Laboratory Technician (Fixed Term Contract)

Key Job Responsibility
 Laboratory Safety Compliance:

•  Ensure compliance with health and safety measures at all times-each day/month/year  Adherence to decontamination procedures upheld 100% of the time(e.g. daily bench decontamination, bio-hazardous spills, and instrument decontamination spills post service  100% compliance on recording of temperature readings in accordance with relevant SOP’s

Laboratory Process (Produced laboratory work and/or Laboratory Reports:

• Daily receive, sort and prioritize patient samples according to laboratory SOP  Daily analyse patient samples according to laboratory SOP  Ensures that reliable and accurate results are generated 100% of the time  Daily adherence to set turnaround times for each tests onsite(NB) timed up to the preliminary reports  Daily filing and storage of specimen  Checks abnormal results according to laboratory SOP and reports results according to SOP  Prepares stains and slides for specialized testing  Daily documents data in own area of work

Maintained and Operated Equipment:

• Perform equipment maintenance as per schedule  Compliance and application of SOP’s  Ensure sufficient stock is available as per guidelines  Performance of quality checks Competency certificate for operation of equipment 100% compliance to maintenance of reagent log sheets(logging of reagents, date of receipt, use and expiry and loading on instruments) Time error logs are flagged on equipment

Quality Assurance:

• Prepare quality control material(IQC) as per lab SOP and run routine IQC sample as per SOP and EQA  Identify IQC and report deviations to supervisor  Daily document log sheets(room temperature, fridges, etc.) Teaching, Training, Research and Development of Laboratory staff: CPD presentation(at least 1 lecture per annum  Train and be competent using SOP’s for all instruments in the laboratory including maintenance in own area of work.

Minimum requirements & key competency

• Matric  SMLTSA certificate  Registered with HPCSA in Clinical Pathology as a Medical Technician  1 year working experience  Health and safety regulations ( 1 month)  Knowledge of technical appliances (3-6 months)  Knowledge of quality control procedures (1 year) Trouble shooting skills (1 year)  Attention to detail (6 months) is desirable  Use of laboratory equipment (6 months to 1 year)  Analytical skills (6 months)  Communication skills (3 months)  Interpersonal skills (6 months) is desirable.

E-mail application to kznrecruitment@nhls.ac.za