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Laboratory Technologist

Detecting disease, monitoring health

Laboratory technologists play a critical role in diagnosis, disease prevention, and public health surveillance.

They perform routine and specialized procedures as they obtain, test, process, and report the results of a variety of specimens including blood, body fluids, tissues, and other environmental samples and to help diagnose illnesses, monitor chronic disease, or aid in epidemiology and research.

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Compensation

$37.61 - $52.34 per hour

Other benefits

Union

Health Sciences Association of Alberta (HSAA)

Education

Laboratory technology diploma

Registration

College of Medical Laboratory Technologists of Alberta (CMLTA)

Duties

  • Perform routine and specialized procedures to analyze samples used in diagnosis, treatment, epidemiology, and research
  • Obtaining, processing, testing, and reporting the results of a variety of specimens including blood, body fluids, tissues, and other environmental samples
  • Work in diverse areas of clinical laboratory medicine, including blood banking, chemistry, hematology, histology, immunology, and microbiology

Make a Difference

  • Aid clinical practitioners in confirming or ruling out diagnoses
  • Help patients and physicians monitoring chronic disease changes
  • Analyzing the effects and/or efficacy of medical therapies
  • Identify any unusual or abnormal findings
  • Provide information and interpretation on sample analysis
  • Inform public health decisions and advice through epidemiology and research

Work Collaboratively

  • Collaborate with various scientific and medical professionals including laboratory technologists, laboratory assistants, other scientific and laboratory professionals, nurses, physicians, therapists, and rehabilitation specialists
  • Work in a variety of facilities, including hospitals, cancer care centres, research facilities, and community and public health labs

Grow Your Career

  • Specialize in particular conditions, disorders, or areas of medical science (e.g. Microbiology)
  • Teaching and training other laboratory technologists
  • Healthcare leadership and management
  • Health system administration
  • Technical leadership opportunities, including lead technologists, technical specialists, research and development technologists, and quality assurance technologists

Alberta Precision Laboratories

Alberta Precision Laboratories (APL) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of AHS and the sole provider of lab services in Alberta.

Search for career opportunities on the APL job board.

Additional Information

To learn more about a career as a laboratory technologist in our province visit Alberta Learning Information Services (ALIS).