Laboratory Assistant (Float)

As a Laboratory Assistant (Float), you are responsible for obtaining quality blood samples and other specimens from patients, as well as conducting other patient tests in keeping with Dynacare’s mission and values. You help build a positive team environment, maintain quality metrics, and provide customer service to create the best possible patient experience, displaying empathy, care, and kindness.

Job Details

- Status: Permanent, Part-Time (Guaranteed 24 hours a week)
- Shift: Day Shifts, varies between 6:30 am – 5:30 pm; Monday – Saturday
- Float Locations: Guelph, Milton, Acton, Mississauga and Oakville
- Discipline: Laboratory and Health Services Centre
- Vacancy Type: Existing
- Number of positions: 1
- Start Date: As soon as possible

Responsibilities

- 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
- Sort and steer specimens, perform ECG’s, Holter Hookups, paternity, urine, drug and breath alcohol collections
- 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 handling suitable and unsuitable samples
- Ensure all confidential information is maintained in a secure fashion and contribute to meeting departmental/corporate quality metrics, regulatory compliance, and quality indicators

Qualifications





- 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 genuine care for patients’ health
- Demonstrate skill in phlebotomy, managing 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 to patients
- MLPAO/CSMLS Certification is strongly recommended

Benefits & Compensation

- Join an award-winning “Top Employer” with meaningful and impactful career opportunities
- Health and wellness benefits program that supports you and your loved ones
- Grow and thrive with a dynamic, successful company through internal mobility opportunities
- RRSP match perks and an employee stock purchase program
- Collaborative, diverse workforce that prioritizes dignity and respect for all

Pay rate: $21.00 - $23.25 per hour. The final pay offer will be determined by level of experience and education requirements.

Equal Opportunity Employer Statement

Dynacare is proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to the attraction, selection, advancement, and fair treatment of all individuals. We believe that our diversity is our strength, so we employ a diverse workforce and respect the needs of all our employees. In accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code, Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act and the Dynacare Accommodation Policy, a request for accommodation will be accepted as part of the Dynacare hiring process.

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📌 Lab Assistant (Mississauga)
🏢 Dynacare
📍 Mississauga