Job Description
Medical Jobs. Avenue Healthcare Jobs
Main Purpose of the Job- (Job Summary)
Ensure provision of high-quality laboratory diagnostic services in the hospital as defined by Avenue Healthcare’s policies, protocols, procedures and standards.
Main Responsibilities
- Be involved in people management in coordination with the HR department.
- Ensure the unit has all the required resources for effective and efficient work.
- Timely and accurate billing of laboratory services.
- Stock management:
- Do monthly stock takes of lab supplies and submit a stock take and short expiry report to the Hospital Manager
- Timely ordering and receiving of stock from the supplier to prevent stock outs
- Proper storage of lab supplies.
- Kits validation and evaluation to determine diagnostic accuracy, analytical sensitivity, and analytical specificity (performance characteristics)
- Ensure that Avenue corporate governance policies are adhered to.
- Prevent, detect, and report any fraud or criminal activity
- Fully implement audit recommendations and attain satisfactory ratings in subsequent audits,
- Review and act on quality indicator reports (IQC &EQA)
- Follow laid down Lab Board approved rules for medical lab profession and adhere to Government and respective professional standards of care and treatment of patients.
- Ensure timely response to emergencies.
- Carrying out tests based on outlined SOPs & policies.
- Ensure all sentinel incidents/events are recorded and reported to the Hospital Manager within 24 hours using the provided tools.
- Ensure that the fridge temperatures and ambient temperature and humidity are charted twice daily and any error reported to the Hospital Manager.
- Ensure timely escalation of any urgent out of stock items to the Lab Quality Manager.
- Ensure that any issue pertaining quality is escalated to the Lab Quality Manager.
- Infection control.
- Maintain and enforce infection control standards when carrying out lab tests.
- There is proper disposal of medical waste
- Equipment and other laboratory surfaces are properly disinfected with the right disinfectants
- Client satisfaction.
- Ensure client satisfaction through high quality of service, effective communication, prompt feedback and escalation of any unresolved issues to the Hospital Manager.
- Maintain patient privacy and confidentiality at all times.
- Ensure adequate knowledge of all Avenue policies, procedures and systems as outlined in the HRMIS.
- Prevention of lab related errors by following the laid down policies and procedures on sample handling during pre-analytical, analytical, and post-analytical phases of testing.
- Any other duty as assigned by your immediate supervisor in line with the job description
Key Deliverables of this position
- Quality laboratory services.
- Compliance with the established laboratory standards
- Accurate and timely reporting
- Client satisfaction
Academic & Professional Qualifications
- Essential Desirable
- A Diploma in Medical Laboratory Sciences or related discipline.
- A Valid practicing license from Kenya Medical Laboratory Technicians and Technologists Board
- A degree in Medical Laboratory Sciences
How to Apply
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