Duties/Pligte

• Liaising with laboratories in Africa (Kenya, Ghana, Uganda) who will ship isolates to Stellenbosch University (SU).
• Reconciling shipping logs with received isolates.
• Assessing purity and viability of isolates, and identifying isolates using MS and/or PCR.
• Performing susceptibility testing of isolates using broth microdilution, agar dilution and gradient diffusion, in line with international guidelines.
• Preparing isolates for long term storage at -80C.
• Managing the quality management system for the above activities, including equipment logs, QC, documentation and corrective action / preventive action as needed.

Job Requirements/Pos Vereistes

• Appropriate qualification as a medical technologist (clinical pathology or microbiology).
• Registration with the HPCSA as a medical technologist.
• At least five years’ experience working in an accredited microbiology laboratory.

Closing Date:  26-Jun-2025