PRINCIPAL MEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGIST

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must:

             i.             Served in the grade of Chief Medical Laboratory Technologist for a minimum period of three (3) years;

           ii.             Diploma in Medical Laboratory Sciences or any other equivalent qualification from an institution recognized by the Kenya Medical Laboratory Technicians and Technologists Board;

          iii.             Registration Certificate issued by the Kenya Medical Laboratory Technicians and Technologists Board (KMLTTB);

          iv.             Valid practising license from Kenya Medical Laboratory Technicians and Technologists Board;

            v.             Certificate in Management Course lasting not less than four (4) weeks from a recognized institution;

          vi.             Certificate in Computer Application skills from recognized institutions; and

         vii.             Demonstrated capability and efficiency in organizing work and discharging Medical Laboratory functions.

Duties and Responsibilities

             i.             Implementing laboratory policies, guidelines, strategies and programmes;

           ii.             Recruiting, preparing, and bleeding of blood donors for transfusion services;

          iii.             Performing blood grouping;

          iv.             Screening for blood transfusion transmissible infections, issuing blood and blood products to health facilities as per request;

            v.             Coordinating the preparations of reagents, stains and examining specimens;

          vi.             Carrying out operational laboratory research;

         vii.             Preparing procurement plan for laboratory requirements;

       viii.             Providing technical specifications for the procurement of medical laboratory reagents, apparatus and equipment;

          ix.             Maintaining equipment and reagents for vector and insecticide application, monitoring and evaluation;

            x.             Investigating disease outbreaks with liaison with other health care providers;

          xi.             Archiving specimens of medical importance for reference;

        xii.             Processing the specimen according to specific standard operating procedures (SOP);

       xiii.             Validating and calibrating laboratory equipment; and

       xiv.             Preparing laboratory periodical reports.