Dual Mobile Lab Patient Technician & Lab Patient Technician - (OPSEU Timmins) - Part Time - Timmins, ON

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

Shifts: Varying hours Monday-Friday 6-3, potentially weekends.

Additional comments: The successful candidate will have a minimum of three (3) years of driving experience, a valid Class G driver's license, a clear driver's abstract, and must meet all applicable insurance requirements associated with their employment at LifeLabs.

Dual role - Primary LPT Secondary MLPT. Hours 0-20 hours a week daily, 0-7.5 hour shifts: MLPT 6:00am-2:00pm - LPT from 7:00am-4:30pm

Number of positions:  1
Start Date: ASAP
Union: This is part of the OPSEU Timmins collective agreement

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.