Senior Laboratory Technologist

Role overview:

We are looking for a senior laboratory technologist to lead and support day-to-day laboratory operations, ensuring accurate and timely diagnostic results. This role plays a key part in maintaining quality standards, supporting clinical teams, and mentoring junior staff.

Key responsibilities:

• Perform daily, weekly, and monthly maintenance.
• Perform calibration.
• Run quality control.
• Operate laboratory instruments/analyzers.
• Perform laboratory manual examinations.
• Carry out the following tasks assigned below:
  • Establish mean for IQC.
  • Calculate mean, SD, %CV.
  • Compile monthly IQC.
  • Review EQA evaluation.
  • Perform factor calibration for hematology analyzers.
  • Enter referral laboratory results.
  • Reconstitute QC and calibrators.
  • Validate/verify analyte.
• Follow standard operating procedures for all assigned duties as per quality management system (CAP, JCI, and ISO 15189) adopted by the laboratory.
• Follow laboratory safety practices.
• Proficiently use laboratory information systems.
• Maintain a chain of communication across various shifts and other instances of handing over.
• Inform critical values as per the defined procedure.
• Carry out tests and generate results in a timely manner; monitor turnaround time (TAT).
• Evaluate analyzer flags related to examination and analyzer.
• Preserve specimens after examination to maintain specimen integrity and discard after the relevant storage period.
• Preserve highly abnormal specimens and blood films, where possible.
• Release reports, including critical results.
• Release amended/corrected reports after communication to the physician.

Requirements:

• Experienced lab technician or technologist with a minimum of 3 years’ experience.
• Valid laboratory technician or technologist license by MOHAP, DHA, or HAAD.
• Degree (technologist) or diploma (technician) in medical laboratory technology.