Laboratory Assistant - Toronto, Canada - Humber River Health

Humber River Health

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Toronto, Canada

3 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Position Profile:

Humber River Health. Lighting New Ways In Healthcare.

Since opening our doors in 2015 as North America's first fully digital hospital, we remain unwavering in our belief that we can change the hospital where we work, the community where we live, and the world of healthcare beyond our borders.

Serving a community of 850,000 residents in North West Toronto, Equity Inclusivity and active participation in the North West Toronto Ontario Health Team are key initiatives important to our Team.

At Humber River Health, we use a custom combination of technology and clinical expertise to rebuild elements of care.

We make technology work for staff and physicians; giving them more time to spend with patients, to eliminate inefficiencies, and to reduce the chance of errors.

Humber River Health is formally affiliated with both the University of Toronto and Queen's University and committed to becoming a community academic hospital.

Clinical Excellence, Optimizing Care through Technology and Community Connection frame our Research Strategy.

At Humber River Health, we're not hoping for a renaissance, we are making it happen. As part of our dynamic team, you can lead the way, as we continue our journey towards high reliability care

Join our Laboratory Services team here at Humber River Health and help to delivery timely and accurate test results and improve patient outcomes.

Our Laboratory Services Department uses state of the art equipment, technology and processes to collect and test clinical specimens in order to obtain information about the health of our patients so that our inter-professional teams can diagnose, treat and prevent disease.

Reporting Relationship:
Manager Laboratory Services

Hourly Rate Range:
$ $31.49

Laboratory needs.

Position Responsibilities:

Phlebotomy, central processing and ECGs.
Microbiology planting.
Dispensing/Discarding duties for Histology department.
Can be assigned /trained in other Laboratory Disciplines
Perform other related duties as assigned.

Qualfications:

Laboratory Assistant Technician Certificate.
Medical Laboratory Professionals' Association of Ontario (MLPAO) and/or Canadian Society for Medical Laboratory Science (CSMLS/SCSLM) certification
Minimum 2 years' experience in performing phlebotomy of adults, children and neonates.
Experience in microbiology planting an asset.
Experience in performing ECG's an asset.
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
Excellent customer service skills.
Ability to work alone or in a team.
Excellent attendance and discipline free record required.

Why Humber? Why Now?

Humber River Health is on an exciting transformation journey of redefining patient care, as we leverage the most advanced technologies to enhance all aspects of delivering high-quality, safe care.

We continue to build a people-centered workplace with excellent staff and physician engagement by hiring passionate, diverse and inclusive healthcare professionals.

People who care and encompass our values of
_Compassion_,
_Professionalism_ and
_Respect_. People who are committed to making a positive difference.

We are a

Huron Consulting hospital, focused on building our evidence-based leadership practice and hardwiring a culture that WOWs.

Humber River Health is a member of the

Toronto Academic Health Science Network (TAHSN), which is a dynamic network of academic health organizations providing leading edge research, teaching and clinical care.

We have collaborated with TAHSN member institutions in addressing the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. Our membership in TAHSN supports our strategic pillar of advancing Humber River Health as a community academic hospital.

Humber River Health was the recipient of the

2021

Excellence in Patient Safety Award by the Canadian College of Health Leaders. This award recognizes teams that are committed to improving patient safety within a healthcare environment, through leadership, innovation, culture, and best practises.

Why? Because at Humber River Health, we know it is our people and our ability to innovate that allows us to consistently deliver a great patient experience and the best quality outcomes.

After all, we are the hospital that believes

exceptional care...healthier community.- Humber River Health is committed to inclusion and diversity. We believe that diversity drives our culture of innovation. By bringing together a variety of different perspectives, it fuels our creative thinking, generates new ideas and creates solutions designed to address tomorrow's healthcare challenges today. We take pride in providing professional development and career advancement opportunities for our employees including minorities, women, veterans and individuals with physical and developmental disabilities. We also provide accommodation to applicants and all of our employees - from hire to retire._