Laboratory Technologis at Ruaraka Uhai Neema Hospital

Job Responsibilities

• Maintain medical laboratory equipment performance by establishing quality standards; developing operations, quality, and troubleshooting procedures; ensuring staff compliance; certifying instrument performance; arranging equipment replacement, service, and repair.
• Establish and implement written operating procedures and protocols for the laboratory and ensure compliance with the same.
• Conduct chemical analyses of body fluids, such as blood and urine, using microscope or automatic analyzer to detect abnormalities or diseases and enter findings into the computer.
• Set up, adjust, maintain and clean medical laboratory equipment in readiness for services.
• Conduct blood tests for transfusion purposes and perform blood counts.
• Obtain specimens, cultivating, isolating and identifying microorganisms for analysis.
• Collect blood or tissue samples from patients, observing principles of asepsis to obtain blood samples.
• Provide medical laboratory diagnostic and therapeutic information, products, and services by establishing specimen preparation procedures; developing and implementing
• Analytical procedures; evaluating laboratory information; reporting results according to protocols mandated by the hospital and professional procedures.
• Receive patients and the laboratory request forms and direct them accordingly.
• Keep records of all laboratory activities, including stock keeping.
• Use relevant information and individual judgement to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations or standards.
• Providing information to supervisors, co-workers and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail or in person.
• Prepare and participate in Continuous Medical Education

Qualifications:

• Diploma or Degree in Medical Laboratory
• At least 2-3 years’ experience in a similar position
• Registered and licensed by the Kenya Medical Laboratory Technicians & Technologists Board
• Ability to build relationships, a good team player, good communication and interpersonal skills