Medical Laboratory Technologist at PCEA Chogoria Hospital

Position Summary

Reporting to the in Charge, Laboratory, the Medical Laboratory Technologist will ensure provision of effective, efficient, quality laboratory analytical services in the PCEA Chogoria Hospital’s Laboratory.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Carrying out blood grouping
• Storing blood products according to their requirements
• Screening blood for transfusion
• Preparing blood products for safe custody or use
• Decontaminating working benches
• Receiving and scrutinizing laboratory requisition forms and specimen for accuracy
• Preparing clients for collection of specimen
• Receiving, collecting, labeling and registering specimen
• Disaggregating specimens for processing and analysis
• Examining specimen
• Writing and recording of results
• Dispatching laboratory results for use in clinical management
• Preparing stains
• Recruiting, preparing and bleeding of blood donors for transfusion services
• Applying quality control on working reagents to ensure conformity with the set standards
• Heamovigilance
• Maintains patient confidence and protects operations by keeping information confidential.

Required Academic and Professional Qualifications

• Diploma in Medical Laboratory Sciences or any other equivalent qualification from an institution recognized by the Kenya Medical Laboratory Technicians and Technologists Board.
• Must be registered by the Kenya Medical Laboratory and Technologist Board & have a valid practice license
• Certificate of computer application skills from a recognized institution
• Shown merit and ability as reflected in work performance and results

N.B: 

• Due to the volumes of applications, only soft copy applications will be accepted. Hard copy applications will not be accepted
• Only candidates short-listed for interview will be contacted.
• We do not charge any fee for receiving CV’s or for interviewing.
• All communications will be through the official line and email
• PCEA Chogoria Hospital is an equal opportunity employer
• Canvassing will lead to automatic disqualification
• Only candidates short-listed for interview will be contacted. PCEA Chogoria Hospital is an equal opportunity employer