Laboratory Assistant I

Alberta Health Services; Grande Prairie; On-site; CAD 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A public health organization in Canada is seeking a Medical Laboratory Assistant I for its Patient Service Centre. This role involves providing high-quality service to patients, performing venipunctures, and testing specimens while maintaining a positive team environment. Ideal candidates should have completed an accredited Medical Laboratory Assistant program and possess previous phlebotomy experience and ECG certification. The position offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits, including a Remote Retention Allowance.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Professional development opportunities

Comprehensive benefits

Remote Retention Allowance

Qualifications

• Completion of an accredited Medical Laboratory Assistant program or equivalent.
• Previous Phlebotomy experience and ECG certification.
• Preferred: at least 2 years of recent phlebotomy experience; ECG experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality service to clients of the clinical laboratory in an effective, efficient and safe manner.
• Procurement, handling, processing, dispatching and testing of specimens; performing procedures and reporting results.

Skills

Phlebotomy

ECG certification

Client service orientation

Education

Accredited Medical Laboratory Assistant program

Job description

Overview

Your Opportunity: Health has an enormous impact on people’s lives, and lab results play a key role in providing physicians with information they need to accurately diagnose and treat their patients. Alberta Precision Labs (APL) is looking for a Medical Laboratory Assistant I to work in a fast-paced, public-facing Patient Service Centre (PSC). This individual will follow lab processes and procedures, perform venipuncture, ECGs on registered outpatients and community patients, and monitor wait times to ensure we are providing the best service to our patients. As the public face of APL, the successful candidate will work independently and with others in a patient-oriented, team-focused workplace that strives to be positive and respectful. As a subsidiary of Alberta Health Services (AHS), APL prides itself on the delivery of responsive diagnostic lab services to Albertans. This position includes a competitive salary, opportunities for professional development and comprehensive benefits. AHS currently has a Remote Retention Allowance in place to an annual maximum of $3,000. This allowance is non-pensionable and is payable on an hourly basis for all hours paid at the basic rate of pay.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality service to clients of the clinical laboratory in an effective, efficient and safe manner.
• Procurement, handling, processing, dispatching and testing of specimens; performing procedures and reporting results.

Qualifications

• Completion of an accredited Medical Laboratory Assistant program or equivalent.
• Previous Phlebotomy experience and ECG certification.
• Preferred: at least 2 years of recent phlebotomy experience; ECG experience.