LaboratoryAttendant2

Laboratory Attendant 2 Location: PHO Peterborough Laboratory, 99 Hospital Drive, Peterborough, ON Department: Peterborough Laboratory This posting is to fill a current vacancy. **The Role:** To provide technical laboratory services to the environmental laboratory and to support laboratory operations for the testing of specimens submitted to PHO Laboratories. **Key Responsibilities-** * Logs, sorts, labels all specimens submitted for laboratory testing/examination. * Transports samples to testing laboratory as required. * Handles, prepares and processes medical samples (e.g. culture media and reagents) for identification of micro-organisms, reagents and solutions and testing up to the point of result interpretation (e.g. set up of cultures, staining, extraction, loading analyzers). * Handles, prepares, processes and enters data entry results of water samples. * Uses automated equipment or manual methods to prepare and aliquot human samples for testing. * Uses PHO Laboratory Information System to prepare worksheets or enter data, ensuring accuracy and confidentiality of data. * Prepares, loads and unloads laboratory analyzers. * Performs inventory management functions including ordering, unpacking and storing of laboratory goods. * Files, stores, discards laboratory samples. * Cleans and maintains laboratory equipment, cleans and disinfects laboratory work areas. * Maintains laboratory stock supplies. * Assists with set-up of quality control and maintenance of stock cultures. * Answers telephone and resolves problems related to samples (e.g., incomplete information, mismatched tests and information, leaking samples). * Performs other duties or projects as assigned. **Knowledge and Skills-** * Knowledge of medical terminology and laboratory safety procedures to provide a range of laboratory services in support of operations. * Knowledge of computer systems, familiarity with laboratory information systems, MS office products such as Word and Excel. * Proficient computer