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

Job summary

The technician will organize daily schedules to visit patients for specimen collection, phlebotomy, and ECG tracings. They are also responsible for transporting specimens to labs and maintaining clear communication with healthcare providers and facility staff.

Job details

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.

What you’ll do

The technician will organize daily schedules to visit patients for specimen collection, phlebotomy, and ECG tracings. They are also responsible for transporting specimens to labs and maintaining clear communication with healthcare providers and facility staff.

Requirements

Candidates must have a minimum of three years of driving experience, a valid Class G driver's license, and a clean driving record. Additionally, phlebotomy experience and the ability to pass a criminal reference check are required.

Listed skills

• Route Planning · Preferred
• Communication Skills · Preferred
• Problem solving · Preferred
• Data entry · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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• Phlebotomy
• ECG tracings
• Holter monitor connection
• Specimen collection
• Patient scheduling
• Route planning
• Communication skills
• Problem solving
• Patient privacy
• Confidentiality
• Driving
• Data entry
• Specimen Delivery
• Collection Processes
• Specimen Collection
• Good Driving Record
• Valid Driver's License
• Planning
• Electrocardiography
• Communication
• Holter Monitor
• Problem Solving
• Long-Term Care
• Medical Privacy
• Scheduling

Job areas

• Healthcare
• Logistics
• Transportation
• Patient Technician
• Laboratory Technician (General)
• Medical and Pathology Laboratory Technicians
• Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians
• Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians

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