Vacancies at Lancet – Senior Medical Technologist

Job Description:

Performs and analyses laboratory samples in order to provide results for medical practitioners to diagnose treat and prevent diseases. Assists Laboratory Manager with supervision of staff and functions as per delegated responsibilities.

Job Responsibilities:

• Ensures the implementation of service levels and quality standards in accordance with standard operating procedures and service level agreements.
• Attends in-service training and seminars and participates in continuing professional development (CPD) activities to continuously update knowledge and skills as well as comply with professional registration requirements. This includes ensuring the availability of up to date records that can be presented immediately on request thereof.
• Assists the laboratory manager to supervise and train staff in line with delegated responsibilities and/or deputising requirements to ensure that operational objectives are achieved, employees are able to achieve their performance objectives and interns and students are trained and guided appropriately.
• Reports test results via phone or computer entry to ensure timeous dissemination of data required by health and medical professionals.
• Records, verifies and amend (when required) test results to ensure integrity of test result database on laboratory information system.
• Performs diagnostic testing procedures on instrumentation, analyses results in one or more sections of a laboratory and interacts with pathologists on technical matters to provide all relevant data that may pertain to the prevention, diagnosis or treatment of diseases.
• Assists the laboratory manager to ensure that incidents and instrument failures are reported by laboratory staff, thereby ensuring compliance with relevant organisational policy and laboratory standard operating procedures.
• Assists the laboratory manager to ensure a safe working environment in accordance with relevant legislation and all safety protocols. This includes the on-going maintenance of quality control standards, adherence to infection control measures, correct disposal of bio-hazardous waste and project management (as per delegated responsibilities) of the preparation process for internal and external quality control audits.

Job Requirements:

• Ability to work in a pressured environment
• Accuracy
• Hand-eye co-ordination
• Attention To Detail
• Problem solving
• Planning and organising
• Rule orientation
• Ability to work as part of a team

Qualification & Experience:

• Laboratory information systems
• Registration in relevant discipline with HPCSA
• 3-5 Yrs Relevant Working Experience
• Relevant diploma
• Anatomy, physiology and medical terminology relevant to medical pathology
• National diploma in Biomedical Technology

Job Details:

Company: Lancet Laboratories

Vacancy Type: Full Time

Job Functions: N/A

Job Location: Johannesburg, Gauteng, SA

Application Deadline: N/A

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