Mobile Lab Patient Technician

For over 50 years, LifeLabs has been Canada’s leading provider of laboratory diagnostic information and digital health connectivity systems, enabling patients and healthcare practitioners to diagnose, treat, monitor and prevent disease. We are passionate about empowering healthier Canadians through accessible, accurate, and innovative diagnostic services.

We are committed innovators, operating Canada's first commercial genetics lab, and the country's largest online patient portal, with more than 8 million Canadians receiving their results online. More than 112 million laboratory tests come through LifeLabs’ laboratories annually, and our team of more than 6,000 passionate, caring, and diverse professionals works together as one to provide high quality testing and results that Canadians can trust.

We know that behind every lab requisition, sample being tested, or investment in technology is an individual and their family counting on us. At LifeLabs, you can make a meaningful impact on Canadians’ lives every day.

Our teams are at the heart of everything we do. We are proud to be recognized as one of Canada’s Best Employers, reflecting our deep commitment to our core values of caring, agility, teamwork, and a customer-centered approach. As part of this commitment, LifeLabs prioritizes the ongoing development of our diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) program to better serve the needs of our diverse workforce and the communities we serve. We continue to take steps to challenge ourselves to act with courage and integrity, and to create an environment where people can be their true selves.

These values are not just words on a page, they guide our actions and decisions every day and have come to define our team culture. Our Mobile Lab Patient Technicians play an important part in on-site patient care in locations including private homes, commercial facilities, and long-term care facilities. This is an active and rewarding role that will let you build relationships with patients and see the difference that you make in their lives and healthcare outcomes.

Status

• Part
• Time
• Regular
• Schedule:
• Various
• Shifts - 6:00am-11:00am
• Additional
• Requirements: This a Part Time position for the Pembroke location

Number of positions

1 Start Date: ASAP This vacancy is for an existing position. Selected candidates are required to be fully vaccinated with Covid-19 vaccinations, and a booster shot for this role. Your responsibilities will include: Organizing a daily schedule of visits to facilities and private residences to collect specimens as per physicians’ requests, planning your route according to courier times, specimen integrity, and required travel time. Performing phlebotomies, connecting/disconnecting holter monitors, and performing ECG tracings. Collecting and delivering specimens to designated labs for testing. Accession, spin, separate and prepare for transport to reference lab as required. Booking patient appointments, requesting required information from patients, explaining the specimen collection process and ensuring patients have followed necessary test protocol prior to specimen collection. Liaising with doctors, facility staff, and CCAC staff regarding patient problems, changes in scheduling, specimen collection procedures, and other matters. What you will bring to the role: Valid driver’s license with a clean driving record and access to a vehicle. Satisfactory criminal reference check. Phlebotomy experience. Excellent communication skills to enable you to relate with a wide variety of people. Problem solving skills and the ability to think quickly on your feet. Ability to maintain the strictest standards of patient privacy and confidentiality. ECG training or experience is an asset LifeLabs’ compensation programs are commensurate based on the role, skill, effort, responsibility and working conditions, irrespective of gender, race, ethnicity, beliefs, age or any other personal characteristics. Pay programs are communicated regularly in an accessible and transparent manner.