Your Opportunity:

The Laboratory Assistant provides front-line support with standard and specialized procedures for Bacteriology for the Public Health Laboratory. As a Laboratory Assistant, you will perform a variety of laboratory functions which includes but is not limited to: operating, cleaning, and maintaining technical equipment; participating in quality control and quality assurance activities and ensuring completion of required documentation; performs essential accessioning duties such as entering and checking sample demographic information in the Laboratory Information System, filing worksheets and requisitions, answers phone calls, handles enquiries from clients to clarify test requests for specimen processing and communicates report/sample information. You will help your team process a high volume of samples that are received for bacteriological testing.

Description:

As a Medical Laboratory Assistant I, you will provide high quality service to clients of the clinical laboratory in an effective, efficient and secure 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: SPHL Mycobacteriology
- Primary Location: Foothills Medical Centre
- Location Details: As Per Location
- Multi-Site: Not Applicable
- FTE: 0.50
- Posting End Date: 13-AUG-2026
- Temporary Employee Class: Temp P/T Benefits
- Date Available: 31-AUG-2026
- Temporary End Date: 05-MAR-2027
- Hours per Shift: 7.75
- Length of Shift in weeks: 2
- Shifts per cycle: 5
- Shift Pattern: Days, Evenings, Weekends
- Days Off: As Per Rotation
- Minimum Salary: $25.16
- Maximum Salary: $31.36
- Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable

Required Qualifications:

Completion of an accredited Medical Laboratory Assistant program or equivalent.

Additional Required Qualifications:

As required.

Preferred Qualifications:

Recent experience in a large Microbiology laboratory

Please note:

All postings close at 23:59 MT of the posting end date indicated.

Security Screening:

A satisfactory criminal record check and/or Vulnerable Sector Search is required prior to your first day of work. Additionally, all employees have an ongoing duty to disclose any charges or convictions that may occur during their employment with APL.

📌 Laboratory Assistant I (Calgary)
🏢 Alberta Precision Labs
📍 Calgary