Make an Impact Where It Matters Most — Join Us in Burnaby, Delta, Port Moody, Langley,Surrey,White Rock, New Westminister, Maple Ridge Chilliwack, Hope, Abbotsford and Mission BC!
Calling all Laboratory Assistants and Medical Lab Assistants: Ready to bring your skills somewhere they truly make a difference? We’re inviting passionate, patient-centered professionals like you to be part of something bigger—help shape the future of health care while living in BC. Burnaby, Delta, Port Moody, Langley,Surrey,White Rock, New Westminister, Maple Ridge Chilliwack, Hope, Abbotsford and Mission is more than a destination—it’s a lifestyle, a community, and a chance to grow both professionally and personally.
Why This Role, Why Now?
In Chilliwack General Hospital , Burnaby General Hospital, Chilliwack General Hospital, Delta Hospital,Eagle Ridge Hospital, Langley Memorial Hospital,Jim Pattison Outpatient Care and Surgery Centre,Peace Arch Hospital,Royal Columbian Hospital ,Ridge Meadows Hospital,Surrey Memorial Hospital Abbotsford Regional Hospital and Cancer Centre, Mission Memorial Hospital & Fraser Canyon Hospital, , you’re not just processing samples—you’re part of a small but mighty team delivering critical care in a tight-knit community. You’ll work alongside technologists, physicians, nurse clinicians, and fellow lab professionals who are all driven by the same goal: to deliver world-class diagnostics and compassionate care where it’s needed most.
Whether you’re a new grad eager to jump in or a seasoned Medical Lab Assistant ready for a lifestyle change, you’ll find a home here—with support, opportunities to grow, and a chance to make a real difference in people’s lives every single day.
Calling all Laboratory Assistant, Lab Assistant, Medical Lab Assistant and Medical Laboratory Assistants– Shape the Future of Health Care in Chilliwack, Hope, Abbotsford, Mission
Are you passionate about patient care and ready to bring your lab skills to a tight-knit, supportive team in beautiful Burnaby, Delta, Port Moody, Langley,Surrey,White Rock, New Westminister, Maple Ridge Chilliwack, Hope, Abbotsford and Mission ? We're seeking a dedicated Medical Laboratory Assistant to join our lab services and make a meaningful difference in the lives of patients in our community?
Why Choose Burnaby, Delta, Port Moody, Langley,Surrey,White Rock, New Westminister, Maple Ridge Chilliwack, Hope, Abbotsford and Mission if you already don’t live here?
- Nature at Your Doorstep: Wake up to breathtaking mountain views, endless hiking trails, lakes, and outdoor adventures — all without sacrificing the comforts of a thriving, growing community
- Affordability & Space: Enjoy larger living spaces and affordable housing compared to the city, perfect for setting down roots or starting a new chapter.
- Easy Access: Stay connected — Vancouver is just a drive away for big-city amenities, while you enjoy peace, fresh air, and a true sense of community daily.
Why Join Us?
- Core Lab Experience: Gain hands-on exposure in a fully equipped core laboratory environment. Build your technical expertise and expand your professional toolbox.
- Build Your Seniority & Leadership Skills: Take initiative, showcase your leadership, and be part of a team that values growth, mentorship, and resourcefulness.
- Grow Your Network: Work closely with a wide variety of healthcare professionals. Build strong relationships, strengthen your skills, and become a key player in a connected, supportive network.
- Sharpen Your Toolkit: The hospitals in Hope, Abbotsford, Mission and Chilliwack encourage innovation, communication, problem-solving, and leadership. You'll be empowered to take initiative, find creative solutions, and make a real impact every day.
- Mentorship and Development: Join a team committed to your success. Receive mentorship, leadership coaching, and opportunities to develop into senior roles.
- Work-Life Balance: Enjoy predictable schedules and a pace of life that lets you truly balance your career goals with personal wellness.
- Be part of an amazing team that really emphasizes quality and patient care: Provincial Laboratory Medicine Services (PLMS) works collaboratively with partners such as, Fraser Health , Vancouver Coastal Health and Providence Health Care, to ensure the laboratory system is meeting the needs of British Columbians
- Competitive Compensation & Comprehensive Benefits: We provide a highly competitive compensation package, with an hourly wage or $29.27 if. In addition, enjoy a robust benefits package that includes paid vacation, sick time, time in lieu, overtime opportunities, and comprehensive health and dental coverage depending on the status of the position. Your well-being is our priority, and we are committed to offering you the support and flexibility you deserve.
What You’ll Do
As a Medical Laboratory Assistant with PHSA, you’ll be part of a team that supports vital diagnostic services across British Columbia. In this important role, you will:
- Provide a calm, compassionate presence while collecting blood and non-blood specimens from patients.
