Laboratory Assistant I

Alberta Health Services; Lethbridge; On-site; CAD 30,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in Lethbridge is seeking a detail-oriented Medical Laboratory Assistant I to support clinical lab operations at Chinook Regional Hospital. This role involves testing, processing, and reporting lab results accurately while ensuring high-quality service to clients. Ideal candidates will have an accredited certification, recent laboratory experience, and skills in customer service. Competitive benefits and a supportive work environment are offered as part of this position.

Benefits

Competitive salaries

Opportunities for professional development

Comprehensive benefits

Qualifications

• Accredited Medical Laboratory Assistant program completion or equivalent.
• Recent experience in a hospital laboratory setting (1-3 years).
• Experience with phlebotomy methods, including venipuncture.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality service to clinical lab clients effectively.
• Handle, test, and report on laboratory specimens.
• Perform procedures ensuring safe and efficient lab operations.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Customer service

Attention to detail

Analytical skills

Education

Completion of accredited Medical Laboratory Assistant program

Tools

Beaker system (Connect Care)

Job description

Your Opportunity

Precise, analytical, and detail-oriented, you’re a laboratory assistant with excellent interpersonal and customer service skills that can help put people at ease about what to expect from the lab. After all, laboratory tests and results can provide critical information to diagnosing, maintaining, or improving health. Alberta Precision Laboratories (APL) is looking for someone like you for the role of Medical Laboratory Assistant (MLA) I. From procurement and processing to reporting results, you can perform lab processes and procedures safely, efficiently, and effectively, while ensuring all lab data is correctly and accurately recorded and communicated. APL is the new, wholly-owned subsidiary of Alberta Health Services and is ready to deliver high-quality, responsive diagnostic lab services to Albertans as a part of the provincial healthcare system. With competitive salaries, opportunities for professional development, and comprehensive benefits, you can truly thrive. Make a difference in your own community as you help healthcare professionals and patients get the information that they need to improve, optimize, or maintain health. The Chinook Regional Hospital (CRH) in Lethbridge provides a full suite of healthcare services including the Jack Ady Cancer Centre and serves over 150,000 people. Lethbridge, (population approx. 101,500), located about 212 kilometers southeast of Calgary, is the third-largest city in the province. Featuring K-12 public and Catholic schools, local southern Alberta college campuses, and the only university south of Calgary. Lethbridge has one of North America’s largest urban park systems, and offers a wide variety of sports centres, museums, and theatres near some of Alberta’s most unique landmarks. Discover the outstanding quality of life for yourself!

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: HETM, Micro, Chemistry, AP, Accession
• Primary Location: Chinook Regional Hospital
• Location Details: As Per Location
• Multi-Site: Not Applicable
• FTE: 0.80
• Posting End Date: 18-DEC-2025
• Employee Class: Regular Part Time
• Date Available: 12-JAN-2026
• Hours per Shift: 7.75
• Length of Shift in weeks: 2
• Shifts per cycle: 8
• Shift Pattern: Days, Evenings, Nights, 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

Recent experience (within 1-3 years) working in a hospital laboratory setting and experience using the Beaker system (Connect Care). Ability to perform routine maintenance on various laboratory equipment. Recent phlebotomy experience in a hospital setting including venipuncture and capillary puncture.

Preferred Qualifications

Recent experience (within 1-3 years) in multiple laboratory disciplines (Pre/Post Analytics, Hematology, Transfusion Medicine, Anatomical Pathology, Microbiology, and Chemistry).