Trade traffic lights for Northern lights.

Build a remarkable laboratory career at the edge of Canada's north.

As a Medical Laboratory Technologist 1, Core Laboratory at Stanton Territorial Hospital in Yellowknife, you'll be the expert behind critical decisions that shape patient care across the Northwest Territories.

From chemistry and hematology to transfusion medicine and urinalysis, you'll analyze complex specimens, operate advanced laboratory technology, troubleshoot sophisticated equipment, and deliver results that physicians rely on when every minute matters.

This is more than a laboratory position. It's an opportunity to build expertise that many technologists spend years seeking. Working in a high-volume referral laboratory that performs more than 410,000 tests annually, you'll gain exposure to diverse and challenging cases while developing skills in quality assurance, instrumentation, specimen collection, troubleshooting, and mentorship. Here, your commute is measured in minutes, not hours, leaving more time for the experiences that brought you north in the first place.

What We Provide:

• Salary: $96,876 – $115,733.
• Northern living allowance: $3,700
• Bilingual bonus *if applicable: $1,200
• Relocation provided including up to 21 days of paid accommodation.
• Defined Benefit Pension Plan, comprehensive health and dental benefit plan.
• Northern tax deductions
• Deferred Salary Leave Plan: Up to 12 months of paid leave.
• Up to $50k is available in professional development initiatives.

Qualifications

• Completion of a recognized Medical Laboratory Technology Program at a minimum of a diploma or degree level from an accredited Canadian Post-Secondary Institution. 
• Internationally trained Medical Laboratory Technologists must have at least three (3) years of working experience in a Canadian Hospital Laboratory as a Medical Laboratory Technologist (in a core laboratory).
• Relevant experience, within the past five (5) years in all the core laboratory disciplines including: Chemistry; Hematology; Transfusion Medicine; Urinalysis; specimen collection from adults, children and neonates.
• Must be registered with the Canadian Society of Medical Laboratory Science at the General Registered Technologist designation.
• New graduates waiting to write their certification examination will be considered; however, registration must be achieved prior to beginning employment with Laboratory Services.

Stanton Territorial Hospital (STH) in Yellowknife operates the NWT’s largest medical laboratory, supporting hospitals, health centres, public health and industry across the territory. The lab processes roughly 27,000 tests per month and maintains rigorous standards that clinicians and communities rely on. STH also houses the NWT’s only PHAC‑licensed Risk Group 2 and Risk Group 3 medical laboratory:  offering a unique training environment where precision, safety, and public health intersect.

Step outside after work and watch ribbons of green aurora sweep across a midnight sky. In Yellowknife, wilderness begins at the city's edge, yet cafés, restaurants, galleries, and community events sit just minutes from your front door. Paddle Great Slave Lake under endless summer daylight, explore snowy trails beneath winter stars, or join locals at events like SnowKing's Winter Festival, Folk on the Rocks, and the lively summer waterfront. With a five-minute commute between work and play, you can spend less time getting somewhere and more time living fully

Apply: https://www.gov.nt.ca/careers/en/job/27738