MKK Medical Diagnostic Services is your full service lab for medical testing. Our mission is to invest in improved healthcare services by providing insightful diagnostics. Our offering includes a wide range of tests, scans and assessments focused on providing safe, effective and responsive diagnosis and laboratory services.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Medical Laboratory Scientist
Location: Gwarimpa, Abuja (FCT)
Employment Type: Full-time
Duties and Responsibilities
- Collects, processes, and handles blood and/or other biological specimens according to established procedures; instructs patients in the proper collection of samples.
- Performs a variety of clinical laboratory tests in the areas of hematology, microbiology, immunology, clinical chemistry, and urinalysis, as assigned; conducts quantitative and qualitative chemical analyses of body fluids such as blood, urine, and spinal fluid; performs blood counts using microscope.
- Performs quality control on test results, ensuring validity and accuracy.
- Performs calibration and troubleshooting on testing systems and instruments to ensure adherence to established standards of accuracy.
- Keeps records and reports on results according to established procedures.
- Practices safety, environmental, and/or infection control methods.
- Conducts blood tests for transfusion purposes; may draw blood from patient’s finger, ear lobe, or vein observing principles of asepsis to obtain blood samples.
- Develops and maintains cell/tissue cultures for testing purposes, as appropriate; isolates and identifies specimens, using advanced laboratory techniques.
- Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.
Minimum Job Requirements
- Successful completion of at least 60 college-level credit hours including 6 semester hours of Biology and 6 semester hours of Chemistry; no experience required. Certification/Licensure: CLA (ASCP) certification, OR completion of accredited MLT program or military med lab training course, OR 3 years of acceptable clinical lab experience. OR MLT Certification.
- Completed degree(s) from an accredited institution that are above the minimum education requirement may be substituted for experience on a year for year basis.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:
- Ability to maintain quality, safety, and/or infection control standards.
- Ability to prepare and process laboratory samples using established protocols.
- Ability to monitor and/or maintain quality control standards.
- Knowledge of laboratory and experimental protocols and procedures.
- Knowledge of tissue culture procedures and techniques.
- Ability to utilize, calibrate, configure and/or troubleshoot laboratory testing systems and instruments.
- Ability to isolate and identify specimens using advanced laboratory techniques and equipment.
- Records maintenance skills.
- Ability to perform a range of clinical laboratory tests and chemical analyses on biological samples.
- Knowledge of related accreditation and certification requirements.
- Ability to draw intravenous and peripheral blood.
- Knowledge of sterile procedures.
Conditions of Employment:
- Successful candidate must submit to post-offer, pre-employment physical examination and medical history check.
- Must maintain certification status.
- Must be good at blood/sample collection from patients
Kills for working in a laboratory:
- Critical thinking
- Investigative skills
- Excellent communication skills
- Teamwork skills
- Patience
- Attention to detail
- Problem solving skills
- The ability to maintain and calibrate technical equipment
- Time management skills
Salary
N100,000 – N130,000 / month.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their updated CV to: hr@dozieanddoziespharm.com.ng using the Job Title as the subject of the mail
Application Deadline 17th May, 2024.