Laboratory Attendant 2

Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion; Greater Sudbury; Sur place; CAD 42 000 - 48 000; Temps partiel

Résumé du poste

Public Health Ontario’s Sudbury Laboratory is seeking a part-time Laboratory Attendant 2 to provide essential technical services and support for specimen testing and laboratory operations. The role involves handling samples, operating analyzers, and ensuring data accuracy within the laboratory information system.

Ideal candidates will have Medical Laboratory Technician certification, knowledge of lab safety, and experience with MS Office and LIS software.

Qualifications

• Certification as a Medical Laboratory Technician from a recognized community college program or equivalent training.
• Knowledge of laboratory safety procedures and medical terminology.
• Proficient computer skills including MS Office and laboratory information systems.

Responsabilités

• Log, sort, and label specimens for testing.
• Transport samples to the testing laboratory as required.
• Handle, prepare, and process medical samples for identification and testing up to result interpretation.

Connaissances

Medical terminology

Laboratory safety

MS Office

Formation

Medical Laboratory Technician certification

Outils

PHO Laboratory Information System

Description du poste

Laboratory Attendant 2

Location: PHO Sudbury Laboratory, 2-1300 Paris Street, Sudbury, ON

Department: Sudbury Laboratory

This posting is to fill a current vacancy.

The Role: To provide technical laboratory services to the environmental laboratory and to support laboratory operations for the testing of specimens submitted to PHO Laboratories.

Key Responsibilities

• Logs, sorts, labels all specimens submitted for laboratory testing/examination.
• Transports samples to testing laboratory as required.
• Handles, prepares and processes medical samples (e.g. culture media and reagents) for identification of micro-organisms, reagents and solutions and testing up to the point of result interpretation (e.g. set up of cultures, staining, extraction, loading analyzers).
• Handles, prepares, processes and enters data entry results of water samples.
• Uses automated equipment or manual methods to prepare and aliquot human samples for testing.
• Uses PHO Laboratory Information System to prepare worksheets or enter data, ensuring accuracy and confidentiality of data.
• Prepares, loads and unloads laboratory analyzers.
• Performs inventory management functions including ordering, unpacking and storing of laboratory goods.
• Files, stores, discards laboratory samples.
• Cleans and maintains laboratory equipment, cleans and disinfects laboratory work areas.
• Maintains laboratory stock supplies.
• Assists with set-up of quality control and maintenance of stock cultures.
• Answers telephone and resolves problems related to samples (e.g., incomplete information, mismatched tests and information, leaking samples).
• Performs other duties or projects as assigned.

Knowledge and Skills

• Knowledge of medical terminology and laboratory safety procedures to provide a range of laboratory services in support of operations.
• Knowledge of computer systems, familiarity with laboratory information systems, MS office products such as Word and Excel.
• Proficient computer skills necessary to work with automated, computer driven equipment.

Education and Experience

• Certification as a Medical Laboratory Technician from a recognized community college program or relevant training and experience.

Attributes and Competencies

• Oral communication skills to exchange information and clarify test requests or discrepancies with other team members as well as with external clients (i.e., physicians).
• Written communication skills to record information into logs/records.

Duration: Permanent

Hours of Work: Part time, 20 hours per week

Compensation Group:Ontario Public Service Employees Union

Compensation Range :$30.51 - $34.71

Posting Date: 10-23-2026

Closing Date: 11-3-2026

Please note: applications will be received no later than 11:59pm on the date preceding the closing date as indicated on the Job Requisition. Note: Internal candidates will be considered first. While we thank all applicants for their interest, only those selected to move forward in the recruitment process will be contacted. Any information obtained during the course of recruitment will be used for employment recruitment purposes only, and not for any other purpose.

PHO is committed to ensuring equity in employment. Our goal is to create a diverse, inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve and to ensure our services and communications are accessible to all individuals. Any candidate who requires a job posting in an alternative format may email a request to [e-mail]. Once an applicant has been selected for an interview, they can inform PHO about any accommodations they may require at any stage of the interview process.

Public Health Ontario (PHO) is an agency of the Government of Ontario dedicated to protecting and promoting the health of all Ontarians and reducing inequities in health. We link public health practitioners, front-line health workers and researchers to the best scientific intelligence and knowledge from around the world. With our partners in government, public health and health care, we provide the scientific evidence and expert guidance that shapes policies and practices for a healthier Ontario. PHO has locations across Ontario, including 11 laboratory sites. We’re committed to ensuring equity in employment. Our goal is to create a diverse, inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve and to ensure our services and communications are accessible to all individuals. Any candidate who requires a job posting in an alternative format may email a request to [e-mail].

For more information, visit publichealthontario.ca.

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