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Laboratory Assistant - LHSC

Peachland, BC, Canada, Canadafull_timeVerifiedPosted 3 Oct 2025

💰 CA$48,500/yr

About the role

Job Posting: Laboratory Assistant – LHSC Where YOU work, makes a difference. Life is precious and every moment matters. Dynacare is helping Canadians achieve a healthy future with care and wellness solutions that are convenient, understandable, and accessible. When you join our team, every day is an opportunity to get better and be inspired. It’s an environment where you can grow your career in any direction you choose. We’re evolving our technology and optimizing our processes, so you can do your best work, make a meaningful impact, and thrive. Are YOU our next Laboratory Assistant - LHSC? As a Laboratory Assistant - LHSC, you are responsible for processing blood samples and other laboratory specimens, entering requisitions and results accurately – all in a timely manner. You also play an important role in providing customer service to create the best possible patient experience. These can be stressful situations for patients, and you need to display empathy, care, and kindness. Testing results are often critical for patients, and you are there to help and make an impact on their lives.

Status: Permanent Full-TimeHours of Work: Mon-Fri, 7.30am-4.00pmLocation: Peachland (5C)Discipline: LHSC Workstyle: 100% onsiteInternal Deadline Application Date: Friday, October 10th, 2025 at 5pm EST.Why Dynacare is an amazing place for YOU:

Join an award-winning "Top Employer" with meaningful and impactful career opportunities
Access a health and wellness benefits program that supports you and your loved ones
Grow and thrive with a dynamic, successful company through internal mobility opportunities
Invest in your future through RRSP match benefits and an employee stock purchase program
Experience a collaborative, diverse workforce that prioritizes dignity and respect for all

How YOU will make a difference:

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, performed in keeping with Dynacare’s mission and values
Sort and steer specimens and perform ECG’s
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 the handling of suitable and unsuitable samples
Ensure all confidential information is maintained in a secure fashion. Contribute to meeting the departmental/corporate quality metrics, regulatory compliance and quality indicators

What YOU bring to the role:

You are CSMLS or BCSLS certified and/or a graduate of an MLA program accredited by BCSLS or equivalent awarding body (Canadian)
- Applicants with a Bachelor degree in a related scientific discipline or nursing, or international MLA or MLT qualification, AND a minimum of 1 year patient-facing phlebotomy experience may also be considered
You are customer-focused with a genuine care for patient’s health
Demonstrate skill in phlebotomy, with the ability to manage 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 and understandably, to patients

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