Medical Laboratory Assistant - Microbiology position available at William Osler Health System in Brampton, ON, Canada. Assist in specimen handling, testing, and documentation. Requirements: secondary school diploma, medical laboratory assistant/technician program, certification and registration with OSMT, CSMLS, and/or CMLTO, 2+ years experience in microbiology. Salary: $31.13-$37.05/hour.
Requirements
- Receives and unpacks specimens delivered by pneumatic tube system, courier, hospital staff (and outpatients if required)
- Registers patient information in computer as needed; accessions specimens; labels, numbers and aliquots specimens as required
- Uses positive patient identification to ensure that all requisitions, specimens, sample aliquots are traceable
- Applies specimen acceptance and rejection criteria as per established laboratory policies
- Enters add-on test requests in computer; retrieves specimens for further testing as required
- Answers phone inquiries and provides customer service to resolve issues
- Faxes reports according to protocol
- Prepares and ships samples to referral laboratories (includes documentation, labelling and packaging) in shipping containers at suitable conditions to maintain specimen integrity
- Proper storage and discarding of specimens in accordance with retention policies and biohazard waste protocols
- Reagent/stain preparation, reconstitution, and filtering according to procedures
- Familiar with COVID-19 sample preparation, including extraction
- Ability to run, maintain and troubleshoot COVID-19 specific equipment
- Performs quality control testing as required
- Operation and maintenance of laboratory equipment, including properly functioning quality controlled automated analyzers as applicable
- Reviews outstanding specimen reports (pending lists), and investigates outliers
- Transcription of results from worksheets/reports into computer for final verification by MLT
- Performs temperature monitoring of refrigerators, freezers and incubators
- Maintains knowledge of current policies and procedures in their assigned work area, completes action items, reads work-related emails, attends staff meetings, stays informed, etc.
- Understands and actively participates in maintaining the laboratory quality management system
- Participates in detecting, reporting, correcting and preventing unexpected occurrences, identifies opportunities for improvement
- Completes occurrence reports (DATIX), applies relevant markers and canned text comments
- Maintains confidentiality in accordance with Osler policy
- Washes glassware, performs general laboratory housekeeping, disinfects benches and equipment
- Biohazard waste containment, packaging and storage for pick-up
- Receipt of inventory and applies acceptance criteria; records and reports unacceptability
- Monitors and maintains inventory
- Participates in continuing education activities
- Other duties as assigned according to training and scope of practice
- May be required to cross-train into other lab areas based on operational need
- May be required to attend hospital during off hours to attend to emergency situations
Benefits
- Paid holidays
- Paid vacation
- Benefits package
- Opportunities for professional development
