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Job Ad
Ministry: Not Applicable
Division: Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion
Position Title: LABORATORY ASSISTANT
Duration: 1 Temporary Full-Time/Part-Time - 6 months with possible extension
Location: 67 Wilson Avenue, Timmins, North Region
Compensation Group: OPSEU
Salary: $21.89 - $23.25 per hour*
Position Status: Open
Job Code: 15502 - Laboratory Attendant 2
Schedule: 3.7
Category: Health and Social Services
Job ID: 22767



The Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion requires Laboratory Assistants for the Timmins Public Health Laboratories to perform laboratory attendant duties. You will: receive, accession and aliquot specimens; prepare reagents, stains, solutions and culture media; process specimens for testing, including centrifuging and separating blood, planting of specimens for bacterial culture, staining of slides for examination, set-up biochemical tests, load analysers etc.; additional responsibilities may include maintaining equipment e.g. incubators and freezers, recording temperature readings, utilizing a computer to look-up data such as patients information, stock-keeping, photocopying, faxing and filing.
Qualifications:Knowledge of medical terminology normally acquired through the completion of a medical laboratory technicians course or related experience; skills to maintain accuracy in a high volume, repetitive work environment; knowledge of and skills to operate technical equipment e.g. centrifuge, bio-safety cabinet; manual dexterity to open specimens, stopper tubes, capped bottles, set-up biochemical tests; knowledge of computers to look-up data; good knowledge of laboratory safety.

Posting Date:Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Closing Date:Thursday, November 12, 2009
Applications must be received by the end of the closing date with the Job ID number quoted.
Send application to:

Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion
Human Resources
415 Yonge Street, Suite 1601
Toronto, Ontario, M5B 2E7
Fax: n/a
careers@oahpp.ca


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*Indicates the salary listed as per the OPSEU Collective Agreement.