Clinical Lab Scientist (CLS) - Per Diem Varied - La Jolla
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The Clinical Lab Scientist joins the laboratory team at Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla, supporting frontline care for a diverse range of patients across varied clinical cases. This per-diem role includes varied eight-hour shifts, rotating weekend and holiday coverage, and four to five weeks of day-shift training. New graduates are welcome to apply.
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*This is a per diem/casual position working 8-hr varied shifts including 2:00pm-10:30pm and 10:00pm-6:30am. Weekends and holidays are required on a rotating basis. Located at Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla. Training will be during the day shift of 6:00am-2:30pm for 4-5 weeks. *
Why join Scripps Health? At Scripps Health, your ambition is empowered and your abilities are appreciated:
- Nearly a quarter of our employees have been with Scripps Health for over 10 years.
- Scripps is a Great Place to Work Certified company for 2026.
- Scripps Health has been consistently ranked as a top employer for women, millennials, diversity, and as an overall workplace by various national publications.
- Becker's Healthcare ranked Scripps Health on its 2026 list of 150 top places to work in health care.
- We have transitional and professional development programs to create a learning environment that enables you to thrive in your specific field as well as in your overall career.
- Our specialties have been nationally recognized for quality in areas such as cardiovascular care, oncology, orthopedics, geriatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, and gastroenterology.
Why join this team?
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*Make an impact at the region’s largest Level I Trauma Center.*Join the laboratory team at Scripps La Jolla, where your work directly supports fast-paced, frontline care for a diverse range of patients.
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*Experience something new every day.*As the largest and busiest hospital in the Scripps system, La Jolla offers dynamic, meaningful work across a broad variety of clinical cases.
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*Be valued as part of a supportive lab family.*Our leadership recognizes every team member as essential, fostering staff satisfaction while helping deliver the highest-quality patient care.
Required Education/Experience/Specialized Skills:
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Bachelor’s Degree or degree acceptable for California Laboratory Licensure
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New graduates are welcome to apply
Required Certification/Registration:
- *CDPH Licensure: *MTA (Clinical Laboratory Scientist) Licensed to perform work in all areas of the Clinical Lab
Preferred Education/Experience/Specialized Skills/Certification:
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1 years of recent Blood Bank experience
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1 years of experience as CLS Generalist
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New grads welcome to apply!
Job: *Lab
Organization: *Scripps La Jolla Hospital
Title: *Clinical Lab Scientist (CLS) - Per Diem Varied - La Jolla *
Location: Central San Diego County-LA JOLLA-SCRIPPS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL LA JOLLA
Requisition ID: 262006337
How this job compares
Set against the 496 open Clinical Laboratory Scientist jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 12, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$82–127K/yr74 salary ranges
- California median$60–79/hr122 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 161 open Clinical Laboratory Scientist jobs in California and 496 across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
- Sutter Health39 open
- Prime Healthcare13 open
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience; Clinical Laboratory Scientist postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years at the median (236 postings).
- Education
- 254 of the 496 open Clinical Laboratory Scientist jobs (51%) ask for a bachelor's degree 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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