Clinical Lab Scientist I - WD

Quest DiagnosticsQuest DiagnosticsSacramento, California, United States
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Posted

10/8/2026

Employment

Full time

Range

$48 - $53/hr

Work style

On-site

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Core responsibilities

The Clinical Lab Scientist is responsible for preparing reagents, testing specimens, and accurately entering laboratory results. They must also perform preventative maintenance and calibration on laboratory equipment while ensuring compliance with safety and reporting standards.

Requirements overview

Candidates must hold a Bachelor of Science degree in medical technology or biological sciences and possess a current California state Clinical Laboratory Scientist license. The role requires between zero and three years of direct experience in a laboratory setting.

Key skills

Clinical laboratory testingSpecimen evaluationReagent preparationEquipment maintenanceEquipment calibrationData entryCritical value reportingLaboratory safetyQuality controlAnalytical chemistry

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Education requirements

bachelor degree

About Quest Diagnostics

Industry

Medical and Diagnostic Laboratories

Employees

33,333

Type

Public Company

Size

10,001+ employees

Quest Diagnostics (NYSE: DGX) empowers people to take action to improve health outcomes. Derived from the world's largest database of clinical lab results, our diagnostic insights reveal new avenues to identify and treat disease, inspire healthy behaviors and improve health care management. Quest annually serves one in three adult Americans and half the physicians and hospitals in the United States, and our 47,000 employees understand that, in the right hands and with the right context, our diagnostic insights can inspire actions that transform lives. The company offers physicians the broadest test menu (3,000+ tests), is a pioneer in developing innovative new tests, is the leader in cancer diagnostics, provides anatomic pathology (AP) services, & interpretive consultation through its medical & scientific staff of about 900 M.D.s & Ph.D.s. Quest Diagnostics offers the most extensive clinical testing network in the U.S., with laboratories in most major metropolitan areas, & in Mexico, the UK & India. The company also operates four esoteric laboratories, 40 outpatient AP laboratories, & 160 smaller, rapid-response laboratories. Patients may have specimens collected in any of the company’s approximately 2,250 patient service centers. On a typical workday, testing is performed for about 550,000 patients. The company is the leading provider of pre-employment drugs-of-abuse screening for employers & risk assessment services for the life insurance industry. It is the world’s 2nd largest provider of clinical trials testing for new pharmaceuticals. More information is available at www.questdiagnostics.com. Image content features models and is intended for illustrative purposes only. May include AI-generated and/or AI-modified imagery. Language Assistance / Non-Discrimination Notice Asistencia de Idiomas / Aviso de no Discriminación 語言協助 / 不歧視通知 www.QuestDiagnostics.com/home/nondiscrimination

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HealthcareScience & Research

Description

Clinical Lab Scientist I - WD - Sacramento, CA Department: Clinical Laboratory - Auto Chemistry Schedule: Tuesday to Saturday, 12:00 AM to 8:30 AM Pay range: $47.75 - $53.10 / hour; employee may be eligible to receive shift differential of 10% for some or all hours worked on second shift and 15% for some or all hours worked on third shift. Additional details on shift differential will be provided if an offer is extended. Salary offers are based on a wide range of factors including relevant skills, training, experience, education, and, where applicable, certifications obtained. Market and organizational factors are also considered. Successful candidates may be eligible to receive annual performance bonus compensation. Benefits information: We are proud to offer best-in-class benefits and programs to support employees and their families in living healthy, happy lives. Our pay and benefit plans have been designed to promote employee health in all respects – physical, financial, and developmental. Depending on whether it is a part-time or full-time position, some of the benefits offered may include: * Day 1 Medical, supplemental health, dental & vision for FT employees who work 30+ hours  * Best-in-class well-being programs * Annual, no-cost health assessment program Blueprint for Wellness® * healthyMINDS mental health program * Vacation and Health/Flex Time * 6 Holidays plus 1 "MyDay" off * FinFit financial coaching and services * 401(k) pre-tax and/or Roth IRA with company match up to 5% after 12 months of service * Employee stock purchase plan * Life and disability insurance, plus buy-up option * Flexible Spending Accounts * Annual incentive plans * Matching gifts program * Education assistance through MyQuest for Education * Career advancement opportunities * and so much more!   As the world’s leading clinical laboratory, Quest Diagnostics played a central role in the national response to COVID-19. Our nearly 50,000 employees banded together to support each other and the thousands of patients we serve every day. We prioritized the health and safety of our frontline workers, enabled timely and effective decision-making and collaborated with each other across functions. RESPONSIBILITIES Job Duties: * Prepares and tests new reagents or controls and evaluates their usefulness based on standard criteria. * Determines the acceptability of specimens for testing according to established criteria in testing procedures. * Accurately enters results of testing. Checks the computer review reports to monitor accurate reporting of laboratory results. * Evaluates the acceptability of routine analysis prior to releasing patient reports. Takes appropriate action in response to critical values or unusual or unexpected results, and documents action taken. * Responsible for performing preventative maintenance and/or calibration of laboratory equipment and properly documenting actions taken based on approved schedule.   QUALIFICATIONS Job Requirements: * A Bachelors of Science degree in medical technology or biological sciences from an accredited college or university. * A current California state Clinical Laboratory Scientist license to perform laboratory testing. * Zero to three year's direct experience in a laboratory setting.   Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for Employment in accordance with the following laws if applicable, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, the Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the California Fair Chance Act. Quest believes that conviction records may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship to the following job duties: accessing company property, information, assets, and products including sensitive information; accessing customer data or confidential information, and partnering and regularly working with or supervising other Quest employees and interacting with Quest customers.   MLS, Medical Laboratory Scientist, Medical Lab Scientist, Med Tech, Medical Technologist, CLS, Clinical Lab Scientist Quest Diagnostics honors our service members and encourages veterans to apply. While we appreciate and value our staffing partners, we do not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies. Quest will not be responsible for paying agency fees for any individual as to whom an agency has sent an unsolicited resume. Equal Opportunity Employer: Race/Color/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/Religion/National Origin/Disability/Vets or any other legally protected status.

Requirements

  • •Clinical laboratory testing
  • •Specimen evaluation
  • •Reagent preparation
  • •Equipment maintenance
  • •Equipment calibration
  • •Data entry
  • •Critical value reporting
  • •Laboratory safety
  • •Quality control
  • •Analytical chemistry

Benefits

  • •Medical insurance
  • •Dental insurance
  • •Vision insurance
  • •Well-being programs
  • •Health assessment program
  • •Mental health program
  • •Vacation
  • •Health/Flex time
  • •Paid holidays
  • •Financial coaching
  • •401(k) with company match
  • •Roth IRA
  • •Employee stock purchase plan
  • •Life insurance
  • •Disability insurance
  • •Flexible spending accounts
  • •Annual incentive plans
  • •Matching gifts program
  • •Education assistance
  • •Career advancement opportunities

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