Laboratory Technician at Lily Hospitals Limited - Edo & Delta

Lily Hospitals Limited, established since 1986 remains one of the foremost hospitals in Nigeria and within the South-South region of the country. It is the first private hospital in Nigeria to achieve ISO 9001:2000 quality management system certification from the Standards Organization of Nigeria (SON). We are also consistently committed to high standards; continuous improvement, service excellence, organizational citizenship, and outstanding work ethics.

We are also consistently committed to high standards; continuous improvement, service excellence, organizational citizenship, and outstanding work ethics; currently running residency training programs in family medicine and radiology. Lily Hospitals is also involved in housemanship training, internship training in Pharmacy and Radiology. We have multiple locations in Benin, Warri, Okuokoko etc.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Laboratory Technician

Locations: Benin, Edo and Warri, Delta
Type:  Full Time
Job Category: Junior Level

Job Summary

• The job holder is responsible for performing a variety of venipuncture and skin puncture techniques involved in the accurate collection of blood, body fluid and tissue specimens from patients for laboratory procedures used in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of diseases.

Key Result Areas (KRA)

• Perform a variety of routine blood drawing procedures to include venipuncture and skin puncture techniques using standard equipments such as vaccutainer tubes and sleeves, tourniquets, syringes and butterfly needles.
• Utilize standard procedures for the maintenance of positive patient identification.
• Record appropriate collection information on proper requisitions.
• Prepare, process and label store patient specimens and samples according to departmental procedures using standard techniques and equipments.
• Maintain specimen integrity by using aseptic technique and observing isolation procedures.
• Transport specimens or fluid samples from collection site to laboratories.
• Track collected specimens by initialling, dating, noting collection time and maintaining daily tallies of collections performed.
• Administer subcutaneous or intramuscular injections in accordance with licensing restrictions.
• Determine donor suitability, according to interview results, vital signs, and medical history.

The Person

• Minimum academic qualification of Medical Laboratory Technician Certificate of the Medical Laboratory Council of Nigeria.
• 1 to 3 years work experience in a hospital that encompasses phlebotomy skills.
• Valid registration with the professional body and must be licensed to practice.
• Excellent analytical skills and scientific aptitude.
• Outstanding communication (oral and written), interpersonal and people management skills.
• Knowledge of the Microsoft office package.
• Possess high degree of accuracy and attention to details.

Remuneration
Salary in line with industry standard

Application Closing Date
26th February, 2019.

Method of Application
Interested candidates should forward their word doc CV only to: [email protected] using the job title as the subject of the mail.