MEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNICIAN

Job Location    Ada-George Road, Port Harcourt, Rivers State
Salary per Calendar Month    N75k – N120k Depending on experience and skills

The medical laboratory technician role presents an excellent opportunity to join PEPHLA Laboratory Centre, where knowledge, experience, and skills are rewarded.

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Preparing anticoagulants used in blood transfusion and carrying out other duties as may be assigned.
• Caring for and maintaining laboratory equipment by ensuring that laboratory equipment and glassware are properly sterilized and maintained in good condition.
• Maintaining stains and cultures; performing biochemical staining and examining fibres for bacteria and other pathogens
• Preparing butter solutions, fluids, Glemsa’s Leishman’s stains and preserving parasites and arthropods vectors.
• Collecting, examining, and analysing specimen from patients to provide the information required by Medical Officer for diagnosis and treatment.
• Preparing chemical solutions, reagents, microscope slides and culture media for laboratory tests.
• Carrying out microscopic examination of specimen for pathogens.
• Analysing body fluids, classifying, and processing blood to determine types and to separate satin from blood cells.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s degree in Medical Laboratory Science or a related field
• Valid MLSCN Practising Licence
• 2+ years post NYSC proven experience as a Laboratory Technician
• Must be exceptionally computer literate
• Must have good soft skills including but not limited to paying attention to details, ability to work with little or no supervision, Teamwork, Initiative, resourcefulness, adaptability, decisiveness, interpersonal skills, written/oral communication