Job Description

Your Opportunity:

Three Hills is located in Central Alberta, approximately 1 hour from Red Deer, Drumheller, and Calgary. Three Hills Health Centre, with 21 acute care and 23 long term care beds, provides service to the residents of Three Hills and surrounding area, and is the only collection site for community patients. Medical Laboratory assistants receive variety of collection experiences and enjoy a day and weekday schedule.

Description:

As a Medical Laboratory Assistant I, you will provide high quality service to clients of the clinical laboratory in an effective, efficient and safe manner. You will be responsible for a variety of laboratory functions including procurement, handling, processing, dispatching and testing of specimens, performing procedures and reporting results.

• Classification: Laboratory Assistant I
• Union: HSAA FAC PROF/TECH
• Unit and Program: Laboratory
• Primary Location: Three Hills Health Centre
• Multi-Site: Not Applicable
• FTE: 0.40
• Posting End Date: 17-AUG-2022
• Employee Class: Regular Part Time
• Date Available: 27-AUG-2022
• Hours per Shift: 7.75
• Length of Shift in weeks: 15
• Shifts per cycle: 30
• Shift Pattern: Days, Weekends
• Days Off: As Per Rotation
• Minimum Salary: $22.73
• Maximum Salary: $28.34
• Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable

Required Qualifications: Completion of an accredited Medical Laboratory Assistant program or equivalent. Additional Required Qualifications: Grade 12 Diploma. Graduation from a recognized Medical Laboratory Assistant program which includes specimen handling and phlebotomy. Excellent computer and keyboarding skills. Recent, relevant experience performing procedures in a core laboratory. Laboratory procedures include phlebotomy (venipuncture and micropuncture), specimen collection, preparation and referral. Experience performing ECG and Holter monitoring testing. Ability to understand and follow instruction and procedures. Effectively communicate in English both verbally and in writing. Proficiently operate a computer to input patient data. Ability to work independently in a dynamic work environment. Ability to work collaboratively and tactfully in a pleasant manner with patients/clients, families, staff members and personnel from other departments. Evidence of initiative and flexibility. Evidence of thoroughness, accuracy, speed and attention to detail in performance of duties. Evidence of responsibility in dealing with confidential information. Preferred Qualifications: Medical terminology and experience in a healthcare setting is preferred. Meditech LIS experience preferred. Epic experience an asset.