Lab Technician

1. Adheres to the departmental policies and procedures, objectives, quality assurance programs, safety, environmental and infection control standards.

2. Ensure compliance to ISO/NABH/NABL accreditation standards and adhere to hospital policies & procedures.

3. Operation of laboratory equipment

• Maintains and operates laboratory equipment
• Performs daily, weekly and monthly instrument maintenance as indicated

4. Conducting the examination of quality control materials - both internal and external in Clinical Biochemistry, Microbiology and Hematology

• Reconstitution and aliquoting of quality control materials
• Processing of quality control materials
• Daily documentation of QC data
• Escalate the quality control results to authorized signatories

5. Conducting the pre - examination, examination and post-examination activities on patient samples in Clinical Biochemistry, Microbiology, Clinical Pathology and Hematology

• Perform Phlebotomy and collection of appropriate specimens from patients as ordered
• Accession of samples
• Centrifuging of patient samples
• Processing of patient samples on equipment
• Inoculation of culture plates with patient samples, performing antibiotic sensitivity, staining techniques (Gram, AFB, Albert), KOH mount, India Ink preparation, Hanging drop preparation.
• Preparation of Peripheral smear, MGG staining and performs complete WBC differential count on smears
• Performs routine blood, urine and other body fluid analysis, and coagulation procedures
• Reporting of examination results on HIS
• Escalate the examination results to authorized signatories
• Timely Dispatch of examination reports
• Knowledge of patient instructions for routine tests, critical values, acceptance and rejection criteria
• Follow up of out sourced samples

7. Ensuring investigations are conducted in a timely manner, as per protocol and the reports are released as per the defined Turn Around Time.

8. Management of bio medical waste as per the local regulations

9. Adheres to laboratory’s quality control policy and documents all quality control activities, instrument and procedural calibrations, and records proper lot no of all controls, reagents and calibrators

10. Maintains proper documentation as described by the quality assurance program including accession logs, test report logs, quality control logs, temperature logs, and equipment logs.

11. Coordinate with consultants, nursing/para medical & non-medical staff of the department to maintain high standard of medical care to the patients

12. Attending of continuing education programs

13. End of week reporting to section head by email

Pending work to be handed over (verbal, written, system) to the next shift persons

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: ₹28,000.00 - ₹30,000.00 per month

Benefits:

• Provident Fund

Education:

• Bachelor's (Preferred)

Experience:

• Biochemistry, Hematology, Micirbiology & Clilnical Pathology: 3 years (Preferred)

Work Location: In person