Medical Laboratory Officer (Epidemiologists) at Ministry of Health

No of Positions: FIVE (5) POSTS  V/NO.44/2020                       
 
Salary Scale:   Kshs 37,070 – Kshs.49, 950 p.m. -    (CSG10/JG ‘K’)
 
Requirements for appointment:

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have:-

• Bachelor’s Degree in Medical Laboratory Sciences or any other equivalent qualification from an institution recognized by the Medical Laboratory Technicians and Technologist Board;  
• Certificate in Field Epidemiology course lasting not less than three months;
• Registration Certificate issued by the Kenya Medical Laboratory Technicians and Technologist Board (KMLTTB); 
• Valid practicing license from the Kenya Medical Laboratory Technicians and Technologist Board.  

Duties and Responsibilities Duties and responsibilities will entail: 

• receiving and scrutinizing laboratory requisition forms and specimens;
• preparing clients for collection of specimens;
• receiving, collecting, labelling and registering patients specimens; 
• preparing laboratory reagents; 
• examining specimens; writing and recording results; 
• preparing stains and reagents;
• recruiting and preparing bleeding of blood donors for transfusion  services;