Zone: Labrador Grenfell Zone
Location: Charles S. Curtis Memorial Hospital
Laboratory Assistant
Labrador Grenfell Zone - CCM MULTI FUNCTIONAL LAB
Temporary Full-time
55846RP1
Hours 70 (8 hours, Shift Work; Days, Evenings, Weekends)
Salary LX-19 (CAD22.66 - CAD26.54 per hour)
Competition Number VAC0006153
Posted Date 2025-01-14
Closing Date 2025-01-20
Demands, duties, qualifications
The primary purpose of this position is to provide client/patient registration for blood samples and laboratory specimens; order laboratory tests; perform phlebotomy procedures; sorting, recording, centrifuging and preparing specimens for analysis; delivering specimens to the laboratory;packaging and sending of specimens to outside laboratories; receiving of samples from outside sites; and performing a variety of routine, automated and manual tests.
Job Demands
By applying for this job, you acknowledge an understanding that regular requirements and demands of this job include (but are not limited to):
- Occasionally lifts or moves supplies generally not weighing more than 25 lbs and occasional carrying, pushing/pulling and lifting between 25-50 lbs.
- Constantly stands, walks and bends or stretches into awkward positions when performing specimen collection procedures with patients.
- Constantly there is a requirement for fine finger and precision work when using needles to extract specimens, and when palpating for veins, when entering data into the computer, and preparing specimen labels.
Qualifications
- Successful Completion of the Medical Laboratory Assistant Course from a recognized training program.
- Training or experience in basic laboratory techniques.
- Current and continuing certification with the Canadian Society for Medical Laboratory Science (CSMLS) as a Medical Laboratory Assistant is required.
- The successful applicant will be required to submit a satisfactory certificate of conduct.
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