Clinical Laboratory Scientist

Founded in 1887, Dignity Health - California Hospital Medical Center is a 318-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in downtown Los Angeles, California. Serving over 70,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including a Level II Trauma Center, Level III NICU, heart care, women’s health, and a family birth center. In 2025, we opened our new patient tower, Grand Tower, featuring a dramatically expanded Emergency Department and Family Birth Center that will increase patient comfort and privacy.

Additionally, California Hospital Medical Center has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. It is a Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Center, and recently was awarded the AMA/ASA’s Get the Guidelines - Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement, recognizing the hospital’s commitment to providing the best stroke care.

California Hospital Medical Center shares a legacy of humankindness with Dignity Health and CommonSpirit Health, one of the nation’s largest health care systems, dedicated to providing compassionate, high-quality, and affordable patient-centered care. Visit https://www.dignityhealth.org/socal/locations/californiahospital for more information.  

CommonSpirit Health was formed by the alignment of Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health. With more than 700 care sites across the U.S. from clinics and hospitals to home-based care and virtual care services CommonSpirit is accessible to nearly one out of every four U.S. residents. Our world needs compassion like never before. Our communities need caring and our families need protection. With our combined resources CommonSpirit is committed to building healthy communities advocating for those who are poor and vulnerable and innovating how and where healing can happen both inside our hospitals and out in the community.

Position Available at Dignity Community Care

Position Location: Los Angeles, CA
Position: Clinical Laboratory Scientist
Positions Available: Multiple Positions Available

Job Duties:
1. Performs approved laboratory procedures utilizing a diverse variety of laboratory techniques and
instrumentation, instrument maintenance and test performance checks, and compliance with
transfusion services policies and procedures.
2. Performs quality control, quality assurance, and performance improvement indicators routinely in
the department before patient results are reported.
3. Recognize critical values, life-threatening laboratory results, inconsistencies, errors, and instrument
malfunctions and take appropriate, timely corrective action.
4. Recognize specimen requirements and results interpretation criteria for neonates, pediatric,
adolescent, adult and geriatric patients.
5. Ensures laboratory results are accurate, and turnaround standards are met, holds over and
uncollected specimens are managed, and specimen labeling procedures are compliant.
6. Assists management with the maintenance of appropriate policies, procedures and equipment, and
inventory of supplies as requested.
7. Participates in professional growth by maintaining knowledge of laboratory-specific policies and
procedures and taking advantage of the available educational opportunities.
8. Performs other related duties as assigned or requested in a professional manner.

Special skills requirements:
1. Working in different sections of the Laboratory such as Serology, Blood Bank,
Phlebotomy/Information, Hematology, Clinical Chemistry, Clinical Microscopy (Parasitology/
Urinalysis), and Bacteriology.
2. Collecting blood, receiving urine, stool, and other specimens, and processing them with proper
adherence to quality assurance programs of the laboratory.
3. Examine secretions and excretions of the human body by various electronics, chemical, microscopic,
bacteriologic, hematological, serologic, and immunologic procedures and techniques either manual
or automated.
4. Evaluate and perform corrective actions using Quality Control specimens on various clinical
instruments.
5. Operating the following laboratory equipment: Siemens Dimension RXL Max, Hematology Analyzer
DxH 800, Abbott Architect Chemistry Analyzer, and laboratory information systems.

6. Must have a Clinical Laboratory Scientist (Generalist) License from the California Department of
Public Health.
7. Must have Medical Laboratory Scientist certification or International Medical Laboratory Scientist
certification from the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP).
Salary: $116,378.91-$137,096.96/year
Work Schedule: 40 hours/week
Qualified applicants send cover letter and resumes to: Dignity Community Care, Thea Bruzdzinski, Market
Director, Talent Acquisition, thea.bruzdzinski@commonspirit.org, ref job#MP01. EOE. Standard Benefits.

Job Requirements:
Education Requirements:
Bachelor’s degree in Medical Technology, Clinical Laboratory Science, or closely related.
Employer will accept foreign equivalent degree if in the same field.
Experience Requirements:
24 months experience in job offered, Medical Laboratory Technologist, or closely related.