Medical Laboratory Assistant - Pre-Analytics/ Specimen Management - Regular Full-time 2025-13999 (2025-13999)
Sunnybrook
Date: 14 hours ago
City: Toronto, Ontario
Contract type: Full time

Summary Of Duties
The Medical Laboratory Assistant plays an integral role in the laboratory by providing support services to ensure quality patient care. This includes the following:
The Medical Laboratory Assistant plays an integral role in the laboratory by providing support services to ensure quality patient care. This includes the following:
- Specimen handling -receiving, sorting, centrifuging, aliquoting, labelling and distributing specimens to work stations,
- Updating patient information, filing and retrieving records, verifying and registering patient demographics, answering phone calls
- Performing routine technical procedures
- Providing customer service assistance to address issues with patients, referring offices and internal departments
- Facilitating procurement of miscellaneous specimens
- Arranges for the transport of the specimens to the laboratory
- Maintains required inventory and forms, maintains work areas
- Practices in a safe manner, maintains a safe working environment and complies with IP&C policies
- Collects and documents workload statistics and files safety reports as required
- Collects and organizes documents as required
- Follows departmental procedures
- Participates in CQI initiatives and assists in training of staff
- Participates in On-call duties
- Performs other duties as required
- Successful completion of Community College program for Medical Laboratory Assistant
- (MLPAO (previously known as OSMT) certification required
- CSMLS MLA certification an asset
- TDG certification
- Knowledge of privacy regulations related to confidential information
- Proficient computer skills required including MS OFFICE-EXCEL, Word
- Knowledge of registration of microbiology samples preferred
- Lab automation experience preferred
- Knowledge of specimen and diagnostic terminology with accurate spelling
- Experience handling all specimen types demonstrating good laboratory practice
- Previous experience with Sunquest Laboratory Information System and electronic Positive Patient Identification (ePPID) such as Sunquest Collection Manager preferred
- Demonstrated exceptional attention to detail and accuracy.
- Ability to understand and apply information to new situations.
- Excellent communication, interpersonal and organizational skills
- Ability to multi-task, prioritize effectively in a fast paced environment and complete assigned tasks in a timely manner.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively as a team member and adjust to varying work assignments as needed, or work independently, as required
- Demonstrated satisfactory work performance, punctuality and attendance records
- All applicants will be subject to a practical assessment.
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