Laboratory Manager at Kisumu Specialists Hospital

Kisumu Specialists Hospital is recruiting a suitable candidate to fill the above position. The successful candidate will join a dedicated team in KSH to offer world-class care and services to our patients.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Manage reporting, monitoring resources, and laboratory personnel.
• Work closely with team members to provide effective solutions to support business and quality objectives.
• Facilitate effective communication across internal departments by trending and reporting data.
• Ensure adherence to regulatory requirements, budgets, and programs schedules.
• Identification and addressing of complains, risks, non-conformance and corrective actions.
• Coordinate planning and implementation of trainings, workshops and seminars for Lab staff.
• Ensure the lab establishes and maintains calibration programs, quality controls and assurance programs for all equipment that affect quality results.
• Ensure safe laboratory environmental in compliance with good laboratory practice and applicable regulations.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience

• A bachelor's degree in Medical Laboratory Sciences from accredited institution.
• 4+ years of progressive management/or supervisory experience.
• Registered by the KMLTTB with current practicing license.
• Experience with ISO 15189:2012 laboratory accreditation processes required.
• Demonstrate ability and capacity to steer the laboratory to transition from ISO 15189:2012 to ISO 15189:2022 accreditation standard.
• Trainings in Implementation of ISO 15189 Standard, Internal Auditing and Risk Management in Medical Laboratory Quality systems will be an added Advantage.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, team building and mentoring abilities.
• Computer literacy, excellent verbal skills and Strong Interpersonal and communication skills.
• Terms of Engagement: 2-year contract, renewable