General Information
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Work Location: West Hills, CA, USA
Onsite or Remote
Fully On-Site
Work Schedule
Monday - Friday, 7:00am - 3:30pm
Posted Date
08/11/2026
Salary Range: $119700 - 272700 Annually
Employment Type
2 - Staff: Career
Duration
Indefinite
Job #
32321
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
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Join UCLA Health and use your passion for clinical laboratory compliance, and quality improvement to make a meaningful impact. In this dynamic role, you will lead and support key programs that uphold excellence in laboratory operations while mentoring future and current clinical laboratory professionals.
As the Laboratory Quality, Compliance/Education and Safety Specialist for UCLA West Valley Medical Center laboratory, your primary duties will include:
• Maintaining quality system essentials across multidisciplinary laboratory operations, ensuring compliance with licensing, accrediting, governmental, and credentialing agency requirements.
• Leading training sessions to promote compliance and quality excellence.
• Reviewing quality data, proficiency testing activities, and validation plans.
• Providing technical reviews for the laboratory and UCLA Health.
• Conducting assessments and audits.
• Developing and implementing new policies, processes, and procedures.
• Investigating nonconforming events to identify systemic issues.
• Analyzing data trends for risk management and process improvement.
• Assist with the CLS student program, continuing education and CLS career track programs, department staff orientation, and the safety program.
Salary Range: $119,700.00/year - $272,700.00/year
Job Qualifications
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• Minimum 3 years of experience coordinating quality assurance, compliance, and educational activities within a clinical laboratory setting.
• Proven ability to manage deviations and implement effective corrective actions.
• Strong project planning and execution skills.
• Demonstrated experience in writing procedures, reports, and documentation for regulatory and operational use.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to lead training and educational programs.
• Active California Clinical Laboratory Scientist (CLS) license and/or ASQ certification (CQA or CQM) preferred.
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field 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.
Current/former UC employees are subject to a personnel file review.
