Laboratory Assistant - Microbiology
Burbank, CAPer Diem$25.63–38.16/hrSeen 2 days agoSeen in employer's feed 2 days ago
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Job overview
The Laboratory Assistant - Microbiology collects blood from patients and coordinates and processes specimen collection according to established standards and practices. The role is part of Providence’s clinical laboratory team at St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank. Candidates must meet education requirements for certification, licensure, or registration, have two years of related healthcare experience, and have phlebotomy experience.
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Description
Collects blood from patients, coordinates and processes specimen collection following established standards and practices.
Providence caregivers are not simply valued – they’re invaluable. Join our team at St Joseph Medical Center and thrive in our culture of patient-focused, whole-person care built on understanding, commitment, and mutual respect. Your voice matters here, because we know that to inspire and retain the best people, we must empower them.
Required Qualifications:
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Education to meet certification, license, or registration requirements.
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2 years of experience in the healthcare field performing related work.
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Phlebotomy experience.
Why Join Providence?
Our best-in-class benefits are uniquely designed to support you and your family in staying well, growing professionally, and achieving financial security. We take care of you, so you can focus on delivering our Mission of caring for everyone, especially the most vulnerable in our communities.
About Providence
At Providence, our strength lies in Our Promise of “Know me, care for me, ease my way.” Working at our family of organizations means that regardless of your role, we’ll walk alongside you in your career, supporting you so you can support others. We provide best-in-class benefits and we foster an inclusive workplace where diversity is valued, and everyone is essential, heard and respected. Together, our 120,000 caregivers (all employees) serve in over 50 hospitals, over 1,000 clinics and a full range of health and social services across Alaska, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas and Washington. As a comprehensive health care organization, we are serving more people, advancing best practices and continuing our more than 100-year tradition of serving the poor and vulnerable.
Posted are the minimum and the maximum wage rates on the wage range for this position. The successful candidate's placement on the wage range for this position will be determined based upon relevant job experience and other applicable factors. These amounts are the base pay range; additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.
Providence offers a comprehensive benefits package including a retirement 401(k) Savings Plan with employer matching, health care benefits (medical, dental, vision), life insurance, disability insurance, time off benefits (paid parental leave, vacations, holidays, health issues), voluntary benefits, well-being resources and much more. Learn more at providence.jobs/benefits.
Applicants in the Unincorporated County of Los Angeles: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Unincorporated Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.
Requsition ID: 467872 Company: Providence Jobs Job Category: Clinical Laboratory Job Function: Clinical Care Job Schedule: Per-Diem Job Shift: Variable Career Track: Clinical Support Department: 7001 PSJMC MICROBIOLOGY Address: CA Burbank 503 S Buena Vista Blvd Work Location: Providence Burbank MOB Workplace Type: On-site Pay Range: $25.63 - $38.16 The amounts listed are the base pay range; additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.
How this job compares
Set against the 760 open Laboratory Assistant jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 31, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$25.63–38.16/hr
- California median$26–38/hr76 hourly ranges
- US median$19–26/hr378 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $31.89/hr, is close to the California median midpoint ($31/hr) — in the middle half of Laboratory Assistant hourly ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 101 open Laboratory Assistant jobs in California and 760 across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
- Sutter Health26 open
- Kaiser Permanente17 open
- Providence (this employer)16 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience; Laboratory Assistant postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year at the median (247 postings).
- Education
- 14 of the 760 open Laboratory Assistant jobs (2%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 31, 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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