
Medical Laboratory Assistant
- Kelowna, BC
- 24,25 $ par heure
- Permanent
- Temps-plein
- 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
- Receive and sort samples
- Data enter the results into the company's database as required
- Ensure that all abnormal, critical and STATS are processed as outlined in the department guidelines
- Ensure that all samples are properly labeled and identified before testing
- Follow established protocol for the handling of unsuitable samples
- Perform pre-analytic specimen processing
- Operate instruments following department procedures
- Perform simple non-interpretive testing procedures
- Handle infectious material following approved procedures while adhering to government regulations (i.e. TDG) as required
- Responsible for the follow-up on missing samples, documentation and results as and when required
- Ensure all inquiries and problems are handled in a courteous and professional manner
- Ensure adequate amount of supplies are on hand and that validated reagents and testing kits to be used are in date order
- Ensure that quality control checks are performed as required in documented work procedures
- Responsible for monitoring quality control guidelines and making appropriate corrections
- Refer results for Medical Laboratory Technologist to review and release
- Responsible to follow all relevant pre and/or post analytical quality protocols as described in the company quality assurance manual
- Perform routine maintenance on laboratory instruments and equipment following department procedures
- Document all maintenance performed, including minor troubleshooting following manufacturer's instructions
- Participate in the review of procedural documents for accuracy and effectiveness as required
- Observe and report all malfunctions in equipment and maintain all required logbooks for routine equipment
- Responsible for disinfecting the work area and equipment on a daily basis
- Store and discard specimens according to appropriate department procedure manuals
- You have completed a Diploma/Degree in Health or Science or have a Medical Laboratory Assistant (MLA) certification or are a Graduate of an approved laboratory assistant course
- 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