Clinical Lab Scientist (CLS) - Varied - Rancho Bernardo

Job Description - Clinical Lab Scientist (CLS) - Varied - Rancho Bernardo (262004039)

Job Description

Clinical Lab Scientist (CLS) - Varied - Rancho Bernardo - 262004039

Description

This is a full time position with 8-hour varied shifts at the Rapid Response Lab at the Rancho Bernardo clinic. Shift hours generally are 9am-5pm, with some weekends and holidays. May float to the Oceanside clinic location. Includes $4,000 retention incentive and $3,000 relocation assistance to eligible new hires.

Join the Scripps Health team and work alongside passionate caregivers and provide patient-centered healthcare. Receive endless appreciation while you build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations nationwide.

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 2025.
• Scripps Health has been consistently ranked as a top employer for women, millennials, diversity, and as an overall workplace by various national publications.
• Beckers Healthcare ranked Scripps Health on its 2024 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?

As a nationally recognized health system, Scripps Health is committed to providing the highest quality care to our patients. Through collaboration and innovation, our healthcare professionals lead the frontier in caring for our community. With a culture centered around teamwork, each site serves as a resource of support for each other, setting our laboratories as the benchmark for standardization. The lab team in our Oceanside and Rancho Bernardo Labs are a tight-knit, congenial and dedicated group that supports both independent and collaborative work.

Responsibilities include:

• Working independently at their site, and must be confident in their expertise to troubleshoot and make decisions on their own. Although the work is independent, the CLS will have access to helpful resources, including their counterpart at other sites, lab assistants and leadership.
• Responsible to the Laboratory Leadership for ensuring his/her area of responsibility meets licensure/inspection requirements at all times, that all quality control is performed, documented according to policy and procedure, and that staff is properly trained.
• Duties include specimen collection, specimen processing, specimen testing (without supervision), assorted clerical duties, including order processing, answering telephones, and reporting results.
• Clinical Lab Scientists oversee non licensed personnel in the lab.

The following are not eligible for hiring incentives:

• Internal candidates
• Rehires that left Scripps less than 3 years ago
• Candidates with less than 1 year of experience

In order to remain eligible for your retention incentive the following criteria must be met:

• Must remain in original hired FTE Status and Shift (if specified in offer letter)
• Must remain in original department/specialty
• Must remain in original Job Title
• Transfers to other locations will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis and may result in forfeiting remaining incentive bonus unless specifically noted in your offer letter.

Qualifications

Required Education/Experience/Specialized Skills:

• Bachelor's Degree or degree acceptable for California Laboratory Licensure
• At least 2 years of clinical lab experience as a generalist

Required Certification/Registration:

• CDPH Licensure: MTA (Clinical Laboratory Scientist) Licensed to perform work in all areas of the Clinical Lab

Job

: Lab

Primary Location

: Central San Diego County-SAN DIEGO-SCRIPPS MEDICAL LABORATORY

Work Locations

:

SCRIPPS MEDICAL LABORATORY

9535 WAPLES ST.

SAN DIEGO 92121

Organization

: Scripps Clinic

Job Posting

: Jul 15, 2026, 11:43:38 PM

Benefit Status: FT - FULL-TIME WITH BENEFITS

Minimum Rate (USD)

: 54.24 -

Maximum Rate (USD)

: 78.66

In compliance with the California Pay Transparency Act, Scripps Health posts the pay range for all jobs. Please note that actual pay will be determined based on relevant experience and internal equity within the pay range. Please also note this range is applicable for employees who reside in California only. A geographical pay differential may be applied for remote employees who reside out of state. Scripps Health strives to ensure that our employees receive equal pay for equal work in line with our commitment to being an equal opportunity employer. Scripps Health is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity/expression), age, marital status, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability.