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Clinical Lab Scientist

Part-time

Sutter Health

Palo Alto, CAPart-time$66.8–85.69/hrPosted 1 day agoStill listed today

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At a glance

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

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Clinical Lab Scientist License

Job overview

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

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Decision MakingProblem SolvingIndependent WorkChange ManagementPhlebotomySpecimen HandlingSpecimen ProcessingLaboratory Information SystemsLaboratory TestingLaboratory Equipment OperationTroubleshootingPlanningOrganization

Qualifications

Clinical Lab Scientist License1 Year Continuous CLS ExperienceClinical Laboratory or Healthcare Experience3 Years at Palo Alto Medical Foundation

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: 8 Days of the Week: Variable Weekend Requirements: Rotating Weekends Benefits: Yes Unions: Yes Position Status: Non-Exempt Weekly Hours: 20 Employee Status: Regular 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 536 open Clinical Laboratory Scientist jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 29, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$66.8–85.69/hr
  • California median$56–77/hr116 hourly ranges
  • US median$40–54/hr225 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 163 open Clinical Laboratory Scientist jobs in California and 536 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 (272 postings).
Education
280 of the 536 open Clinical Laboratory Scientist jobs (52%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 29, 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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