JOB DETAILS:

Description

Cerba Lancet Uganda is hiring a Laboratory Technologist responsible for the testing and technical procedures within the lab, and any other as may be assigned by Manager

Key Responsibilities

Technical Duties

• • Performs diagnostic testing procedures, reviews and verifies results and interacts with pathologists on technical matters to provide all relevant data that may pertain to the prevention, diagnosis or treatment of diseases.
  • Operates, maintains and calibrates the equipment used in the laboratory to ensure that it is operating efficiently and providing accurate results. This includes recording instrument maintenance and quality control results as well as recognising and resolving problems by troubleshooting mal-functioning equipment and taking corrective action.
  • Implements sound housekeeping procedures and work effectively with others as a member of a team to ensure a safe working environment in accordance with safety protocols. This includes the on-going maintenance of quality control standards, adherence to infection control measures, correct disposal of bio-hazardous waste and participation (as per delegated responsibilities) in the preparation process for internal and external audits.
    Assists the laboratory manager with overseeing and monitoring equipment maintenance, asset management, procurement of goods and staff overtime expenditure to ensure the most effective utilisation of resources, optimisation of stock levels and reduction of costs at all times
  • Reports incidents, including instrument failures, problem solutions and reads documents and actions tasks on the laboratory information management system in compliance with relevant organisational policy.
  • Attends training and seminars and participates in continuing professional development (CPD) activities to continuously update knowledge and skills as well as comply with professional registration requirements.
    This includes ensuring the availability of up-to-date records that can be presented immediately on request thereof.
    Performs on-site training of laboratory staff, interns, students, medical colleagues and associated health workers in laboratory techniques, processes and systems, if assigned by laboratory manager and deemed competent.

• Adheres to professional conduct requirements in line with organisational policy and relevant professional body ethical standards.
• Represents the organisation by applying the principles of customer care in the medical pathology field and interacts professionally and ethically with patients, clients, doctors and other hospital staff
• Receiving of specimens, numbering, bench allocation and sample processing is performed as per departments requirements
• Performs the maintenance and calibration of the equipment used in the laboratory to ensure that it is operating efficiently and providing accurate results. This includes ensuring that instrument maintenance and quality control results are recorded as well as trouble shooting, and corrective action is taken and documented.
  Internal Audit & Audit Finding Resolution
• Participates in Internal Audits and ensures effective and immediate action is taken to resolve any issues identified.
  Perform and report trend analysis on internal on internal and external audit findings to identify areas for improvement and to generate a trend analysis report for management review.
• Identify areas for improvement and to generate a trend analysis report for management review.
• Record trend analysis by capturing findings from internal audit and external audit reports for the purpose of identifying training needs, and for input into management review
  Document management
• Liaising with Laboratory quality officers and managers in ensuring all documents are updated
• Prepares quality documentation and reports by collecting, analysing, and summarizing information and trends including failed processes, stability studies, recalls, corrective actions etc. Reporting to management review meetings.
  Regulatory Affairs
  Ensure all regulatory requirements are adhered to.
• Assist the Laboratory Manager with compliance with various regulatory authorities where required.
  QC process and equipment validation
• Monitors the requirement of the laboratory users and ensures they reflect within the defined quality performance measures.
• Advising and monitoring completion on verification of new test and instrument in consultation with QC operation.
• Liaising with quality control officers and managers on any equipment concern for escalation to uppe management
• Liaising with quality control officer and managers in ensuring all technical staff are adequately trained on
  QC procedures.
  Health & Safety.
• Assists the HOD/Laboratory Supervisor to ensure a safe working environment in accordance with relevant legislation and all safety protocols. This includes the on-going maintenance of quality control standards, adherence to infection control measures, correct disposal of bio-hazardous waste and the preparation process for internal and external audits.
• Assists the HOD/Laboratory Supervisor to ensure that incidents and instrument failures are reported by laboratory staff, thereby ensuring compliance with relevant organisational policy and laboratory standard operating procedures.

General

• Maintain a positive image of the organisation, promote the services of Lancet Laboratories and monitor resolution of customer complaints.
• Adheres to professional conduct requirements in line with organisational policy and relevant professional body ethical standards.

Qualifications

• Relevant Diploma or Degree in Medical Laboratory Technology
• Registration in relevant discipline (AHPC)
• ISO 15189 AND 9001 Training Course