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Job Title:

SECRETARY, LAB, TFT

Posted Date:

2026-02-17

Closing Date:

2026-02-23

Functional Discipline:

LABORATORY

Job Description

VACANCY DETAILS

VACANCY NUMBER: 42624CG

JOB TITLE: SECRETARY, LAB, TFT
STATUS: TEMPORARY FULL TIME
DEPARTMENT: LABORATORY
LOCATION: WELLAND SITE
HOURS OF WORK: 75 HOURS PER PAY PERIOD; DAY SHIFTS, MONDAY-FRIDAY

POSTING DATE: 17 FEBRUARY 2026
CLOSING DATE: 23 FEBRUARY 2026

UNION: NON UNION
WAGE RANGE: $30.103 TO $35.390 PER HOUR

POSITION OBJECTIVE:
Reporting to Manager, Laboratory, the Laboratory Secretary will be responsible for providing administrative support to Welland Hospital Site Laboratory and to the Laboratory Medicine program. The successful candidate will be responsible for supporting the administrative needs of the laboratory including coordinating the flow of information, reporting, document preparation, preparing packages for send outs and data entry. The successful candidate will escalate urgent concerns to the appropriate member of the team in a timely manner, always maintain professional correspondence with the interdisciplinary team and support additional tasks and projects as directed by the manager. As a Laboratory Secretary, you must be able to work flexible hours. The successful candidate's home site will be the Welland Site, however travel between sites is required.

QUALIFICATIONS:
o Certificate or Diploma in Office Administration or equivalent
o One year recent office administration/ Secretarial experience
o Recent experience in or familiarity with Laboratory Medicine program
o Knowledge of medical terminology and the ability to handle biological specimens
o Excellent working knowledge of Millennium (Cerner), Meditech and Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
o Experience with programs such as Sharepoint, Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator) and document design an asset
o Demonstrated ability to handle a large and diversified workload with often rapidly changing priorities and challenging deadlines
o Excellent written communication, proofreading and editing, and minute taking skills
o Excellent oral communication and interpersonal/customer service skills and problem solving ability
o Evidence of effective organization, interpersonal, communication, judgement and decision making skills
o Ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team
o Flexible, self-directed and able to work effectively with minimal supervision
o Consistent and regular attendance required

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