Laboratory Attendant 2

Public Health Ontario; London; On-site; CAD 41,000 - 48,000; Part time

Job summary

Public Health Ontario’s London Laboratory is seeking a Laboratory Attendant 2 to provide technical lab services and support operations for environmental testing. You will log, label and transport specimens, prepare samples, and operate/maintain analyzers, while handling data entry and stock control.

Ideal candidates hold a Medical Laboratory Technician certificate and demonstrate strong safety awareness, communication, and teamwork in a busy lab environment.

Qualifications

• Certification as a Medical Laboratory Technician from a recognized program.
• Experience in clinical or environmental lab settings.
• Knowledge of safety procedures and documentation practices.

Responsibilities

• Logs, sorts, and labels specimens submitted for testing.
• Transports samples to the testing lab as required.
• Prepares and processes medical samples and loads analyzers.
• Performs data entry and manages lab worksheets in the LIS.
• Maintains stock, cleans equipment, and supports QC activities.
• Answers inquiries and resolves sample-related issues.

Skills

Lab safety

Medical terminology

Data entry

Education

MLT certification

Tools

PHO LIS

MS Word

MS Excel

Job description

Laboratory Attendant 2

Location: PHO London Laboratory, 1200 Commissioners Road East, Unit 102, London, ON

Department: London 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: Contract (Fixed Term), 1 month(s)

Hours of Work: Part time, 18.13 hours per week

Compensation Group:Ontario Public Service Employees Union

Compensation Range :$30.51 - $34.71

Posting Date: 09-23-2026

Closing Date: 10-4-2026

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