Medical Laboratory Officer I - 5 Posts at The County Government of West Pokot

Requirements for the appointment

• Degree in medical laboratory sciences or any other equivalent qualification from an institution recognized by KMLTTB
• Served in a grade of Medical Laboratory Technologist II or Medical laboratory technologist II for a minimum of three (3) years
• Registration certificate issued by KMTTB
• Valid practicing license form KMLTTB
• Certificate in computer application skills from a recognized institution and
• Shown merit and ability as reflected in work performance and results.

Duties and responsibilities

• Writing and recording of laboratory findings and results;
• verifying; scrutinizing community on importance of blood donation in liaison with other health care providers;
• recruiting, preparing and bleeding donors for transfusion; services;
• mentoring and coaching trainees on practical attachments; receiving, and scrutinizing laboratory requisition forms/specimens for correctness;
• preparing clients for collection of specimen; to processing and analyses, preparing reagents ;
• applying quality control on working reagents to ensure conformity with set standards
• examining specimens and preparing sectional reports