About this role
Key Responsibilities
- Collecting, analyzing and preserving test samples
- Carrying out blood grouping
- Storing blood products according to their requirements
- Screening for blood transfusion infections
- Issuing blood and blood products to peripheral health facilities as per requests
- Preparing blood products for safe custody or use
- Decontaminating working benches
- Receiving and scrutinizing laboratory requisition forms and specimens
- Preparing clients for the collection of specimens
- Receiving, collecting, labeling and registering specimens
- Disaggregating specimens for processing and analyses
- Preparing stains
- Dispatching results for use in clinical management
- Preparing reagents
- Examining specimens
- Writing and recording of results
- Maintaining analytical database, laboratory stores, records and equipment; and
- Writing laboratory reports
Qualifications & Skills
- Registered with Professional Body
- Computer Literacy
- Valid practicing license
- Have Bachelor’s degree in Medical Laboratory Science/Microbiology/Forensic Science/Biotechnology
- Cumulative service period of six (6) years’ relevant work experience three (3) of which should have been at the grade of Medical Laboratory Technologist II or in a comparable position
Skills
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