Lab Assistant - #2025-10842 (reqID)

Dynacare; Kitchener; On-site; CAD 30,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare solutions provider in Kitchener is seeking a part-time Laboratory Assistant responsible for processing blood samples, entering requisitions accurately, and providing patient service. Ideal candidates are detail-oriented, customer-focused, and trained in phlebotomy. This is a contract position with guaranteed hours and potential for professional growth in a rewarding environment.

Benefits

Health and wellness benefits program

RRSP matching benefits

Employee stock purchase program

Career growth opportunities

Qualifications

• Completed a Laboratory Assistant training program or Medical Lab Assistant course.
• Demonstrate skill in phlebotomy and manage anxious patients.
• Ability to prioritize tasks within a deadline-oriented environment.

Responsibilities

• Create an ideal customer experience engaging with individuals.
• Accurately enter data and patient test information.
• Obtain quality blood samples and follow SOPs for handling specimens.

Skills

Customer-focused

Phlebotomy skills

Detail-oriented

English communication

Education

Secondary School and a Laboratory Assistant training program

Job description

Overview

Description — Position at Dynacare. Job Posting: Laboratory Assistant. 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 and make a meaningful impact.

Are YOU our next Laboratory Assistant? As a Laboratory Assistant (float), you are responsible for processing blood samples and other laboratory specimens, entering requisitions and results accurately — all in a timely manner. You also play an important role in providing customer service to create the best possible patient experience. Testing results are often critical for patients, and you are there to help and make an impact on their lives.

Work Details — Status: Part Time, Contract (6 months); Shift: Day Shift, Monday – Saturday, various hours between 6:30 am – 5:30 pm; Guaranteed 24 hours per week. Float locations: Niagara, Burlington, Stoney Creek, Kitchener, and Hamilton. Start Date: ASAP. Internal Posting Deadline: Internal application to be received no later than September 30, 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

Responsibilities

• 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 venipuncture techniques, in keeping with Dynacare’s mission and values
• Sort and steer specimens, perform ECGs, 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 securely. Contribute to meeting departmental/corporate quality metrics, regulatory compliance and quality indicators

Qualifications

• You have completed Secondary School and a Laboratory Assistant training program or a Medical Lab Assistant course with specialized training in phlebotomy
• You are customer-focused with a genuine care for patient 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 to patients

Additional Information

Passionate about supporting healthy lives with commitment and care? Please apply today. Dynacare has been a “Top Employer” for many years and there is a reason why. We are a great place to work. At Dynacare, we’re proud to hire the best people. If you are looking for a meaningful career where you can support healthy lives with commitment and care – we would like to meet you. We hope you will join us in our journey to become Canada’s health and wellness solutions leader.