Medical Lab Assistant; casual Job North Vancouver area,Squamish BC Canada,Healthcare

Position: Medical Lab Assistant (casual)
Location: Squamish

Job
Date posted 08/21/2025

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Calling all Medical Lab Assistants! Ready to bring your skills somewhere they truly make a difference? Come to Beautiful ,

We’re inviting passionate, patient-centered professionals like you to join our team in Squamish, BC. This is a thriving community nestled between the ocean and mountains, where you can grow your career while living an active, adventure-filled lifestyle.

Why This Role, Why Now?

In Squamish, you’re not just processing samples—you’re part of a small, dedicated team delivering essential care in a fast-growing community. You’ll collaborate with technologists, physicians, nurse clinicians, and fellow lab professionals who share the same mission: providing world-class diagnostics and compassionate care to patients who count on us every day.

Whether you’re a new grad eager to start your career or a seasoned Medical Lab Assistant looking for a lifestyle change, you’ll find opportunity, purpose, and community here.

Why you’ll love working with us in the town of
as a Medical Lab Assistant

Grow your career – Develop your skills in a supportive environment with strong local leadership and a collaborative team of healthcare professionals.

Make a real impact – Deliver essential, high-quality diagnostic care that directly improves patient outcomes in your local community.

Be part of a collaborative team – Work alongside passionate technologists, clinicians, and healthcare professionals focused on innovation and compassionate care.

Earn great pay and benefits – Enjoy and percentage in lieu

Live where adventure meets community – Swap long commutes for breathtaking mountain views. Explore world class rock climbing, mountain biking, hiking, and water sports right at your doorstep. Enjoy all of this while being just an hour from Vancouver. Squamish also offers a vibrant arts scene, community events, and a welcoming, family friendly atmosphere.

Within the context of a client and family centered care model and in accordance with established vision and values of the organization, this position works under general supervision to perform duties related to blood collection and specimen processing. Receives patients for testing, collects blood specimens using venipuncture and skin puncture, prepares specimens for analysis and forwards to referral laboratories or other areas.

Utilizes the Laboratory Information systems and related database system/s to enter data, generate blood collection lists and reports, etc. Answers telephones, files and distributes materials as required.

What you’ll do

As a key part of our laboratory team, you will:

Collect blood specimens through venipuncture and skin puncture, ensuring accuracy and patient comfort.

Prepare specimens for analysis and forward them to referral laboratories or other departments.

Process non-blood specimens with care and precision.

Package specimens safely for transport in line with Transportation of Dangerous Goods and WHMIS guidelines

Register patients, generate blood collection lists, and manage test data using the Laboratory Information System (LIS) and related databases

Greet, identify, and prepare patients for collection and testing procedures in accordance with established lab protocols.

Respond to patient and facility inquiries, relay messages and results, and support smooth day-to-day lab operations

Maintain cleanliness of workstations and flag low stock levels to the supervisor for replenishment.

What you bring

What You’ll Do