Ministry of Health
POSITION: Laboratory Technologist
LOCATION: Motebang Hospital – Leribe
REPORT TO: Director Laboratory Services
JOB PURPOSE
Implement safety precautions and quality assurance
MAIN DUTIES
1. IMPLEMENTATION OF QUALITY AND SAFETY PROCEDURES
– Adhere to organizational and departmental specific safety standards and guidelines
Daily prepares disinfectants according to the SOPs
– Daily cleans, disinfects working environment and update logs
– Daily checks and monitors environmental temperatures (room, fridge, freezer)
– Dispose off completed samples according to the guidelines.
2. PREPARATION OF SPECIMEN FOR ANALYSIS
– Daily receives samples and matches them with request forms
– Daily monitors quality of samples according to specimen rejection criteria specified in the Laboratory Hand Book and document reasons for specimen rejection.
– Daily records patients /clients names in Laboratory Information System (LIS) or in laboratory log book.
– Prepares samples for processing and analysis
3. ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES
– Daily conduct equipment maintenance and document.
– Daily calibrate machines, runs internal controls as per quality guidelines and Standard Operating procedures (SOPs) and document.
– Review control results and initiate corrective action where applicable.
– Daily analyse samples as per protocol /SOPs
– Daily check for flagging results and take corrective measures.
– Refer critical results to SLT
– Store or archive samples as per stipulated procedures.
4. REPORTING OF RESULTS
– Daily submits results to Senior Laboratory Technologist for verification
– Daily record verified findings and results into the laboratory information system (LIS) or laboratory logbook.
– Weckly compiles quality control and equipment calibration results and submit to Senior Laboratory Technologist for review.
5. RECORDS KEEPING
– Daily files patient records
– Daily dispatches patients/ client results
– Monthly compiles bench statistics in the section a submits to the senior Laboratory Technologist Monthly conducts stock count
6. EDUCATION AND TRAINING
– Diploma in Medical Laboratory Sciences
7. KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
– Quality oriented
– Problem solving
– Computer literacy
– Communication skills
Duration and Remuneration:
This position is for thirty-six (36) months period and it is renewable based on performance and availability of funding.
The salary for this position is market related, but will also be commensurate with requisite qualifications and experience.
Contact:
Written applications, CVs and certified copies of educational certificates should be hand delivered to: Ministry of Health Headquarters, Ground Floor, Procurement Unit, Corner Constitution and Linare Road, to the attention of:
Procurement Manager, Ministry of Health Headquarters, Ground Floor, Corner Constitution and Linare Road, P.O. Box 514, Maseru 100.
For more information Contact number:
(+266) 63051276 or Email: mankhethoa.molunmo@ gov.ls
Closing Date for the applications is Monday the 21st November, 2022 at 12:00 noon
ONLY HAND DELIVERED APPLICATIONS SHALL BE CONSIDERED.