Job Summary:

Perform laboratory tests and procedures, mostly comprising microscopic, bacteriological, hematological, immunologic and chemical diagnostic tests and analyses on samples of blood, urine, stool, synovial fluid and semen, among others.

Duties and Responsibilities:

-Keeping accurate records of test results
-Collecting, preparing and storing specimens
-Ensuring optimum integrity, quantity and type of test samples
-Preparing lab reagents and standard solutions for tests
-Maintaining a clean and safe working environment
-Standardizing test procedures to ensure consistency, reliability and usefulness of results
-Calibrating equipment, developing standard operating procedures and determining correct reference ranges for tests
-Using automated equipment and computerized lab instruments to perform several tests simultaneously

Required Skills:
- Attention to Details
-Result Oriented

Knowledge:
- Basic knowledge of medical terminology in Pathology and Lab procedures
- Knowledge of laboratory safety and infection control procedures and practices including standard precautions and hazardous chemical handling

Education:

- Minimum Education: Bachelor s Degree in Medical Laboratory Sciences

Experience:
- Preferred Experience: Working experience as Medical Laboratory Technologist