Alberta's Tomorrow Project (ATP; myatp.ca), housed within Cancer Care Alberta, is the largest research project ever undertaken in the province. Launched in 2000, this prospective cohort follows 55,000 participants for up to 50 years to examine how environmental, lifestyle, and genetic factors relate to cancer and chronic disease, with the goal of improving understanding of their causes and prevention. ATP collects, processes, and stores data and biosamples, and shares them through standard access procedures with researchers at universities, health organizations, and research institutes in Alberta, Canada and abroad. This is a casual position that will be collecting fasting blood samples from ATP participants so candidates must have excellent phlebotomy skills. This position offers weekday shifts running from 7:00 AM to 12:00 PM, Monday through Friday at the Arthur J.E.
Child Comprehensive Cancer
Centre. This position may assist with tasks in the biobank and will perform basic data entry tasks.
Description
As a Laboratory Assistant I, you will be responsible for a variety of laboratory functions including receiving and sorting specimens, cleaning and sanitizing lab equipment and performing basic lab tests.
In addition, you will carry out essential clerical duties along with patient queries.
Transition Company: Cancer Care Alberta Classification: Laboratory Assistant I Union: AUPE GSS Unit and Program: Alberta's Tomorrow Project Primary Location: Arthur Child Cancer Centre Location Details: As Per Location Multi-Site: Not Applicable FTE: 0.00 Posting End Date: 20-OCT-2026 Employee Class: Casual/Relief Date Available: 02-NOV-2026 Hours per Shift: Varies Length of Shift in weeks: Varies Shifts per cycle: Varies Shift Pattern: Days Days Off: Saturday/Sunday Minimum Salary: $25.86 Maximum Salary: $31.03 Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable
Required Qualifications
Completion of Grade 12 or equivalent.
Additional Required Qualifications
Completion of an accredited Medical Laboratory Assistant program or equivalent. Robust phlebotomy skills are required with recent experience. Experience in safe handling of dry ice. TDG certification.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience working within a healthcare/lab environment. Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite. WHMIS training.
📌 Laboratory Assistant I (Calgary)
🏢 Alberta Health Services
📍 Calgary
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