Job Description:

About the Job

Permanent position responsible for supporting sample collection, ensuring samples for referral are appropriately packaged, performing routine and special laboratory investigations, maintaining proper documentation, keeping the laboratory equipment and working area clean, ensuring PPE are available, participating in monitoring program quality indicators, ensuring routine lab IQC is up to date, active participation in inter-lab comparisons & EQA, performing Root Cause Analysis, ensuring safety procedures and access control, supporting the lab to prepare/review SOPs, job Aids and manuals, working with lab in charge to ensure Phlebotomy & Lab commodities/reagents are available, ensuring weekly, monthly commodity consumption reports are submitted on time, and ensuring timely submission of the monthly Lab CQI summary Report and monthly progress reports.

Responsibilities

Support sample collection for CD4, VL, EID, HIV-DRT, Sputum Culture, Microscopy & Gene Xpert, blood counts, stool, urine, etc.
Ensure samples for referral are appropriately packaged, logged into tracking logs and complete documentation of lab requisition form.
Perform routine and special laboratory investigations including TB Microscopy (FM/ZN), Gene Xpert, CD4, sCrAg, Biochemistry, Hematology etc.
Maintain proper documentation of samples received, test done, referred, results received and communicate critical results to the clinicians.
Keep the laboratory equipment and working area clean and ensure PPE are available and in use.
Participate in monitoring program quality indicators: TAT, Rejections, expiry, stock out, unsatisfactory test results performance, complains by clients/patients etc.
Ensure routine lab IQC is up to date, active participation in the inter-lab comparisons & EQA.
Perform Root Cause Analysis for unsatisfactory results and appropriate Corrective Action Plan.
Ensure safety procedures, access control to the laboratory are maintained.
Support the lab to prepare/review the SOPs, job Aids and manuals.
Work with lab in charge to ensure Phlebotomy & Lab commodities/reagents are available with no test interruption.
Ensure weekly, monthly commodity consumption reports are submitted on time on respective platforms (HCMP and DHIS).
Ensure timely submission of the monthly Lab CQI summary Report to the Lab specialist.
Submit monthly progress reports using specified template.

Requirements

Be a Kenyan citizen.
Bachelor’s degree in Medical Laboratory Science.
Registered with the KMLTTB with valid current practice license.
Valid practicing license by the KLMTTB.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.
Those with experience in using data analysis software packages such as SPSS, Epi Info will have an added advantage.