Medical Laboratory Assistant
Top Benefits
About the role
Medical Laboratory Assistant
Company: IWK Health
Req ID: 208840
Department/Program: Clinical Chemistry, NB Screening & ROT, Diagnostic Services & Maritime Medical Genetics
Location: Halifax
Type of Employment: PermanentHourly FT (100% FTE) x 1 position(s)
Start Date: ASAP
Union Status: NSGEU Hlthcare, Healthcare Bargaining Unit
Compensation: $24.9695 - $30.0077/hour
Closing Date: September 09, 2025 (Applications are accepted until 23:59 Atlantic Time)
IWK Health is a respected academic health sciences centre located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, providing tertiary and primary care for two million children, youth, adults and families each year across the Atlantic region. We have a team of approximately 4000 employees, physicians, volunteers and learners at sites across Nova Scotia. People build careers with IWK Health with our focus on training and mentorship opportunities. We recognize each other’s talent and celebrate our successes. We collaborate in modern facilities or virtually from home, align our work to our values, and enjoy access to enhanced benefits and wellness programs. We are proud to support our patients, families and communities and are grateful for the generous donor support we receive.
Promoting an anti‑racist environment, and calling out discrimination as we work and provide care, is important to us. We are located in Mi’kma’ki, the unceded and ancestral territory of the Mi’kmaq people. Working in Mi’kma’ki and providing care to those across Atlantic Canada is a shared privilege with the original inhabitants who have lived here for many thousands of years prior to colonization. There are 13 First Nation communities across Nova Scotia, and more than 50 historic African Nova Scotian communities who also have a long, deep, and complex history dating back over 400 years. We have the highest percentage of people with disabilities, highest proportions of transgender and non‑binary people, and we are active in our work to eliminate discrimination.
The Opportunity
The Medical Laboratory Assistant (MLA) performs a wide variety of laboratory functions to meet operational requirements. Responsibilities include:
- Performing venous and capillary blood collections
- Using MEDITECH for order/entry
- Cleaning and sterilizing work area and equipment
- Blood specimen processing
- Preparing reagents and performing other related duties as required
Hours of Work
7.5 hour shifts; Monday‑Friday, Weekends, Nights, Evenings, Holidays
Your Qualifications
- Minimum High School Diploma or G.E.D. required, with English, Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry or acceptable equivalents.
- Completion of a certified Medical Lab Assistant course is required.
- Certification, or eligible for certification, as an MLA with the Canadian Society for Medical Laboratory Science (CSMLS) is required.
- Demonstrated knowledge of principles, methods, and techniques related to procurement of specimens and a sound knowledge of Phlebotomy required.
- Willingness to apply, perform and learn computer functions required for the position.
- Demonstrated tact, the ability to work with others and the ability to work as a member of a team.
- Demonstrated strong planning, organizational, analytical and communication skills.
- Experience in a similar lab environment an asset.
- MEDITECH experience an asset.
- Competency in other languages considered an asset
** Internal applicants currently employed as Medical Laboratory Assistants who do not hold certification will be considered*
Thank you for your interest in IWK Health.
Please note that we only contact applicants selected for interview/testing. If we invite you to participate in an assessment process (such as an interview or testing) you have the right to request accommodation. Please discuss your needs when invited to the assessment process.
This is a Healthcare bargaining unit position. Preference is given to bargaining unit employees for unionized positions. Successful applicants changing unions, bargaining units or employment status, are advised to seek clarification regarding their seniority, benefits, and vacation entitlement and/or usage, prior to accepting the position.
An offer of employment is conditional upon the completion and satisfactory results of all applicable background checks and confirmation of credentials.
If you are an employee of IWK Health, please apply through the internal careers page.
Job Segment: Medical Lab, Medical Technologist, Phlebotomy, Medical, Healthcare
About Nova Scotia Health Authority
We are Nova Scotia Health. We are rural and urban. We are in hospitals, health centres and community. We serve individuals and communities from Yarmouth to Cape Breton, from Amherst to Halifax, and everything in between.
We are researchers and learners, looking for new ways to prevent and treat disease and maintain health. We are partners – with community groups, schools, government, foundations and auxiliaries, community health boards and, most importantly, with you.
Most of all, we are a community of caring, compassionate people who care deeply about health, healing and learning. Together with you, we will create a healthier Nova Scotia.
