Medical Laboratory Assistant

4 months ago


Sarnia, Canada Bluewater Health Full time

Bargaining Unit:
- OPSEU- Competition #:
- OPS24-056- Job Type:
- Contract Casual- Department:
- Specimen Procurement- Hours of Work:
- variable- Date Posted:
- September 26, 2024- Job Number:
- J0924-0321- Number of Positions:
- 2- Length of Position:
- 1 year- Closing Date:
- October 3, 2024

At Bluewater Health, we are committed to fostering a Culture of Kindness and promoting health through partnership. With locations in Sarnia and Petrolia, we are proud to serve approximately 131,000 residents of Sarnia-Lambton. Our dedicated team, consisting of nearly 2,500 staff members, professional staff, and volunteers, works tirelessly to provide specialized acute, complex continuing care, allied health, and ambulatory care services.

Our purpose statement, "Health through partnership, Caring with kindness," is at the heart of everything we do. We believe in treating each other, our patients and families, and our community with compassion and respect. Our corporate health human resources campaign, Building Blue, emphasizes our commitment to growth, innovation, and creating a supportive work environment where every team member can thrive.

The successful applicant will work in compliance with all relevant and applicable legislation and Hospital Policies and Procedures, will practice the Bluewater Health Standards of Performance Excellence and will fulfill their role within the Attendance Support Program parameters. The successful applicant will also possess effective communication and interpersonal skills, will have the ability to work independently and as part of a team, and will have strong attention to detail and accuracy.

Each member of Bluewater Health is called to embrace patient and family-centred care in its fullest form. This includes using techniques and strategies to communicate “I care and I respect you,” providing information in a way patients and families can understand, listening to patients and families to learn what an exemplary healthcare experience means to them, and seeking their perspective throughout their stay and during improvement initiatives.

**Qualifications**:

- Medical Laboratory Assistant certificate required
- CSMLS and/or OSMT certification required

**Skill, Ability and Experience**:

- Basic proficiency in the use of computers required
- Experience with Meditech preferred
- Previous experience as a Medical Laboratory Assistant preferred

**Principal Duties**:

- Perform Phlebotomies on In-Patients and Out-Patients following Quality Management System Processes and Procedures
- Responsible for accurate handling and separation of blood samples for various laboratories
- Performs Microbiology specimen set-up
- Performs Pathology duties within MLA scope of practice
- Participates in unit/department and Hospital Quality Improvement initiatives
- Completes continuing education requirements as necessary
- Acts as a coach, mentor, resource and positive role model for new staff and students
- Other related duties as assigned

Selection will be made on the basis of skill, ability, experience and qualifications as per Article 21.01 of the OPSEU Collective Agreement

We thank you in advance for your interest in Bluewater Health, however, only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted. In accordance with Bluewater Health policy, offers of employment to prospective employees are conditional upon the successful completion and disclosure of a Police Records/Vulnerable Sector Check.



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