Title: Senior Laboratory Assistant
Department: Health
Community: Iqaluit
Requisition Number: 394
Type of Employment: Indeterminate
Salary range: $80,924 to $91,843 per year, 37.5 hours/week
Northern Allowance: $16,008 per year
Housing: Subsidized Staff Housing is Available
Union Status: Nunavut Employees Union
Closing date: December 5, 2025 @ 11:59 p.m. eastern time
This employment opportunity is open to all applicants.
For Medical Laboratory Assistant positions that is full-time and permanent, recruitment bonuses include: $3,000 on start date, $3,000 at 6 months of service, $5,000 at 1 year of service and $7,000 at 2 years of service. For Job shares, salary, bonuses/allowances are pro-rated in accordance with hours worked.
Reporting to the Manager Laboratory Services, the Senior Laboratory Assistant will work within their scope of professional practice in a team environment. The position will coordinate the functions of the Laboratory Assistants. Supervising the daily operations in the collection room and specimen processing/receiving area of the Laboratory and assists with Laboratory Assistants duties to maintain a consistent flow of laboratory samples and reports in and out of the laboratory. The Senior Laboratory Assistant is responsible for special projects, quality control specifically of point of care equipment, training and evaluating new Laboratory Assistants, maintaining standard operating procedures, and updating them when required and providing support in the development of quality systems of the laboratory.
