Job Description

Diagnostic Services seeks application from medical laboratory technologists for a permanent position in the Clinical Pathology Laboratory. The Clinical Pathology Laboratory is a core laboratory providing hematology, chemistry and endocrinology testing services. The laboratory is supported by four Clinical Pathologists.

What we offer:

Comprehensive Health and Dental Post Retirement Benefits Tuition Waivers Health and Wellness on Campus available to staff and their immediate family Professional Development Opportunities Flexible work arrangements and vacation scheduling (as per CUPE 1870)

RESPONSIBILITIES:

The position involves receiving and analyzing sample submissions from the Atlantic Veterinary College Teaching Hospital; PEI veterinary clinics, industries, and researchers; NB, NS, and NFLD provincial laboratories, animal health laboratories, veterinary clinics and industries; and clients from other areas of Canada.



Tasks include:

entry of patient demographics and sample test requests into a computerized laboratory management information system harvesting sera from the sample submissions, bar coding samples and directing them to the proper bench for chemistry, endocrinology, hematology, coagulation, cytology or urinalysis testing performing Quality Control procedures and interpreting appropriately analyzing and verifying diagnostic test results troubleshooting equipment and method issues alternating between bench work that includes performing urinalysis, testing serologies, making and staining differential slides, performing manual differentials, preparing mail out samples; and operating the Cobas C501, Cobas Pure, and Zoetis VS2 chemistry analyzers, the Siemens Immulite 2000 endocrinology analyzer, the Sysmex XN and Zoetis HM5 hematology analyzers, the Stago coagulation analyzer and the Zoetis i-STAT Point of Care analyzer Phlebotomy is not a task of this laboratory.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Medical Laboratory Technologist designation with certification from the Canadian Society for Medical Laboratory Science One year of recent diagnostic experience in a clinical chemistry, endocrinology, or hematology laboratory setting Excellent organizational, computer and communication skills Experience with laboratory instrumentation Familiarity with quality control protocols Excellent bench skills are essential * The ability to work under minimum supervision, to multitask and to troubleshoot technical issues at the bench and instrument level is desirable