Laboratory Specialist

Job Summary

Major Duties and Responsibilities

• Ensures superior quality of medical treatment, compassion, and understanding for every patient served at the Riyadh care Hospitals and Clinics.
• Performs duties in the laboratory on-call/shift roster for week-days, week-ends, and public holidays.
• Receives or obtains specimens in aseptic conditions for laboratory testing.
• Prepares specimens for testing and assesses the integrity of clinical specimens per policies prior to testing.
• Creates daily worksheets activities according to diagnostic applications.
• Performs routine and moderate-complexity testing and analyses according to SOPs and QC assessment.
• Prepares common use reagents and starts daily calibration of equipment for routine activities.
• Performs regular assessment of equipment by measurements of indicators per laboratory procedures.
• Evaluates new procedures or methods under direct supervision of department Senior Technician.
• Performs daily calibration and maintenance of equipment and documents all activities.
• Follows approved procedures to ensure laboratory quality control and compliance with standards of practice.
• Maintains accurate records of QC and patient results.

Additional Duties

• Identifies and reports technical or managerial deficiencies to Senior Technician / Chief Technician.
• Participates in laboratory troubleshooting.
• Sustains appropriate common reagents and products inventory for laboratory activities.
• Adheres to the quality system approach of laboratory activities.
• Validates and accepts laboratory results under supervision prior to release through the Laboratory Information System.
• Participates in orientation and training of new technicians.
• Working time may include night shifts and rotating weekends and holidays.
• Educates patients/families per needs and implements the patient/family education process including documentation in the medical record.
• Ensures the protection of patients' health information.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent from an approved school of medical Technology, College or University.
• Current registration with the designated authority for Medical Technologist / Technician from country of origin/recruitment plus license of Ministry of Health (MOH) in Saudi Arabia.
• Three years post-qualification clinical laboratory experience in a large acute care hospital facility.

Skills

• Preferably one year experience in a similar job.
• Fluency in verbal and written English.
• Exhibits professionalism and excellent interpersonal communication skills.
• Working knowledge of computer skills.
• Knowledge of current proficiency testing and quality control.