Clinical Biochemist - Corporate Lab Admin -Multiple Sites

- Full-time
- Program: LABORATORY
- Site: Multiple sites
- Job Category: Laboratory
- Contract Type: Permanent
- Union Group: Non Union - Allied Health
- Schedule: Days
- Employment Type: Full Time

One of Canada's Best Diversity Employers and Greater Toronto's Top Employers for many consecutive years, William Osler Health System (Osler) provides a safe and supportive health care network to grow your career. Osler is nationally recognized for its commitment to patient safety and is Accredited with Exemplary Standing, the highest rating a Canadian hospital can receive. As a major Ontario hospital system, and home to some of the biggest specialty and emergency departments in the country, Osler serves the 1.3 million residents of Brampton, Etobicoke and surrounding communities. We are proud to offer you incredible exposure to best-in-class health care delivery and challenging hands-on opportunities to stay at the top of your game.

A hospital system built for and by the community, we continue to expand our services to meet the needs of a growing population, creating opportunities for increased hands-on skills development, cross-department training and promotional opportunities. Guided by our accomplished senior leadership team, together we are driving our vision of world-class health care inspired by our people and communities.

At Osler, we invest in careers that go beyond where health care professionals like you can achieve their goals and find deep personal and skilled fulfillment. Join our team today

Accountabilities:

- An ambassador for mission, vision, values and goals of Osler
- Facilitates a culture that supports continuous learning,



clinical excellenceand research
- Promotes open communication within and across the lab and the clinical programs and services
- Physician authority for specimen management and pre-analytics, chemistry and point-of-care
- Defines pre-analytical standards for testing, post-analytical standards and defines reference intervals
- Provides subject matter expertise to support the laboratory technical staff for specimen assessment and preparation, and technical troubleshooting to ensure continuous and high quality laboratory service
- Oversees and monitors proficiency testing and quality control in specific areas of the laboratory
- Supports and provides technical guidance regarding quality control, quality assurance and tests ongoing performance
- Reviews QA, QC, polices and procedure documents and signs off per the quality management system
- In conjunction with Lab leadership (e.g. managers/director/chief) and clinical programs, develops service standards including: turnaround time, test menu, testing algorithms, utilization guidelines and others as assigned
- Collaborate with Lab leadership (e.g. manager/director/chief) to develop policies and procedures to ensure the Laboratory meets provincial, national and international regulatory requirements




- Provides consultation services to clinicians and other health care providers on laboratory tests (e.g. selection of tests, test performance [analytical sensitivity, specificity, precision, biological variation, interpretation of results)
- Interprets patient laboratory tests for screening, diagnosis, management and monitoring of disease processes
- Develops interpretive guides for other professionals using the laboratory service, through the selection and validation of reference intervals, interpretive comments and critical values
- In consultation with clinical colleagues, develops, implements and monitors testing algorithms, appropriate testing turnaround times, practice guidelines and care pathways
- Develops and implements policies and procedures to ensure the laboratory produces high quality information, and meets regulatory requirements and standards of practice
- Assists the medical director in liaison with medical staff through the preparation and presentation of material at the medical and surgical rounds, the interpretation of clinical chemistry resultsand the suggestion of appropriate diagnostic pathways
- Assists the medical director and the administrative director in the preparation of operating and capital budgets and in the preparation of business case justifications of major capital or operational projects
- Teaching and research projects as approved by the medical director and hospital administration
- Participates in the detection, reporting, correctingand prevention spurious results
- Other duties as assigned
- May be required to attend hospital during off hours to attend to emergency situations

- Completion of a PhD in Clinical Biochemistry or related field
- Minimum twoyear

📌 Clinical Biochemist (Brampton)
🏢 William Osler Health System
📍 Brampton