- Prepare and label specimens with accuracy, following safety and quality protocols to ensure reliable results.
- Package and transport specimens in accordance with Transportation of Dangerous Goods (TDG) and WHMIS guidelines.
- Forward specimens to referral labs or internal departments, supporting efficient and timely testing.
- Maintain smooth day-to-day lab operations and contribute to a safe, organized work environment.
- Register patients, generate blood collection lists, and manage data using the Laboratory Information System (LIS) and related digital tools.
- Play a key role in delivering high-quality laboratory services that help patients receive the care they need—when they need it most.
What you bring
Qualifications
- Completion of an accredited Medical Laboratory Assistant (MLA) program is required
- Proven venipuncture experience, ideally in a fast-paced health care setting is a bonus.
- Confidence working with digital lab systems and a typing speed of at least 25 words per minute.
- Demonstrate comprehensive knowledge of the historic and ongoing impacts of settler colonialism and systemic racism on Indigenous Peoples within social and health contexts. This includes understanding how these factors contribute to current health disparities and barriers to care. Show a clear commitment to identifying, challenging, and eradicating Indigenous-specific racism and all forms of discrimination impacting equity-deserving groups within healthcare settings. This involves recognizing personal biases, institutional barriers, engaging in anti-racism education and training and advocating for systemic change.
- Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of legislative obligations and provincial commitments within Provincial Lab Medicine Service contexts found in the foundational documents including Truth & Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action (2015), In Plain Sight (2020), BC's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (2019), United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), Reclaiming Power and Place Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls Calls for Justice (2019), the Declaration Act Action Plan and Remembering Keegan: A First Nations Case Study, BC Human Rights Code, Anti-racism Data Act and how they intersect across the health care system.
Core Competencies
- Brings an understanding of the Indigenous specific racism and the broader systemic racism that exists in the colonial health care structure and has demonstrated leadership in breaking down barriers and ensuring an environment of belonging. Embed Indigenous Cultural Safety and Humility into all aspects of work. This means creating an environment where Indigenous patients feel respected, valued, and understood. Foster trust through respectful communication, active listening, and honoring equity-deserving people's perspectives on health and wellness. Commit to ongoing education and training on Indigenous health issues, cultural safety, and DEI principles. Participate in workshops, cultural immersion experiences, and continuous professional development to stay informed and responsive to equity-deserving groups. Provide patient-centred care that respects Indigenous ways of knowing and healing, respects BIPOC experiences and world views ensuring that care plans are culturally relevant and holistic.
- Knowledge of social, economic, political and historical realities of settler colonialism on Indigenous Peoples and familiarity with addressing Indigenous-specific anti-racism, anti-racism and Indigenous Cultural Safety and foundational documents and legislative commitments (The Declaration Act, the Declaration Action Plan, TRC, IPS, Remembering Keegan, etc.).
Skills & Knowledge
- Exceptional communication abilities and a collaborative mindset.
- Demonstrates a commitment to beginning and continuing their personal learning journey related to Indigenous-specific racism and dismantling systems of oppression, as well as addressing racism more broadly. Shows willingness to articulate and share their learning experiences to contribute to a culture of motivation and inspiration among peers.
- Demonstrates foundational knowledge of the social, economic, and political realities of settler-colonialism and its impacts on Indigenous peoples and equity-deserving groups within social and health contexts. Understands the impact of social determinants of health-on-health outcomes. Shows a commitment to learning about and upholding legislative obligations and provincial commitments outlined in foundational documents such as the Truth & Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action (2015), In Plain Sight (2020), BC's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (2019), United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), Reclaiming Power and Place: Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls Calls for Justice (2019), the Declaration Act Action Plan, Remembering Keegan: A First Nations Case Study, the BC Human Rights Code, Anti-Racism Data Act, and the Distinctions Based Approach.
What we bring
- Every PHSA employee enables the best possible patient care for our patients and their families. Whether you are providing direct care, conducting research, or making it possible for others to do their work, you impact the lives of British Columbians today and in the future. That’s why we’re focused on your care too – offering health, wellness, development programs to support you – at work and at home.
- Join one of BC’s largest employers with province-wide programs, services and operations – offering vast opportunities for growth, development, and recognition programs that honour the commitment and contribution of all employees.
- Access to professional development opportunities through our 2,000+ in-house courses including a range of experience level, profession-specific, or other essential training on Indigenous Cultural Safety; Indigenous-specific anti-racism; Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and accessibility, mental health and well-being, and more.
- Enjoy a comprehensive benefits package, including municipal pension plan, and psychological health & safety programs and holistic wellness resources.
- Annual statutory holidays (13) with generous vacation entitlement and accruement.
- PHSA is a remote work friendly employer, welcoming flexible work options to support our people (eligibility may vary, depending on position).
