Medical Laboratory Officer

(i) A Bachelor degree in Medical Laboratory Sciences or any other equivalent qualification froman institution recognized by the Kenya Medical Laboratory Technicians and TechnologistsBoard;(ii) Registration Certificate issued by the Kenya Medical Laboratory Technicians andTechnologists Board(KMLTTB)(iii) Valid practicing license from Kenya Medical Laboratory Technicians and TechnologistsBoard; and(iv) Certificate in computer application skills from a recognized institutionThis is the entry and training grade for this cadre. An officer at this level will work under the supervisionand guidance of a senior and experienced officer. Duties and responsibilities at this level will entail;receiving and scrutinizing laboratory forms and specimens preparing clients for collection of specimen,receiving collecting labeling and registering patient specimen preparing laboratory reagents examiningspecimen writing and recording result preparing stains and reagents recruiting and preparing and bleedingof bleeding of blood donors for transfusion services. In addition duties and responsibilities will includeperforming blood grouping storing blood products according to their requirement, screening for bloodtransfusion transmissible infections, issuing blood products to peripherals health facility, repairing bloodproduct collecting and analyzing data, processing the specimen according to the specified standardoperating procedures(SOP) supervising the disinfection, washing and sterilizing of apparatus andmonitoring and coaching trainees on practical attachments