Job Description:

About the Job

The role involves implementing laboratory policies, guidelines, strategies and programmes, recruiting, preparing and bleeding of blood donors for transfusion services, performing blood grouping, screening for blood transfusion transmissible infections, issuing blood and blood product to health facilities as per request, coordinating the preparation of reagents, stains and examining specimens, carrying out operational laboratory research, preparing procurement plan for laboratory requirements, providing technical specifications for the procurement of medical laboratory reagents, apparatus and equipment, maintaining equipment and reagents for vector and insecticide application, monitoring and evaluation, investigating disease outbreaks in liaison with other health care providers, archiving specimens of medical importance for reference, processing the specimen according to specific Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), validating and calibrating laboratory equipment and preparing periodical laboratory reports.

Responsibilities

Implementing laboratory policies, guidelines, strategies and programmes.
Recruiting, preparing and bleeding of blood donors for transfusion services.
Performing blood grouping.
Screening for blood transfusion transmissible infections.
Issuing blood and blood product to health facilities as per request.
Coordinating the preparation of reagents, stains and examining specimens.
Carrying out operational laboratory research.
Preparing procurement plan for laboratory requirements.
Providing technical specifications for the procurement of medical laboratory reagents, apparatus and equipment.
Maintaining equipment and reagents for vector and insecticide application, monitoring and evaluation.
Investigating disease outbreaks in liaison with other health care providers.
Archiving specimens of medical importance for reference.
Processing the specimen according to specific Standard Operating Procedures (SOP).
Validating and calibrating laboratory equipment and preparing periodical laboratory reports.

Requirements

Served in the grade of Chief Medical Laboratory Technologist for a minimum period of (3) years.
Diploma in Medical Laboratory Sciences or any other equivalent qualification from an institution recognized by Kenya Medical Laboratory Technician and Technologists Board.
Registration Certificate issued by the Kenya Medical Laboratory Technicians and Technologists Board (KMLTTB).
Valid practicing license from Kenya Medical Laboratory Technician and Technologists Board.
Certificate in Senior Management Course lasting not less than four (4) weeks from a recognized institution.
Certificate in computer application skills.
Demonstrated capability and efficiency in organizing work and discharging Medical laboratory functions.