Laboratory Technician -CVH Microbiology
About the role
Job Description Position: Laboratory Technician
Dept.: Laboratory Medicine and Genetics
Posting ID: 4216 Role/Level: AT05.12($32.59 to $37.26)
Status: Temporary Part Time ( 14 months)
Site: Credit Valley Hospital
Shift: All shifts including; days, evenings, nights, and weekends
Posted: August 28-2025
Internal Deadline: September 4-2025
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.
Our Mission: A New Kind of Health Care for a Healthier Community
Our Values: Compassion, Excellence, Courage
Our Goals: Quality, Access, Sustainability
Our Enablers: People, Education, Innovation, Research
The Microbiology Laboratory Technician is responsible for supporting the daily operations of the Microbiology lab by preparing and processing clinical specimens, maintaining lab supplies and equipment, and performing routine laboratory duties. The technician ensures that samples are handled accurately and efficiently in compliance with quality, safety, and infection control standards.
Key Responsibilities
- Receive, accession, centrifuge, aliquot, label, and distribute patient specimens for microbiological analysis
- Prepare culture media and plates; perform sample plating and streaking; assist with Gram staining and routine assays
- Maintain accurate records through laboratory information systems and manual logs
- Calibrate and clean instruments (e.g., centrifuges, incubators); uphold lab safety and cleanliness standards
- Order and manage supplies; participate in quality control
- Operate microbiology instruments and perform related technical tasks
- Other duties may be assigned based on operational needs
Qualifications
- Completion of an accredited Lab Technician program; OSMT/CSMLS or equivalent certification required (or willing to obtain within 6 months)
- Proficient in aseptic techniques, plate streaking, and sample prep
- Hands‑on experience using laboratory information systems; strong data entry and record-keeping skills
- Excellent organizational skills
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Candidate must be available for all shifts including; days, evenings, nights, and weekends
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, safe and respectful environment for healing, based on our values compassion, excellence and courage. To be Better Together, we commit to fostering a respectful workplace culture that promotes a safe and supportive environment for everyone who provides care, supports caregiving, receives care or visits the hospital. 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 Us 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, the Queensway Health Centre, and the Reactivation Center at Humber. 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.
Our Mission: A New Kind of Health Care for a Healthier Community Our Values: Compassion, Excellence, Courage Our Goals: Quality, Access, Sustainability Our Enablers: People, Education, Innovation, Research
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.
Laboratory Technician -CVH Microbiology
About the role
Job Description Position: Laboratory Technician
Dept.: Laboratory Medicine and Genetics
Posting ID: 4216 Role/Level: AT05.12($32.59 to $37.26)
Status: Temporary Part Time ( 14 months)
Site: Credit Valley Hospital
Shift: All shifts including; days, evenings, nights, and weekends
Posted: August 28-2025
Internal Deadline: September 4-2025
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.
Our Mission: A New Kind of Health Care for a Healthier Community
Our Values: Compassion, Excellence, Courage
Our Goals: Quality, Access, Sustainability
Our Enablers: People, Education, Innovation, Research
The Microbiology Laboratory Technician is responsible for supporting the daily operations of the Microbiology lab by preparing and processing clinical specimens, maintaining lab supplies and equipment, and performing routine laboratory duties. The technician ensures that samples are handled accurately and efficiently in compliance with quality, safety, and infection control standards.
Key Responsibilities
- Receive, accession, centrifuge, aliquot, label, and distribute patient specimens for microbiological analysis
- Prepare culture media and plates; perform sample plating and streaking; assist with Gram staining and routine assays
- Maintain accurate records through laboratory information systems and manual logs
- Calibrate and clean instruments (e.g., centrifuges, incubators); uphold lab safety and cleanliness standards
- Order and manage supplies; participate in quality control
- Operate microbiology instruments and perform related technical tasks
- Other duties may be assigned based on operational needs
Qualifications
- Completion of an accredited Lab Technician program; OSMT/CSMLS or equivalent certification required (or willing to obtain within 6 months)
- Proficient in aseptic techniques, plate streaking, and sample prep
- Hands‑on experience using laboratory information systems; strong data entry and record-keeping skills
- Excellent organizational skills
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Candidate must be available for all shifts including; days, evenings, nights, and weekends
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, safe and respectful environment for healing, based on our values compassion, excellence and courage. To be Better Together, we commit to fostering a respectful workplace culture that promotes a safe and supportive environment for everyone who provides care, supports caregiving, receives care or visits the hospital. 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 Us 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, the Queensway Health Centre, and the Reactivation Center at Humber. 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.
Our Mission: A New Kind of Health Care for a Healthier Community Our Values: Compassion, Excellence, Courage Our Goals: Quality, Access, Sustainability Our Enablers: People, Education, Innovation, Research
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.