranges

This range's midpoint, $76.25/hr, is 15% above the California median midpoint ($66/hr) — in the middle half of Clinical Laboratory Scientist hourly ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 155 open Clinical Laboratory Scientist jobs in California and 510 across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Experience
Clinical Laboratory Scientist postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 3 years (246 postings).
Education
253 of the 510 open Clinical Laboratory Scientist jobs (50%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 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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