Laboratory Technologists (3 Positions) at Kenya Medical Research - KEMRI

Duties and Responsibilities

• Accurate and timely performing of Study specific assays
• Nasal Swab collection of participants
• Ensuring custody of participant specimens and storage/archival
• Appropriate reporting of any abnormal lab result.
• Ensure maintenance and troubleshooting on all lab equipment and report to the supervisor
• Running and logging of specimen controls as per the set SOP.
• Ensuring Laboratory Waste segregation and management.
• Developing and updating laboratory inventory.
• Developing and continuous review of standard operating procedures in keeping with the protocol for the laboratory, and all lab related documents and manuals.
• Ensure compliance with all the SOPs and respective specimen flow charts
• Projection on consumables and reagents, and re-ordering whenever due and ensuring custody.
• Participate and pass all required proficiency testing
• Participate in timely enrolment of all EQAs required
• Participate in supervised sample shipment procedures
• Ensure that are IATA certified and compliant
• Updating and ensuring quality assurance of the lab specimen data base
• GCLP compliant
• Receive, download, and post/report all external lab results/reports
• Transcription of all lab results and communication of the same as per the lab results communication SOP
• QA/QC point persons at the lab level

Required Qualifications

• Diploma in Medical Laboratory, biomedical laboratory or biochemical laboratory.

Experience

• At least two (2) years Clinical research experience in a busy research laboratory
• Setting Extensive and recent hands-on experience on running HIV-1, Pregnancy testing, CD4 count, PCR,
• HIV ELISA assays and medical sample shipment.
• Must have Good Clinical laboratory Practice training and/or CITI training.

Desirable Qualities

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Extensive organization skills
• Ability to work in a clinically busy, resource-challenged and demanding environment.
• Commitment to integrity and high quality performance
• Good interpersonal skills and ability to work in a team
• Keen and attentive to detail
• Ability to communicate lab results , write reports and trouble shoot lab equipment related challenges
• Proactive, ability to work independently, interact well with other departments
• Familiarity with a multi- department clinical lab setting