Complex Specimen Processor Jobs in Long Beach, CA

(MUST have Active California MLT license)

Atria Health Institute About Atria:

The Atria Health Institute is a membership-based primary and specialty health care practice with a focus on prevention and longevity. We bring together a multidisciplinary team of renowned physicians to provide proactive, preventive, and precision-based care for Atria members and their families. All care, including primary care, advanced screening and diagnostics, urgent care, specialty care, 24/7 home visits, and imaging is included in members’ annual fee.

Our mission is to make healthspan and lifespan equal for all by translating science into medicine in real-time, all while bringing humanity back into health care. Delivering such robust, personalized, and preventive health care is complex and requires a team-wide dedication to excellence. 

After successfully opening our flagship Institute in New York in 2022 and expanding to South Florida in 2024, we are now bringing the Atria experience to the West Coast with the launch of our Los Angeles Institute in late spring 2026.

About the Role:

Active California MLT license

This is an extraordinary opportunity to join our founding LA team. This position will work directly with clinical staff collecting samples to process and test in-office orders of waived and moderate complexity assays, interact with partner labs for send-out of high complexity testing, and maintain the laboratory with a focus on compliance and quality. The position is on-site during business hours on weekdays with occasional need for additional coverage due to clinical and business needs. 

Experience: Minimum of 3 years in a clinical laboratory environment with experience in Hematology and Chemistry required. Experience with waived and moderate laboratory operations is desired. The ideal candidate has experience with phlebotomy and patient facing care as well as experience in laboratory processes such as accessioning, specimen processing, performing assays, and quality troubleshooting. 

*MUST hold a current Medical Laboratory Technician (MLT) certification*

Laboratory 

• Receives, inspects, processes, transfers, and packs patient samples for laboratory testing, ensuring the highest quality of sample submission. 
• Partners with the Clinical teams to provide feedback on the quality of sample submissions and the timing of operations/logistics to ensure that the best testing is performed and to minimize errors. 
• Completes registration, documentation, and tracking of samples using Atria and vendor applications and platforms. 
• Prepares specimens for sendout to reference labs, including spinning, aliquoting, labeling, stabilizing, and packing specimens, including reporting on the quality of samples and providing feedback to clinical staff for the need for recollection. 
• Interacts with and coordinates logistics of package pickup, tracking, and delivery for submissions to partner labs. 
• Performs Point of Care testing using a variety of laboratory assays and platforms, including the transmission of results to the patient chart and the communication of critical values to the patient’s care team. 
• Maintain the laboratory environment and the laboratory equipment in a clean, safe, and compliant state. 

Regulatory

• Perform accurate, legal and ethical documentation at all times.
• Ensures that submissions by clinical staff meet all regulatory requirements as well as Atria’s best practices and quality standards. 
• Perform all activities to complete daily, weekly, and monthly logs to ensure continual compliance. 
• Support and assist with quality initiatives. 

Operations

• Assists with the ordering of medical, phlebotomy, and laboratory supplies.  
• Is responsible for the tracking of inventory items used in lab workflows including. 
• Coordinates with multiple departments for the receipt, invoicing, storage, and restocking of supplies in the lab, exam rooms, and clinical spaces. 
• Perform other position-related duties as assigned, including some administrative tasks as needed.
• Expected to be punctual and dependable for assigned/confirmed shifts.
• Use communication skills with appropriate medical terminology.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in scientific field (Medical Technology, Biology, Chemistry, or other relevant field)
• Active California MLT license
• 3+ years Laboratory experience in a combination of Point of Care and High Throughput environments.
• Excellent interpersonal relations and communication skills.
  

Compensation (MUSThaveActive California MLT license): $33-36/hr

Benefits

At Atria, we are proud to offer every member of the Atria team:

• Excellent health and wellness benefits, 100% paid by Atria effective date of hire
• Flexible Time Off 
• 401k contributions and 4% match starting after 6 months
• Opportunity to participate in continuing medical education programs for maintenance of Continued Medical Education and CEUs for professional licensure
• Fitness Perks including Wellhub +
• Time to give back and make an impact in underserved communities