Laboratory Assistant

Description

• Position at Dynacare Job Posting: Laboratory Assistant. Where you work, makes a difference. Life is precious and every moment matters. Dynacare is helping Canadians achieve a healthy future with care and wellness solutions that are convenient, understandable, and accessible. When you join our team, every day is an opportunity to get better and be inspired. It’s an environment where you can grow your career in any direction you choose. We’re evolving our technology and optimizing our processes, so you can do your best work, make a meaningful impact, and thrive. Are you our next Laboratory Assistant?

• As a Laboratory Assistant, you are responsible for obtaining quality blood samples and other specimens from patients, as well as conducting other patient tests, all in keeping with Dynacare’s mission and values. Working as part of a team, you are assisting in building a positive team environment and maintaining quality metrics. You also play an important role in providing customer service to create the best possible patient experience. These can be stressful situations for patients, and you need to display empathy, care, and kindness.

• Status: Permanent Full time (Guaranteed 25 hours a week)

• Vacancy type: Existing

• Shift: Day Shift, Monday to Friday, between the hours of 7:00 am – 6:00 pm and Saturdays 7:00 am to 4:00 pm

• Work Style: On Site

• Location: Scarborough and Markham

• Internal Posting Deadline: July 18, 2026

• Internal Posting Deadline: MLPAO/CSMLS Certification is strongly recommended.

• Why Dynacare is an amazing place for you: Join an award-winning Top Employer with meaningful and impactful career opportunities. 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.

• How you will make a difference: 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.

• What you bring to the role: You have completed Secondary School and a Laboratory Assistant training program or a Medical Lab Assistant course with specialized training in phlebotomy. You are customer-focused with a genuine care for patients’ 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.

• Working Conditions: Medical laboratory environment. May be required to lift a maximum of 30 pounds. Repetitive movements with frequent computer use. At times might require frequent standing, sitting, bending, etc.

• Pay rate: 21.00-24.75 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.

• Dynacare has been a Top Employer for many years and is committed to equal opportunity employment and a diverse workforce. We are proud to hire the best people and strive to support healthy lives with commitment and care. We welcome candidates and may consider accommodations during the hiring process in accordance with applicable laws.