Laboratory Attendant 2

4 days ago


Thunder Bay, Canada Public Health Ontario Full time

**JR100747**

To provide technical laboratory services to the environmental laboratory and to support laboratory operations for the testing of specimens submitted to PHO Laboratories.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Logs, sorts, labels all specimens submitted for laboratory testing/examination.
- Transports samples to testing laboratory as required.
- Handles, prepares and processes medical samples (e.g. culture media and reagents) for identification of micro-organisms, reagents and solutions and testing up to the point of result interpretation (e.g. set up of cultures, staining, extraction, loading analyzers).
- Handles, prepares, processes and enters data entry results of water samples.
- Uses automated equipment or manual methods to prepare and aliquot human samples for testing.
- Uses PHO Laboratory Information System to prepare worksheets or enter data, ensuring accuracy and confidentiality of data.
- Prepares, loads and unloads laboratory analyzers.
- Performs inventory management functions including ordering, unpacking and storing of laboratory goods.
- Files, stores, discards laboratory samples.
- Cleans and maintains laboratory equipment, cleans and disinfects laboratory work areas.
- Maintains laboratory stock supplies.
- Assists with set-up of quality control and maintenance of stock cultures.
- Answers telephone and resolves problems related to samples (e.g., incomplete information, mismatched tests and information, leaking samples).
- Performs other duties or projects as assigned.

**Knowledge and Skills**:

- Knowledge of medical terminology and laboratory safety procedures to provide a range of laboratory services in support of operations.
- Knowledge of computer systems, familiarity with laboratory information systems, MS office products such as Word and Excel.
- Proficient computer skills necessary to work with automated, computer driven equipment.

**Education and Experience**:

- Certification as a Medical Laboratory Technician from a recognized community college program or relevant training and experience.

**Attributes and Competencies**:

- Oral communication skills to exchange information and clarify test requests or discrepancies with other team members as well as with external clients (i.e., physicians).
- Written communication skills to record information into logs/records.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

Work Location: In person



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