Description
Do you want to Join a team of enthusiastic people serving the vulnerable women in the community through provision of maternity services, treatment of obstetric fistula and other birth related injuries with love, compassion and kindness? If you think you got the qualifications, dedication and kindness to share with people who needs and appreciates it, you are welcomed to work with Maternity Africa.
ASSISTANT TECHNOLOGIST
Requires understanding of the Health Laboratory Operating procedures and guidelines, high organisation skills, working under minimal supervision, knowledge, experience and skills of tests performed in health laboratory.
Duties and Responsibilities
- To perform routine tests in assigned area of the laboratory as per current SOP
- To ensure specimens collected and received are documented or managed properly before analysis
- To evaluate specimen adequacy for test performance
- To perform and document preventative and corrective maintenance, function checks.
- To perform, evaluate and document quality control data and assure that patient results are reported when quality control does not pass
- To ensure safe working environment in the working Clinical Laboratory
- To perform instrument troubleshooting to correct problems
- Refer client’s inquiries to relevant clinicians
- To ensure specimens collected and received are well documented
- Ensure timely provision of various reports to laboratory
- To ensure valid results are verified before dispatch and are sent to the clinics/wards in a timely fashion
- Draw blood from all Booking patients for Antenatal clinic, see specific booking blood request form
- Be able to give appropriate counselling for HIV testing
- Liaise with procurement officer on a timely basis for procurement of reagents
- Maintain a Blood bank, with emergency blood available whenever possible.
- Remain a confidential approach to patients’ blood results
- Maintain the cleanliness and order of the laboratory
- Use universal precautions when drawing and disposing of samples
- Perform any other duties as directed by the supervisor
Qualifications and Requirements
- Certificate in Medical Laboratory Sciences or Health Laboratory Sciences from a recognised Institution.
- Minimum of 4 years of professional work experience.
- Must have enrolled licences with Health Laboratory Practitioner Council.
- A proven ability to work in a team under minimal supervision, well written and oral communication skills in English and Swahili are also required.
- Must be knowledgeable about parasitology, biochemistry, haematology and microbiology.
- Strong analytical skills
How to Apply:
Interested candidates are kindly requested to send their cover letter (Max of a Page), Curriculum Vitae (Max of 4 pages), Professional Certificates to recruitment@maternityafrica.org.
Application should be sent by 8th August, 2021. If you do not hear from us within a month from the closing date please consider your application unsuccessful.
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