Job Objective/Purpose
Ensure provision of high quality laboratory diagnostic services in the hospital as defined by Avenue Healthcare’s policies, protocols, procedures and standards.
Key Responsibilities
- Ensure the unit has all the required resources for effective and efficient work.
- Timely and accurate billing of laboratory services.
- Stock management:
- Do monthly stock takes of lab supplies and submit a stock take and short expiry report to the Hospital Manager
- Timely ordering and receiving of stock from the supplier to prevent stock outs
- Proper storage of lab supplies.
- Kits validation and evaluation to determine diagnostic accuracy, analytical sensitivity, and analytical specificity (performance characteristics)
- Review and act on quality indicator reports (IQC &EQA)
- Follow laid down Lab Board approved rules for medical lab profession and adhere to Government and respective professional standards of care and treatment of patients.
- Ensure timely response to emergencies.
- Carrying out tests based on outlined SOPs & policies.
- Ensure all sentinel incidents/events are recorded and reported to the Hospital Manager within 24 hours using the provided tools.
- Ensure that the fridge temperatures and ambient temperature and humidity are charted twice daily, and any error reported to the MSM.
- Ensure timely escalation of any urgent out of stock items to the Lab Quality Manager
- Any other duty as assigned by your immediate supervisor in line with the job description.
Personal Specifications
- A degree in Medical Laboratory Sciences
- A valid practicing license from Kenya Medical Laboratory Technicians and Technologists Board
- 5 years’ experience
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Result Oriented
- Customer focus
How to apply:
Application documents (CV and Certificates) must be emailed to [email protected] with the job position you are applying for as the subject of the email by 10 th March 2023.
