Cytogenomicist -CVH Cytogenetics
About the role
Position: Cytogenomicist
Dept.: Laboratory Medicine and Genetics
Posting ID: 4623
Status: Casual
Role/Level: AT17 ($76.69hr -$97.55hr)
Shift: All shifts
Site: Credit Valley Hospital
Posted: September 29-2025
Internal Deadline: October 6-2025
Trillium Health Partners (THP) is one of the largest community-based acute care facilities in Canada. Comprised of the Credit Valley Hospital, the Mississauga Hospital and the Queensway Health Centre, Trillium Health Partners serves the growing and diverse populations of Mississauga, West Toronto and surrounding communities and is a teaching hospital affiliated with the University of Toronto.
The Regional Genetics program at Trillium Health Partners-Credit Valley (THP) Site consists of both clinical and laboratory genetic services.
Specialists include clinical geneticists (physicians), laboratory Cytogenomicists, (PhD), Genetic counselors (MSc) and Technologists (MLT) with subspecialty training in cytogenetic molecular genetics or both.
Job Description:
- Reviews laboratory results and interprets data in the context of clinical patient data
- Uses resources effectively to design patient-specific genetic experiments
- Reviews of current medical literature thoroughly to ensure accuracy of reporting
- Accountable for quality assurance, test development and method validation
- Provides guidance and direction to laboratory staff
- Liaises with referring clinicians as needed
- Collaborate with other regional clinical and laboratory geneticists Maintains medical knowledge through continuing education (maintain MOC, as well as attending rounds, journal clubs and scientific meetings)
Qualifications:
- PhD and/or MD demonstrating expertise in clinical cytogenetics and/or clinical molecular genetics
- Active Member of the Canadian College of Medical Geneticists or the American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics
- Dual certification in molecular genetics and cytogenetics is considered a plus
- Experience in advanced genetic laboratory applications (array technologies, next generation sequencing)
- Collaborative team player with excellence in oral and written communication
- Proficiency in critical thinking, problem solving and organization
- Experience with maintaining quality indicators, proficiency and performance
- through external quality assessments
- Experience in test development, validation, licensing and implementation Proficiency with implementing bioinformatic pipelines and commercially available analytical software (ex: NextGene, Cartagenia’s Alissa, CNV Bench, etc.)
To pursue this career opportunity, please visit our website: www.trilliumhealthpartners.ca
Trillium Health Partners is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering a healthy and positive work environment.
In accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 and the Ontario Human Rights Code Trillium Health Partners will provide accommodations throughout the recruitment and selection process to applicants with disabilities. If selected to participate in the recruitment and selection process, please inform Human Resources of the nature of any accommodation(s) that you may require in respect of any materials or processes used to ensure your equal participation.
All personal information is collected under the authority of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.
Trillium Health Partners is identified under the French Language Services Act.
We thank all those who apply but only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.
About Trillium Health Partners
Trillium Health Partners is a leading hospital with an outstanding record of performance, fiscal responsibility and quality patient care. The hospital encompasses three main sites – Credit Valley Hospital, Mississauga Hospital and Queensway Health Centre – offering the full range of acute care hospital services, as well as a variety of community-based, specialized programs.
Our intention is to achieve the highest quality of care that is easily accessible for our community, at the lowest cost. We are committed to creating an exceptional experience for everyone who walks through our doors.
As our diverse community continues to grow and age, and as more people are living with chronic diseases, we’re taking into account the inevitable changes on the horizon. We know that to continue to deliver exceptional patient care, we must think and act differently, and take a new and innovative approach to the delivery of health care. We envision a new kind of health care for a healthier community – an inter-connected system of care that is organized around the patient, both inside the hospital and beyond its walls. Through partnership, working in a coordinated way across the system, we can meet the needs of our patients and continue to provide outstanding, sustainable quality patient care.
As partners in creating a new kind of health care, we are Better Together.
