Laboratory Assistant - Kawolo Hospital

• Certificate in Medical Laboratory Techniques

• Must be registered with the Allied Health Professional Council

• A minimum of two years of experience in a similar position

To be considered for this recruitment, please address your email application (Cover Letter and CV ONLY) to: [email protected] mentioning clearly Position and Location in the subject line. The email should not be larger than 2 MB. Any larger email will not be considered.

Deadline: Monday 15April 2024 at 5:00pm

• Certificate in Medical Laboratory Techniques

• Must be registered with the Allied Health Professional Council

• A minimum of two years of experience in a similar position

To be considered for this recruitment, please address your email application (Cover Letter and CV ONLY) to: [email protected] mentioning clearly Position and Location in the subject line. The email should not be larger than 2 MB. Any larger email will not be considered.

Deadline: Monday 15April 2024 at 5:00pm

• Receiving patients and registration of patient information onto the system and checks the type of specimen against the test required.

• Carrying out Phlebotomy for different blood tests.

• Guides patients on patient self-collected samples including among other; sputum, stool, HVS and urine.

• Receives, labels, and sorts of specimens for testing according to standard operating procedures.

• Verifying suitability of specimen for processing and rejects unsuitable samples in accordance with set standard operating procedures.

• Examining routine microscopic tests for disease diagnosis.

• Creating shipping lists of samples for distribution to laboratories to ensure completeness of audit trail.

• Administering the distribution of specimens to ensure the correct and prioritized channelling of specimens to the various disciplines.

• Appropriate packaging, recording, monitoring, and of all outgoing referral specimens to ensure that specimens are received by designated laboratory, processed, and results returned in a timely.

• Receipt and downloading of electronic referrals to correlate specimen received with information provided and follow up accordingly, to improve turnaround time.

• Ensuring quality assurance and quality control for the laboratory environment guided by ISO 15189.

• Ensuring safety for the laboratory environment guided by ISO 15190.

• Monitoring, quantification, and requisitioning of stock for reagents and consumables.

• Compilation and submission of periodic laboratory reports

• Periodic review and implementation of SOPs