Position: Medical Laboratory Assistant

- Employment Type: Permanent. Full-Time and Part-Time positions available

- Compensation: $21.00–$24.00 per hour, commensurate with experience, plus 4% vacation pay, comprehensive benefits, and a pension plan.

- Work Environment: Inclusive, cutting-edge, and supportive, with a dynamic team committed to building trusted, forward-thinking healthcare partnerships

- Work Location: Onsite (Don Mills and Eglinton)

- Operations Focus: Specimen Management, Client Care & Communication, and Quality Management

The Opportunity We are seeking a Medical Laboratory Assistant to join our team and provide essential support in specimen management and client care across multiple business lines. This position is ideal for candidates who thrive in a fast-paced, high-impact clinical environment and are passionate about quality, precision, and patient-centered care.

Key Areas of Responsibility

As a Medical Laboratory Assistant, you will support laboratory operations through accurate specimen management, testing, client and provider communication, and administrative support.

- Review, log, scan, accession, label, and track orders and specimens.

- Identify and follow up on potential issues with orders, specimens, and demographic information, escalating changes as required.

- Assess, sort, organize, store, and prepare specimens for testing or transport.

- Package and ship specimens to suppliers, including international suppliers, and coordinate the return of specimens to clients as required.

- Monitor pending and released specimen lists in Copia and for HL7 clients and suppliers.

- Document non-conformances and relevant communications in accordance with established procedures.

- Record and communicate messages and follow-up requirements accurately.

- Prepare and distribute laboratory supplies, including empty boxes, according to established schedules and requests.

- Support kit management activities at the ILS bench, as trained.

- Perform blood collection, laboratory testing, calibration, and quality control, as required.

- Maintain laboratory equipment, reagents, inventory, and supplies.

- Enter and maintain accurate data in the Laboratory Information System (LIS), including provider and participant information.

- Communicate with clients,

 Position: Medical Laboratory Assistant

- Employment Type: Permanent. Full-Time and Part-Time positions available

- Compensation: $21.00–$24.00 per hour, commensurate with experience, plus 4% vacation pay, comprehensive benefits, and a pension plan.

- Work Environment: Inclusive, cutting-edge, and supportive, with a dynamic team committed to building trusted, forward-thinking healthcare partnerships

- Work Location: Onsite (Don Mills and Eglinton)

- Operations Focus: Specimen Management, Client Care & Communication, and Quality Management

The Opportunity We are seeking a Medical Laboratory Assistant to join our team and provide essential support in specimen management and client care across multiple business lines. This position is ideal for candidates who thrive in a fast-paced, high-impact clinical environment and are passionate about quality, precision, and patient-centered care.

Key Areas of Responsibility

As a Medical Laboratory Assistant, you will support laboratory operations through accurate specimen management, testing, client and provider communication, and administrative support.

- Review, log, scan, accession, label, and track orders and specimens.

- Identify and follow up on potential issues with orders, specimens, and demographic information, escalating changes as required.

- Assess, sort, organize, store, and prepare specimens for testing or transport.

- Package and ship specimens to suppliers, including international suppliers, and coordinate the return of specimens to clients as required.

- Monitor pending and released specimen lists in Copia and for HL7 clients and suppliers.

- Document non-conformances and relevant communications in accordance with established procedures.

- Record and communicate messages and follow-up requirements accurately.

- Prepare and distribute laboratory supplies, including empty boxes, according to established schedules and requests.

- Support kit management activities at the ILS bench, as trained.

- Perform blood collection, laboratory testing, calibration, and quality control, as required.

- Maintain laboratory equipment, reagents, inventory, and supplies.

- Enter and maintain accurate data in the Laboratory Information System (LIS), including provider and participant information.

- Communicate with clients,