Mission: Working together to achieve excellence in health, healing and learning
Vision: Healthy people, healthy communities – for generations
Medical Laboratory Assistant
Top Benefits
About the role
Medical Laboratory Assistant
Company: IWK Health
Req ID: 208840
Department/Program: Clinical Chemistry, NB Screening & ROT, Diagnostic Services & Maritime Medical Genetics
Location: Halifax
Type of Employment: PermanentHourly FT (100% FTE) x 1 position(s)
Start Date: ASAP
Union Status: NSGEU Hlthcare, Healthcare Bargaining Unit
Compensation: $24.9695 - $30.0077/hour
Closing Date: September 09, 2025 (Applications are accepted until 23:59 Atlantic Time)
IWK Health is a respected academic health sciences centre located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, providing tertiary and primary care for two million children, youth, adults and families each year across the Atlantic region. We have a team of approximately 4000 employees, physicians, volunteers and learners at sites across Nova Scotia. People build careers with IWK Health with our focus on training and mentorship opportunities. We recognize each other’s talent and celebrate our successes. We collaborate in modern facilities or virtually from home, align our work to our values, and enjoy access to enhanced benefits and wellness programs. We are proud to support our patients, families and communities and are grateful for the generous donor support we receive.
Promoting an anti‑racist environment, and calling out discrimination as we work and provide care, is important to us. We are located in Mi’kma’ki, the unceded and ancestral territory of the Mi’kmaq people. Working in Mi’kma’ki and providing care to those across Atlantic Canada is a shared privilege with the original inhabitants who have lived here for many thousands of years prior to colonization. There are 13 First Nation communities across Nova Scotia, and more than 50 historic African Nova Scotian communities who also have a long, deep, and complex history dating back over 400 years. We have the highest percentage of people with disabilities, highest proportions of transgender and non‑binary people, and we are active in our work to eliminate discrimination.
The Opportunity
The Medical Laboratory Assistant (MLA) performs a wide variety of laboratory functions to meet operational requirements. Responsibilities include:
- Performing venous and capillary blood collections
- Using MEDITECH for order/entry
- Cleaning and sterilizing work area and equipment
- Blood specimen processing
- Preparing reagents and performing other related duties as required
Hours of Work
7.5 hour shifts; Monday‑Friday, Weekends, Nights, Evenings, Holidays
Your Qualifications
- Minimum High School Diploma or G.E.D. required, with English, Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry or acceptable equivalents.
- Completion of a certified Medical Lab Assistant course is required.
- Certification, or eligible for certification, as an MLA with the Canadian Society for Medical Laboratory Science (CSMLS) is required.
- Demonstrated knowledge of principles, methods, and techniques related to procurement of specimens and a sound knowledge of Phlebotomy required.
- Willingness to apply, perform and learn computer functions required for the position.
- Demonstrated tact, the ability to work with others and the ability to work as a member of a team.
- Demonstrated strong planning, organizational, analytical and communication skills.
- Experience in a similar lab environment an asset.
- MEDITECH experience an asset.
- Competency in other languages considered an asset
** Internal applicants currently employed as Medical Laboratory Assistants who do not hold certification will be considered*
Thank you for your interest in IWK Health.
Please note that we only contact applicants selected for interview/testing. If we invite you to participate in an assessment process (such as an interview or testing) you have the right to request accommodation. Please discuss your needs when invited to the assessment process.
This is a Healthcare bargaining unit position. Preference is given to bargaining unit employees for unionized positions. Successful applicants changing unions, bargaining units or employment status, are advised to seek clarification regarding their seniority, benefits, and vacation entitlement and/or usage, prior to accepting the position.
An offer of employment is conditional upon the completion and satisfactory results of all applicable background checks and confirmation of credentials.
If you are an employee of IWK Health, please apply through the internal careers page.
Job Segment: Medical Lab, Medical Technologist, Phlebotomy, Medical, Healthcare
About Nova Scotia Health Authority
We are Nova Scotia Health. We are rural and urban. We are in hospitals, health centres and community. We serve individuals and communities from Yarmouth to Cape Breton, from Amherst to Halifax, and everything in between.
We are researchers and learners, looking for new ways to prevent and treat disease and maintain health. We are partners – with community groups, schools, government, foundations and auxiliaries, community health boards and, most importantly, with you.
Most of all, we are a community of caring, compassionate people who care deeply about health, healing and learning. Together with you, we will create a healthier Nova Scotia.
Mission: Working together to achieve excellence in health, healing and learning
Vision: Healthy people, healthy communities – for generations