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​Req ID : 216686

Location : Eastern Zone, Cape Breton Regional Hospital

Department : PLM Laboratory Services Admin EZ

Type of Employment : Permanent   Hourly FT ( 100% ) x 1

UNIFOR   Healthcare  Position

Posting Closing Date : 4-Mar-26

Nova Scotia Health is the largest provider of health services in Nova Scotia, with some specialized services also offered to clients throughout Atlantic Canada. We’re on a mission to achieve excellence in health, healing, and learning through working together, which is reflected in the hospitals, health centres, and community-based programs we operate across the province. Our passionate team of professionals provides a variety of high-quality inpatient and outpatient services including academic, tertiary, and quaternary care, as well as continuing care, primary health care, public health, and mental health and addictions. Join a diverse team of innovators, collaborators, and creative thinkers today.

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About the Opportunity

Reporting to the Laboratory Director, the Point of Care Coordinator will provide administrative, technical, educational, including venipuncture training,  coordinate support to ensure effective point of care testing for all areas : monitoring staff compliance to policies / procedures that meet accreditation standards; surveying quality control, proficiency and competency programs. The incumbent will collaborate with Laboratory management to assist in student scheduling.

Please note this position requires periodic travel to facilities within Nova Scotia. A valid driver’s license and access to transportation is required.

About You

We would love to hear from you if you have the following :

• Graduate from a School of Medical Laboratory Technology and current registration as a Medical   Laboratory Technologist with the CSMLS and NSRMLS
• Five (5) years laboratory experience
• Demonstrated knowledge and commitment to quality and quality systems
• Familiarity with Meditech and knowledge of the Laboratory component of a HIS for an integrated Laboratory Delivery Network
• Proficient in the use of Windows and Office suite programs, including word processing, electronic data management, powerpoint, spreadsheets and E-mail, etc
• Demonstrated teaching ability with a commitment to staff training and development
• Excellent facilitation and communication skills (written and oral)
• Demonstrated physical ability to perform the duties of the position
• Valid driver’s license and access to reliable transportation for occasional travel
• Competencies in other languages an asset, French preferred

Please ensure your resume is up to date and includes all relevant education, experience, training, and certifications

Hours

Compensation and Benefits

$38.91 - $49.63 Hourly

Successful candidates may be eligible for our benefits package which includes health, dental, travel, long-term disability, and life insurance coverage as well as a defined benefit pension plan.

Once You've Applied

Thank you for your interest in this position. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.

​This is a Healthcare bargaining unit position. Preference is given to bargaining unit employees for unionized positions. Employees are encouraged to view their seniority hours and dates in their SuccessFactors online profile. Successful applicants changing unions, bargaining units, or employment status, are advised to seek clarification regarding their seniority, benefits, and vacation entitlement and / or usage, prior to accepting the position.

Nova Scotia Health is committed to being a workforce that is free of discrimination, values diversity, and is representative, at all job levels, of the people we serve. We encourage all qualified applicants who self-identify as Indigenous, Black / African Nova Scotian, Persons of Colour, Foreign Nationals / Newcomers, Persons with Disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ to apply and self-identify.