- Access to WorkPerks, a premium discount program offering a wide range of local and national discounts on electronics, entertainment, dining, travel, wellness, apparel, and more.
Find Your Balance, Build Your Career in the Fraser Valley: Join Our Lab Team in Burnaby, Delta, Port Moody, Langley,Surrey,White Rock, New Westminister, Maple Ridge Chilliwack, Hope, Abbotsford and Mission !
Job Type: Casual (on call with no guaranteed hours). You may be required to work nights, days, evenings and weekends depending on the nature of the position and the requirements of the department.
Wage: $29.27/hour + 13% in lieu
Hours/ Days of Work: days,nights, evenings and weekends depending on the needs of the department.
Location: This position supports a Fraser Health Authority Site. You may be required to work at the following sites Chilliwack General Hospital (45600 Menholm Rd, Chilliwack, BC V2P 1P7) , Abbotsford Regional Hospital and Cancer Centre, 32900 Marshall Rd, Abbotsford, BC V2S 0C2, Mission Memorial Hospital, 7324 Hurd St, Mission, BC V2V 3H5, Fraser Canyon Hospital, 1275 7th Ave, Hope, BC V0X 1L4, , Burnaby General Hospital (3935 Kincaid St, Burnaby, BC V5G 1S2) Delta Hospital ( 5800 Mountain View Blvd, Delta, BC V4K 3V6),Eagle Ridge Hospital (475 Guildford Wy, Port Moody, BC V3H 3W9), Langley Memorial Hospital (22051 Fraser Hwy, Langley Twp, BC V3A 4H4),Jim Pattison Outpatient Care and Surgery Centre (9750 140 St, Surrey, BC V3T 0G9),Peace Arch Hospital (15521 Russell Ave, White Rock, BC V4B 2R4),Royal Columbian Hospital (330 E Columbia St, New Westminster, BC V3L 0A2) ,Ridge Meadows Hospital (11666 Laity St, Maple Ridge, BC V2X 7G5),Surrey Memorial Hospital ( 13750 96 Ave, Surrey, BC V3V 1Z2)
Requisition: 194637E
The Fraser Valley offers more than just a job — it offers a community, a lifestyle, and a career journey. Whether you’re just starting out, looking to build seniority, or seeking a fresh start in a vibrant, growing region, Chilliwack, Hope, Abbotsford, Mission is where you can thrive
Grow your skills. Expand your network. Love where you live and add value to your local community. Apply today — your future is waiting!
Should you be interested please apply online or contact [email protected] to learn more
What we do
Provincial Laboratory Medicine Services (PLMS), part of Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA), is at the forefront of diagnostic testing in BC, operating across 31 sites in the Lower Mainland and Central Coast. From hospitals to specialty labs within Vancouver Coastal Health, Provincial Health Services Authority, Fraser Health Authority, and Providence Health Care, our dedicated teams deliver fast, accurate results that drive critical patient care and medical innovation. Whether detecting diseases, guiding treatments, or supporting groundbreaking research, PLMS plays a vital role in advancing healthcare and saving lives across the province
PHSA plans, manages and evaluates specialized health services with the BC health authorities to provide equitable and cost-effective health care for people throughout the province. Our values reflect our commitment to excellence and include: Respect people – Be compassionate – Dare to innovate – Create equity – Be courageous.
Learn more about PHSA and our programs: jobs.phsa.ca/programs-and-services
PHSA is committed to anti-racism and equity in our hiring and employment practices. With learning and compassion, we are addressing existing inequities and barriers throughout our systems. PHSA is seeking to create a diverse workforce and to establish an inclusive and culturally safe environment. We invite applications and enquiries from all people, particularly those belonging to the historically, systemically, and/or persistently excluded groups identified under the B.C. Human Rights Code.
One of PHSA’s North Star priorities is to eradicate Indigenous-specific racism, which includes ongoing commitments to Indigenous recruitment and employee experience as well as dismantling barriers to health care employment at every level. We welcome Indigenous individuals to apply and/or contact the Sanya’k̓ula Team (Indigenous Recruitment & Employee Experience) for support at [email protected].
Indigenous-specific anti-racism initiatives are rooted in addressing the unique forms of discrimination, historical and ongoing injustices, and exclusion faced by Indigenous peoples. These initiatives align with an Indigenous rights-based approach, recognizing the inherent rights and title of BC First Nations and self-determination of all First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities. PHSA is mandated to uphold legislative obligations and provincial commitments found in the foundational documents including the Truth & Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action (2015), In Plain Sight (2020), BC's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (2019), United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), Reclaiming Power and Place Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls Calls for Justice (2019), the Declaration Act Action Plan and Remembering Keegan: A First Nations Case Study.
