Laboratory Superintendent

Academic & Professional Qualifications

• Essential Desirable
  
• A Diploma in Medical Laboratory Sciences or related discipline.
  
• A Valid practicing license from Kenya Medical Laboratory Technicians and Technologists Board
  
• A degree in Medical Laboratory Sciences
  

• Be involved in people management in coordination with the HR department.
  
• 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)
    
• Ensure that Avenue corporate governance policies are adhered to.
  • Prevent, detect, and report any fraud or criminal activity
    
  • Fully implement audit recommendations and attain satisfactory ratings in subsequent audits,
    
• 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 Hospital Manager.
  
• Ensure timely escalation of any urgent out of stock items to the Lab Quality Manager.
  
• Ensure that any issue pertaining quality is escalated to the Lab Quality Manager.
  
• Infection control.
  • Maintain and enforce infection control standards when carrying out lab tests.
    
  • There is proper disposal of medical waste
    
  • Equipment and other laboratory surfaces are properly disinfected with the right disinfectants
    
• Client satisfaction.
  • Ensure client satisfaction through high quality of service, effective communication, prompt feedback and escalation of any unresolved issues to the Hospital Manager.
    
• Maintain patient privacy and confidentiality at all times.
  
• Ensure adequate knowledge of all Avenue policies, procedures and systems as outlined in the HRMIS.
  
• Prevention of lab related errors by following the laid down policies and procedures on sample handling during pre-analytical, analytical, and post-analytical phases of testing.
  
• Any other duty as assigned by your immediate supervisor in line with the job description