Health care
Combined laboratory and x-ray technician
$38.93 to $48.59 hourly (to be negotiated)
Pay is above the B.C. median for this work ($41.00 an hour; Job Bank, 2023–2024)
What the posting asks for
- Under 7 months' experience
- College/CEGEP
- English
From the posting's details in Job Bank's open data. The full ad is on Job Bank.
Hours and terms
- 37.5 hours a week
- Shifts: days
- Full time, Permanent employment
- In person
Usually needed for this kind of work
- A two- or three-year college program in medical laboratory technology is requiredanda period of supervised practical training may be required.
- Certification by the Canadian Society for Medical Laboratory Science is usually required by employers.
- Combined laboratory and X-ray technicians require completion of a combined laboratory X-ray technology program.
- Some employers may require a university science degree for specialized medical laboratory technologists.
From Canada's occupation guide (OaSIS) for Medical laboratory technologists (NOC 32120). It describes this kind of work in general, not this employer's ad.
What this work usually involves
- Set up, operate and maintain laboratory equipment
- Conduct and interpret chemical analyses of blood, urine, and cerebrospinal and other body fluids
- Study blood cells and other tissues to determine their relation to various physiological and pathological conditions
- Prepare tissue sections for microscopic examinations using techniques to demonstrate special cellular tissue elements or other characteristics
- Perform and interpret blood group, type and compatibility tests for transfusion purposes
- Validate, document and report test results
About the employer
- Industry: Health care and social assistance
- Region: Northeast Region
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