Lab Assistant

Job Posting:
Laboratory Assistant

Are you our next Laboratory Assistant (float)?

As a Laboratory Assistant, you will process blood samples and other laboratory specimens, enter requisitions and results accurately and on time, and provide customer service to create the best possible patient experience. You will display empathy, care, and kindness during stressful situations for patients, helping them understand critical testing results.

Status:
Contract, Part-Time (10 months) Guaranteed 15 hours a week

Shift: Day Shifts, 6:30 am – 5:30 pm;
Monday – Sunday

Float Locations:
North York, GTA, Etobicoke, Woodbridge, Ontario areas

Discipline:
Laboratory and Health Services Centers

Number of positions: 1

Vacancy Type:
Existing

Start Date:

As soon as possible

Internal Posting Deadline:
October 21, 2025

• Create an ideal customer experience that is best in class and engages with individuals around our products and services.
• Accurately enter data, patient, and test information for Ministry of Health requisitions.
• Obtain quality blood samples and other specimens from patients, using skillful venipuncture techniques, performed in keeping with Dynacare’s mission and values.
• Sort and steer specimens, perform ECGs, Holter Hookups, paternity, urine, drug and breath alcohol collections.
• Ensure specimens and supporting documentation are completed as required in SOPs and ready for data entry and transportation to the laboratory, following established protocols for the handling of suitable and unsuitable samples.
• Ensure all confidential information is maintained in a secure fashion.
• Contribute to meeting the departmental/corporate quality metrics, regulatory compliance and quality indicators.

• Completed Secondary School and a Laboratory Assistant training program or a Medical Lab Assistance course with specialized training in phlebotomy.
• Customer-focused with a genuine care for patient’s health.
• Demonstrate skill in phlebotomy, with the ability to manage anxious patients through the sample obtaining process in a pleasant, calming, and reassuring manner.
• Prioritize and self‑manage within a deadline‑oriented environment.
• Be extremely detail oriented.
• Proficiency in English, both written and verbal, at a level that enables you to communicate instructions, clearly and understandably, to patients.
• MLPAO/CSMLS Certification is strongly recommended.

Pay rate: $20.00 – $23.75 per hour.

The hiring pay range has been established; however, the final pay offer will be determined by taking into consideration various factors including but not limited to level of experience and education requirements.

• Access a health and wellness benefits program that supports you and your loved ones.
• Grow and thrive with a dynamic, successful company through internal mobility opportunities.
• Invest in your future through RRSP match benefits and an employee stock purchase program.
• Experience a collaborative, diverse workforce that prioritizes dignity and respect for all.
• Join an award‑winning "Top Employer" with meaningful and impactful career opportunities.

Note: Dynacare is proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to the attraction, selection, advancement, and fair treatment of all individuals. We believe that our diversity is our strength, so we employ a diverse workforce and respect the needs of all our employees. In accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code, Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act and the Dynacare Accommodation Policy a request for accommodation will be accepted as part of the Dynacare hiring process.