Clinical Lab Assistant
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CAFull-time$21.64–26.5/hrSeen 2 days agoSeen in employer's feed 2 days ago
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Job overview
The University of Southern California’s Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine seeks a full-time Clinical Lab Assistant to support technical laboratory personnel in the Dermatopathology, Histology, Immunohistochemistry, and Translational Pathology Core Laboratories. The role supports specimen processing, reagent preparation, supply management, and daily laboratory operations. The department notes opportunities for advancement in its Anatomic Pathology Laboratories.
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Full job description
The Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine is seeking a full-time Clinical Lab Assistant to support technical laboratory personnel in day-to-day operations of the Dermatopathology, Histology, Immunohistochemistry, and Translational Pathology Core Laboratories.
The incumbent will:
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Prepare simple and complex reagents or media under direct supervision.
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Receive, accession and triage patient specimens, blocks and slides.
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Monitor incoming phone inquiries and requests.
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Establish and maintain courteous, cooperative relations with clients and other personnel.
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Identify and separate specimens to be referred to outside laboratories or analyzed by other USC laboratories.
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Handle and dispose of hazardous and non-hazardous materials in accordance with safety protocols.
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Maintain and organize laboratory supplies. Monitor inventory levels and order supplies as needed.
The Keck School of Medicine Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine is one of the largest pathology departments in the United States. The Department aims to shape the future of pathology as it will be practiced in community hospitals, academic medical centers, and clinical laboratories throughout the country. The Department is growing very rapidly, and there is great opportunity for advancement in the Anatomic Pathology Laboratories.
The University offers a competitive salary package.
Hourly range:
The hourly rate range for this position is $21.64 - $26.50. When extending an offer of employment, the University of Southern California considers factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the candidate’s work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, federal, state and local laws, contractual stipulations, grant funding, as well as external market and organizational considerations.
Minimum Education: Related undergraduate study, Combined experience/education as substitute for minimum education Minimum Experience: 0 - 6 months Minimum Field of Expertise: Experience as a laboratory assistant in a clinical lab.
How this job compares
Set against the 727 open Laboratory Assistant jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$21.64–26.5/hr
- California median$27–38/hr74 hourly ranges
- US median$19–26/hr358 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $24.07/hr, is 25% below the California median midpoint ($32/hr) — in the lowest quarter of Laboratory Assistant hourly ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 92 open Laboratory Assistant jobs in California and 727 across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
- Sutter Health29 open
- Providence14 open
- Kaiser Permanente10 open
- Experience
- Laboratory Assistant postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (241 postings).
- Education
- 14 of the 727 open Laboratory Assistant jobs (2%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 3, 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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