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General Information

Work Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA
Onsite or Remote
Fully On-Site
Work Schedule
Monday – Friday, 7:00am – 3:30pm, with rotating weekends and holidays
Posted Date
09/15/2025
Salary Range: $27.71 - 36.6 Hourly
Employment Type
2 - Staff: Career
Duration
Indefinite
Job #
26446

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

The Clinical Microbiology Laboratory at UCLA Health is seeking a detail-oriented and motivated Hospital Laboratory Technician I to join our team. In this role, you will play a vital part in supporting accurate and timely diagnostic testing by assisting with specialized microbiology procedures and specimen processing.

Key duties include:

• Process Ova and Parasite (O&P) specimens.

• Prepare Pneumocystis and fungal stains.

• Handle Mycology and AFB blood specimens for processing.

• Set up and operate the Vitek ID/AST instrument.

• Inoculate microdilution MICs for antimicrobial susceptibility testing.

• Subculture quality control organisms to maintain testing accuracy.

Salary Range: $27.71/hour – $36.60/hour


Job Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent (e.g. GED or HiSET).

• Availability to work weekends, holidays, and variable shifts.

• Ability to work independently and demonstrate resourcefulness in a fast-paced lab setting.

• Working knowledge of clinical microbiology techniques and specimen processing – preferred. 



As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts an offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of substantiated misconduct with a previous employer.