Laboratory Assistant I

Alberta Health Services; Edson; On-site; CAD 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Alberta seeks a Medical Laboratory Assistant I in Edson. This role involves ensuring quality client service and performing essential laboratory functions, including specimen handling and testing. Candidates must have completion of an accredited program and possibly additional training. The position offers a competitive salary ranging from $23.72 to $29.56 per hour, with shifts including days, evenings, and weekends. Join a dedicated team committed to excellent clinical support.

Qualifications

• Completion of an accredited Medical Laboratory Assistant program or equivalent.
• Training required upon hire includes phlebotomy and additional courses.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality service to clients of the clinical laboratory.
• Perform laboratory functions including handling and testing of specimens.
• Report results accurately.

Education

Accredited Medical Laboratory Assistant program or equivalent

Medical Laboratory Technologist (MLT) program

Combined Laboratory and Xray Technologist (CLXT) program

High school diploma

Job description

Your Opportunity

Edson, with a population of 8646, is a town in west-central Alberta, located in Yellowhead County, 192 kilometres west of Edmonton. The Town of Edson's strategic location on the Trans-Canada Yellowhead Highway allows Edson to benefit from private, commercial, and industrial traffic. This highway carries some of the heaviest traffic flow in Alberta, with a summer daily traffic flow of approximately 9,900 vehicles. Edson offers a variety of recreational facilities, including the widely popular Kinsmen Spray Park where you can take the kids to cool down on a hot summer day. Other recreational facilities found in Edson include an indoor swimming pool, water slide, movie theater, golf courses, hiking and walking trails, indoor ice arenas, outdoor rinks, bowling alleys, 24 ball diamond complex, cross country ski trail systems, skateboard park, museum, library, tennis courts, craft centres, and rodeo grounds. Visitors come from all over to participate in the big game hunting as well as sport fishing, both with guide services.

Description

As a Medical Laboratory Assistant I, you will provide high quality service to clients of the clinical laboratory in an effective, efficient and safe manner. You will be responsible for a variety of laboratory functions including procurement, handling, processing, dispatching and testing of specimens, performing procedures and reporting results.

• Classification: Laboratory Assistant I
• Union: HSAA FAC PROF/TECH
• Unit and Program: Laboratory
• Primary Location: Edson Healthcare Centre
• Location Details: As Per Location
• Multi-Site: Not Applicable
• FTE: 1.00
• Posting End Date: 16-DEC-2025
• Temporary Employee Class: Temp F/T Benefits
• Date Available: 26-DEC-2025
• Temporary End Date: 29-SEP-2026
• Hours per Shift: 7.75
• Length of Shift in weeks: 2
• Shifts per cycle: 10
• Shift Pattern: Days, Evenings, Weekends
• Days Off: As Per Rotation
• Minimum Salary: $23.72
• Maximum Salary: $29.56
• Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable

Required Qualifications

Completion of an accredited Medical Laboratory Assistant program or equivalent.

Additional Required Qualifications

Equivalency is defined as completion of a Medical Laboratory Technologist (MLT) and/or Combined Laboratory and Xray Technologist (CLXT) program in Canada; completion of a Medical Lab Technician/Technologist program outside of Canada; and/or MLT or CLXT students who have completed their phlebotomy training/rotation. Applicants with a high school diploma may be considered. Upon hire, you will be required to complete on-the-job phlebotomy training provided by APL at no cost, and formal training courses offered by SAIT (Southern Alberta Institute of Technology) or NAIT (Northern Alberta Institute of Technology). The costs associated with these formal training courses will be your responsibility. You will be required to complete these training requirements within your probationary period, as per the Health Sciences Association of Alberta (HSAA) collective agreement.

Preferred Qualifications

As required.