Cytogenomicist -CVH Cytogenetics
About the role
Position: Cytogenomicist
Dept.: Laboratory Medicine and Genetics
Posting ID: 4623
Status: Casual
Role/Level: AT17 ($76.69hr -$97.55hr)
Shift: All shifts
Site: Credit Valley Hospital
Posted: September 29-2025
Internal Deadline: October 6-2025
Trillium Health Partners (THP) is one of the largest community-based acute care facilities in Canada. Comprised of the Credit Valley Hospital, the Mississauga Hospital and the Queensway Health Centre, Trillium Health Partners serves the growing and diverse populations of Mississauga, West Toronto and surrounding communities and is a teaching hospital affiliated with the University of Toronto.
The Regional Genetics program at Trillium Health Partners-Credit Valley (THP) Site consists of both clinical and laboratory genetic services.
Specialists include clinical geneticists (physicians), laboratory Cytogenomicists, (PhD), Genetic counselors (MSc) and Technologists (MLT) with subspecialty training in cytogenetic molecular genetics or both.
Job Description:
- Reviews laboratory results and interprets data in the context of clinical patient data
- Uses resources effectively to design patient-specific genetic experiments
- Reviews of current medical literature thoroughly to ensure accuracy of reporting
- Accountable for quality assurance, test development and method validation
- Provides guidance and direction to laboratory staff
- Liaises with referring clinicians as needed
- Collaborate with other regional clinical and laboratory geneticists Maintains medical knowledge through continuing education (maintain MOC, as well as attending rounds, journal clubs and scientific meetings)
Qualifications:
- PhD and/or MD demonstrating expertise in clinical cytogenetics and/or clinical molecular genetics
- Active Member of the Canadian College of Medical Geneticists or the American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics
- Dual certification in molecular genetics and cytogenetics is considered a plus
- Experience in advanced genetic laboratory applications (array technologies, next generation sequencing)
- Collaborative team player with excellence in oral and written communication
- Proficiency in critical thinking, problem solving and organization
- Experience with maintaining quality indicators, proficiency and performance
- through external quality assessments
- Experience in test development, validation, licensing and implementation Proficiency with implementing bioinformatic pipelines and commercially available analytical software (ex: NextGene, Cartagenia’s Alissa, CNV Bench, etc.)
To pursue this career opportunity, please visit our website: www.trilliumhealthpartners.ca
Trillium Health Partners is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering a healthy and positive work environment.
In accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 and the Ontario Human Rights Code Trillium Health Partners will provide accommodations throughout the recruitment and selection process to applicants with disabilities. If selected to participate in the recruitment and selection process, please inform Human Resources of the nature of any accommodation(s) that you may require in respect of any materials or processes used to ensure your equal participation.
All personal information is collected under the authority of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.
Trillium Health Partners is identified under the French Language Services Act.
We thank all those who apply but only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.
About Trillium Health Partners
Trillium Health Partners is a leading hospital with an outstanding record of performance, fiscal responsibility and quality patient care. The hospital encompasses three main sites – Credit Valley Hospital, Mississauga Hospital and Queensway Health Centre – offering the full range of acute care hospital services, as well as a variety of community-based, specialized programs.
Our intention is to achieve the highest quality of care that is easily accessible for our community, at the lowest cost. We are committed to creating an exceptional experience for everyone who walks through our doors.
As our diverse community continues to grow and age, and as more people are living with chronic diseases, we’re taking into account the inevitable changes on the horizon. We know that to continue to deliver exceptional patient care, we must think and act differently, and take a new and innovative approach to the delivery of health care. We envision a new kind of health care for a healthier community – an inter-connected system of care that is organized around the patient, both inside the hospital and beyond its walls. Through partnership, working in a coordinated way across the system, we can meet the needs of our patients and continue to provide outstanding, sustainable quality patient care.
As partners in creating a new kind of health care, we are Better Together.