Senior Laboratory Technologist

About This Role

Role Overview:

We are looking for a Senior Laboratory Technologist to lead and support day-to-day laboratory operations, ensuring accurate and timely diagnostic results. This role plays a key part in maintaining quality standards, supporting clinical teams, and mentoring junior staff.

Key Responsibilities:

• Perform Daily, Weekly, Monthly maintenance.
• Perform calibration.
• Run Quality Control.
• Operate laboratory instruments/ analyzers.
• Perform laboratory manual examinations.
• Carry out the following tasks assigned below:
• • Establish Mean for IQC
• • Calculate Mean, SD, %CV
    • Compile Monthly IQC
    • Review EQA Evaluation
    • Perform Factor Calibration for Hematology Analyzers
    • Enter Referral Laboratory Results
    • Reconstitute QC and Calibrators
    • Validate/Verify Analyte

7. Follow standard operating procedures for all assigned duties as per quality management system, (CAP, JCIA and ISO 15189 ) adopted by the laboratory.

8. Follow laboratory safety practices.

9. Proficiently use laboratory information systems.

10. Maintain a chain of communication across various shifts and other instances of handing over.

11. Inform critical values as per the defined procedure.

12. Carry out tests and generate results in a timely manner, monitor Turn Around Time (TAT).

13. Evaluate analyzer flags related to

• • examination and analyzer.
    • Preserve specimens after examination to maintain specimen integrity and discard after the relevant storage period.
    • Preserve highly abnormal specimens and blood films, where possible.

14. Release of reports, including critical results.

15. Release of amended/corrected report, after communicated to Physician

Requirements

• Experienced Lab Technician/Technologist with a minimum of 3 years’ experience.
• Valid laboratory technician/technologist license by MOHAP, DHA or HAAD
• Degree (Technologist)/Diploma (Technician) in medical laboratory technology