Lab Assistant

Collège Boréal; Elliot Lake; On-site; CAD 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Collège Boréal seeks a Laboratory Assistant in Elliot Lake. The role involves obtaining blood samples, conducting patient tests, and ensuring a positive experience for patients while adhering to guidelines. Ideal candidates will have completed Secondary School and specialized phlebotomy training, demonstrating excellent customer focus and attention to detail.

Benefits

Health and wellness benefits

RRSP match benefits

Employee stock purchase program

Qualifications

• Completed a Laboratory Assistant training program or Medical Lab Assistance course with specialized training in phlebotomy.
• Demonstrates skill in phlebotomy and ability to manage anxious patients.
• Proficiency in English, both written and verbal.

Responsibilities

• Obtaining quality blood samples and other specimens from patients.
• Providing customer service to create the best possible patient experience.
• Ensuring specimens and supporting documentation are completed as required.

Skills

Phlebotomy Skills

Customer Focus

Attention to Detail

Education

Secondary School and Laboratory Assistant Training Program

Job description

Job Posting: Laboratory Assistant

Where YOU work, makes a difference.

Life is precious and every moment matters. Dynacare is helping Canadians achieve a healthy future with care and wellness solutions that are convenient, understandable, and accessible. When you join our team, every day is an opportunity to get better and be inspired. It’s an environment where you can grow your career in any direction you choose. We’re evolving our technology and optimizing our processes, so you can do your best work, make a meaningful impact, andthrive.

Are YOU our next Laboratory Assistant?

As aLaboratory Assistant, you are responsible for obtaining quality blood samples and other specimens from patients, as well as conducting other patient tests, all in keeping with Dynacare’s mission and values. Working as part of a team, you are assisting in building a positive team environment and maintaining quality metrics. You also play an important role in providing customer service to create the best possible patient experience. These can be stressful situations for patients, and you need to display empathy, care, and kindness.

Status:Permanent Full Time
Shift:Monday to Friday, 6:45 am to 3:00pm
Location: 305-31 Nova Scotia Walk Elliot Lake
Discipline:Laboratory and Health Services Centre
Number of positions:1
Start Date:ASAP
Internal Posting Deadline:July 25, 2025

Why Dynacare is an amazing place for YOU:
Join an award-winning “Top Employer” with meaningful and impactful career opportunities
Access a health and wellness benefits program that supports you and your loved ones
Grow and thrive with a dynamic, successful company through internal mobility opportunities
Invest in your future through RRSP match benefits and an employee stock purchase program
Experience a collaborative, diverse workforce that prioritizes dignity and respect for all
How YOU will make a difference:
Create an ideal customer experience that is best in class and engages with individuals around our products and services
Accurately enter data, patient, and test information for Ministry of Health requisitions
Obtain quality blood samples and other specimens from patients, using skillful venipuncture techniques, performed in keeping with Dynacare’s mission and values
Sort and steer specimens, perform ECG’s, Holter Hookups, paternity, urine, drug and breath alcohol collections
Ensure specimens and supporting documentation are completed as required in SOPs and ready for data entry and transportation to the laboratory, following established protocols for the handling of suitable and unsuitable samples
Ensure all confidential information is maintained in a secure fashion. Contribute to meeting the departmental/corporate quality metrics, regulatory compliance and quality indicators
What YOU bring to the role:
You have completed Secondary School and a Laboratory Assistant training program or a Medical Lab Assistance course with specialized training in phlebotomy
You are customer-focused with a genuine care for patient’s health
Demonstrate skill in phlebotomy, with the ability to manage anxious patients through the sample obtaining process in a pleasant, calming and reassuring manner
Prioritize and self-manage within a deadline-oriented environment
Be extremely detail oriented
Proficiency in English, both written and verbal, at a level that enables you to communicate instructions, clearly and understandably, to patients