Lab Assistant - Specimen Procurement PT 2025-6098

Cambridge Memorial Hospital; Cambridge; On-site; Full time

Job summary

An established healthcare provider is seeking a dedicated Laboratory Assistant to join their team. In this vital role, you will perform pre-analytical functions and blood collections, ensuring the highest standards of patient care and safety. The ideal candidate will have strong laboratory experience, particularly with newborns and children, and will thrive in a collaborative environment. This position offers the chance to contribute to a community-focused hospital that values innovation and compassion. If you are passionate about making a difference in healthcare, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP)

Group Benefits including Health & Dental

Employee & Family Assistance Program

Career Development & Education Grant

Wellness & Wellbeing Program

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Initiatives

Qualifications

• Certification in MLA/T is required for this position.
• Experience in a hospital laboratory setting is essential.

Responsibilities

• Perform blood collections and pre-analytical functions.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety procedures.

Skills

MLA/T certification

Laboratory experience

Blood collection from newborns and children

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Problem-solving abilities

Flexibility to work multiple shifts

Education

Certification from MLPAO/CSMLS

Tools

Meditech laboratory module

Job description

Overview

Join a hospital where everyone makes a difference! Cambridge Memorial Hospital (CMH) is a thriving community hospital that proudly provides acute care services including: Emergency, Surgery, Medicine, Women’s and Children’s Health, Intensive Care, Mental Health, and Inpatient Rehabilitation.

Our vision is to creating healthier communities together.

Our dedicated and skilled staff are passionate about providing outstanding patient-centred care, and an exceptional patient experience to residents of the Waterloo Region and beyond.

Why Should You Apply to CMH?

• Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP)
• Group Benefits, including Health & Dental, for full time employees
• Employee & Family Assistance Program
• Career Development & Education Grant
• Wellness & Wellbeing Program
• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Initiatives

Come be part of our vision as CMH leads in innovation and compassion! To learn more about CMH, please visit our website at www.cmh.org.

Job Description

Salary Range: $32.59 - $37.26

The Laboratory Assistant will perform pre-analytical functions and blood collections on adults, babies, infants and children. Responsibilities also include collection, preparation, and labeling of specimens, pre-analytical preparation of samples such as centrifuging, aliquoting, labeling, logging, specimen send out, data entry on Laboratory Information Systems, participation in quality assurance and quality improvement activities and compliance to departmental procedures and accreditation standards, maintaining specimen collection equipment and following inventory control system. The Laboratory Assistant will ensure and follow health and safety procedures as per the Hospital guidelines and legal requirements, and participate in special projects as assigned. The physical demands of the role may include but are not limited to prolonged sitting, standing, walking, bending, lifting, pushing and pulling. This position contributes to ensuring there is a safe environment for patients, staff and visitors.

Posted hours do not constitute a guarantee that shifts will not be subject to change.

Skills and Qualifications:

• MLA/T with certification from the MLPAO/CSMLS required
• Recent Laboratory experience in a Hospital setting required
• Must have experience collecting blood from newborns and children by venipuncture and capillary collection is required
• Experience as a laboratory assistant in Histology/Pathology an asset.
• Adept to safe work practices and have working knowledge of the quality systems required
• Familiar with accreditation standards, and other relevant regulatory requirements
• Experience performing pre-analytical functions such as sample sorting, receiving, accessioning and centrifugation for testing required
• Ability to function independently within a self-directed team environment
• Experience with Meditech laboratory module preferred
• Transportation Dangerous Goods (TDG) certification preferred
• Excellent communication skills (both written and verbal)
• Accuracy and attention to detail is required
• Must be flexible to work multiple shifts including days, evenings and nights
• Demonstrated problem-solving abilities
• Demonstrated ability to attend work on a regular basis is required

As part of our commitment to the health and safety of our patients, staff and community from COVID-19, subject to any accommodation required by applicable human rights legislation, Cambridge Memorial Hospital requires that all staff have received all required doses of a COVID-19 vaccine approved by Health Canada.

The successful external applicant is required to provide the applicable criminal record check, as requested by Human Resources, in accordance with federal and provincial legislation. Valid criminal record checks are in original format and dated within two months from the date of conditional offer from CMH.

CMH Inclusion Statement

At Cambridge Memorial Hospital (CMH), community matters to us. We acknowledge and are grateful for the opportunity to meet, work and offer healthcare on what is the traditional territories for the Anishinaabe, the Haudenosaunee and the Chinnonton.

We are committed to providing and fostering a respectful, caring, and inclusive workplace; one that generates belonging. We want a work culture where people are free to express their authentic selves and are able to bring their best daily. That includes a workplace that is free from violence, harassment and discrimination of any kind.

We welcome all applicants and encourage members of equity-deserving groups including Indigenous and LGBTQ2SIA+ communities regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, lifestyle, age, educational background, national origin, religion, neurodiversity or physical ability. We promise to ask if needed, and to provide reasonable accommodation to you during the recruitment and selection process to ensure an equitable experience.

To support all of us in this journey, Cambridge Memorial Hospital is an employee partner with the Canadian Centre for Diversity & Inclusion (CCDI) and provides access to all CMH members to CCDI resources and education. We encourage you to reflect upon our inclusive commitment to you as we welcome and encourage you to explore a promising future career at CMH.

Mari Iromoto Executive Champion Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Susan Toth, Director of Human Resources

We thank all those who apply, however only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Cambridge Memorial Hospital (CMH) proudly integrates AI-based technologies into its applicant screening process to enhance recruitment. These tools are designed to reduce bias and uphold fair hiring practices based on skills, education, and experience. CMH’s AI serves to assist, not replace, human decision-making, with results audited to ensure quality and equity. This initiative reinforces the hospital’s commitment to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, ensuring the best talent is selected while adhering to its core values.