Job Description
Job Summary
- The Laboratory Technician works under the guidance and supervision of laboratory scientists and perform some specialized testing, record results and data, clean equipment’s and instruments, communicate lab and patient information, specimen processing and quality control duties.
Employee’s Duties & Responsibilities
Key Result Areas (KRA):
The key result areas of this role are:
Clinical Responsibilities:
- Collect and process specimens to help the physicians diagnose diseases.
- Carry out basic laboratory procedures and run tests (prepare slides and stain them), make blood films, prepare plates for microbiological use.
- Cleaning of the laboratory, test tubes/apparatus and the work tops,
- Prepare, pack and dispatch referral samples for transfer in accordance with health and safety procedures for handling infectious materials.
- Responsible for receiving, sorting and labeling patient samples which includes a variety of specimen types.
- Transport specimens or fluid samples from collection site to laboratories
- Perform other duties as may be required by senior leadership
Required Skills & Qualifications
- Minimum academic qualification of a Medical laboratory technology certificate approved by relevant professional body
- 0 to 3 years relevant work experience in a hospital or clinical setting.
- Membership of relevant professional body.
- Knowledge of the Microsoft office package.
- Outstanding communication (oral and written), interpersonal and people management skills.
- Possess high degree of accuracy and attention to details.