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LEAD, MEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGIST

  • Fort St. James, BC
  • On-site
  • Posted Oct 10, 2026
  • 1 position

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Employment type
Full-time
Experience level
Senior · 5+ years
Posting language
English
Working hours
40 hours per week
Seniority
Mid-Senior level

Job summary

Oversee the administrative and technical management of the Laboratory Department, including its operations, policies, procedures, budgets, reports, personnel, and records. Plan, organize, and direct laboratory staff across all areas while ensuring appropriate quality assurance.

Job details

Are you looking for that career that will allow you to combine your clinical expertise and your proven leadership skills? If you feel, you can deliver success by implementing strategies that focus the efforts of individuals on business goals, individual goals, team goals and translating them into positive outcomes – we want to hear from you. In accordance with the established mission, vision, values, and strategic priorities of Northern Health, and under the general supervision of Regional Director and reporting to the Health Service Administrator or designate, this position is responsible for the overall administrative and technical management of the Laboratory Department and its operations including policies, procedures, budgets, reports, personnel, and records. Plans, organizes, and directs the work of the Laboratory staff in all areas ensuring that suitable quality assurance is maintained. Shift Rotation/Hours of work: 07:00 to 17:30, Rotating. Rotating type schedule, Monday to Thursday one week and Tuesday to Friday the next. Plus, On Call is mandatory. Being on call is an integral part of this position.

What you’ll do

Oversee the administrative and technical management of the Laboratory Department, including its operations, policies, procedures, budgets, reports, personnel, and records. Plan, organize, and direct laboratory staff across all areas while ensuring appropriate quality assurance.

Requirements

The role calls for clinical expertise and proven leadership skills, including the ability to align individual and team efforts with organizational goals. It requires managing laboratory operations and staff, and includes rotating shifts and mandatory on-call duties.

Listed skills

  • Leadership · Preferred
  • Quality assurance · Preferred
  • report preparation · Preferred

Other relevant skills

Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.

  • Clinical Expertise
  • Leadership
  • Laboratory Management
  • Administrative Management
  • Technical Management
  • Strategic Planning
  • Budget Management
  • Policy and Procedure Management
  • Staff Supervision
  • Quality Assurance
  • Personnel Management
  • Report Preparation
  • Records Management

Job areas

  • Healthcare
  • Management & Leadership

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