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Clinical Laboratory Scientist Generalist

Part-time

Sutter Health

Burlingame, CAPart-time$69.88–97.82/hrPosted 2 days agoStill listed today

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At a glance

Compensation
$69.88–97.82/hr
Location
Burlingame, CA
Schedule
Part-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

CLS Generalist License, requiredBachelor's degree, required

Job overview

The Clinical Laboratory Scientist Generalist performs laboratory procedures to produce accurate, timely results that support diagnosis, treatment, monitoring, and disease prevention. Duties span specimen collection and processing, quality control and assurance, and testing of varying complexity. Assignments depend on the CLS license; transfusion service work may include blood inventory management, product preparation, and issuing products for transfusion.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Specimen Collection, requiredSpecimen Preparation, requiredLaboratory Testing, requiredLaboratory Operations, requiredQuality Assurance, requiredAccuracy, requiredPrecision, requiredReliability, requiredSound Judgment, requiredProblem Solving, requiredPatient Interaction, requiredWorkflow Management, requiredPrioritization, required

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree, requiredCLS Generalist License, required

Full job description

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

Organization: SMPMC-Sutter Mills Peninsula Medical Center Position Overview:

Executes procedures in assigned areas of the Laboratory to deliver accurate results in a timely manner. Maintains competence to perform pre-analytic, analytic and post-analytic procedures on biological specimens to aid health care providers in the diagnosis, treatment, monitoring and prevention of disease. Performs a variety of basic and complex Laboratory procedures, including phlebotomy, specimen processing, quality control, quality assurance, and waived, moderate or high complexity testing (as classified by the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments - CLIA). If assigned to the Transfusion Service, performs moderate or high complexity testing and other duties such as blood inventory management, blood product preparation, and issuing blood products for transfusion. Adheres to all local/state/federal regulations, codes, policies and procedures to ensure patient privacy and maintain the highest level of safety and reliability in testing.

Note: Assignments and scope of duties are consistent with type of CLS license Job Description: EDUCATION:

  • Bachelor's degree provided prior to start date

CERTIFICATION & LICENSURE:

  • CLS-Clinical Lab Scientist Generalist

SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE:

Demonstrated knowledge and technical competence in routine specimen collection, preparation, testing applications, laboratory operations, and quality assurance in one or more assigned clinical specialty areas; examples: Chemistry, Special Chemistry, Hematology/Coagulation, Urinalysis and Transfusion Service.

Ability to accurately, precisely, and reliably perform job duties and assigned tasks. Demonstrates sound judgment and problem solving relevant to assigned duties.

Ability to compassionately and effectively interact with patients of diverse ages, backgrounds, values, beliefs and behaviors

Workflow Management Ability to appropriately respond to:

  1. Fluctuations in volume.
  2. Unexpected situations or problems such as equipment or information systems failure.
  3. Shift-to-Shift hand-offs.
  4. STAT test orders.
  5. Specimen integrity issues.
  6. Regular review of pending logs, priority assignments, etc.

Ability to follow standard practices, processes, and procedures in sequence. Knowledge of applicable local/state/federal regulations, codes, policies, and procedures aimed at ensuring the privacy and safety of patients.

Knowledge of applicable local/state/federal regulations, codes, policies, and procedures aimed at ensuring the privacy and safety of patients.

Ability to organize and prioritize job duties and assigned tasks for completion within expected timeframes.

Job Shift: Evening/ Night Schedule: Per Diem/Casual Shift Hours: 8 Days of the Week: Variable Weekend Requirements: One Weekend Shift a month Benefits: No Unions: No Position Status: Non-Exempt Weekly Hours: 0 Employee Status: Per Diem/Casual 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 $69.88 to $97.82 / 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 509 open Clinical Laboratory Scientist jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$69.88–97.82/hr
  • California median$59–78/hr116 hourly ranges
  • US median$40–54/hr229 hourly ranges

This range's midpoint, $83.85/hr, is 27% above the California median midpoint ($66/hr) — in the top quarter of Clinical Laboratory Scientist hourly ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 154 open Clinical Laboratory Scientist jobs in California and 509 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 (244 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 251 of the 509 open Clinical Laboratory Scientist jobs (49%) 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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