Laboratory Assistant - LHSC - #2025-10676 (reqID)

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

Job summary

Join a leading healthcare provider as a Laboratory Assistant in Penticton, where you'll play a crucial role in patient care. Your responsibilities will include processing blood samples, ensuring accurate data entry, and providing exceptional customer service to patients. With a commitment to health and wellness, this casual role offers a rewarding opportunity to make a meaningful impact every day.

Benefits

Health and wellness benefits program

RRSP match benefits

Employee stock purchase program

Qualifications

• Completed Secondary School and a specialized training in phlebotomy.
• Customer-focused with genuine care for patients' health.
• Demonstrate skill in phlebotomy and manage anxious patients.

Responsibilities

• Process blood samples and enter requisitions accurately.
• Provide excellent customer service to create the best possible patient experience.
• Sort and steer specimens and perform ECGs.

Skills

Customer-focused

Phlebotomy

Detail-oriented

Time management

Education

Secondary School Diploma

Laboratory Assistant training program

Job description

Position at Dynacare

Job Posting: Laboratory Assistant – LHSC (casual)

Where YOU work, makes a difference. Life is precious and every moment matters. 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, make a meaningful impact, and .

Are YOU our next Medical Laboratory Assistant?

As a Laboratory Assistant - LHSC, 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. These can be stressful situations for patients, and you need to display empathy, care, and kindness. Testing results are often critical for patients, and you are there to help and make an impact on their lives. This is a casual position in our Laboratory and Health Services Center (LHSC) in South Okanagan, BC.

Status : Casual

Hours : Monday to Friday between 7:30am and 4:30pm

Discipline : LHSC

Workstyle : 100% onsite

Location : South Okanagan, BC (primary location is West Kelowna and secondary is Peachland)

Application Deadline : July 11, 2025, at 5pm EST

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

How YOU will make a difference :

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

What YOU bring to the role :

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

Working Conditions :

• Normal office environment
• Medical laboratory environment
• Required walking with repetitive motions
• May sit or stand for prolonged periods with extensive computer use
• Required to lift a maximum of 30 pounds as required
• Exposed to biohazardous substances, temperature differences, and noise variances

Salary : from $24.25 per hour

The final pay offer will be determined based on various factors including experience and education. Passionate about supporting healthy lives with commitment and care? Please apply today and let us open the door to your extended career journey.

Dynacare has been a “Top Employer” for many years. We are a great place to work. If you are looking for a meaningful career where you can support healthy lives with commitment and care – we would like to meet you. Join us in our journey to become Canada’s health and wellness solutions leader.