Laboratory Intern at Lily Hospitals Limited

Lily Hospitals Limited, founded in 1986, is still one of Nigeria's leading hospitals, particularly in the country's South-South region. The Standards Organization of Nigeria (SON) certified it as the first private hospital in Nigeria to have an ISO 9001:2000 quality management system. We are also continually devoted to high standards, including continuous improvement, service excellence, corporate citizenship, and exceptional work ethics. We provide residency training programs in Family Medicine, Radiology, O & G etc. We have branches in Benin and other parts of Warri Delta State where our Head Office is located.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Laboratory Intern

Location: Warri, Delta

Job Summary

• The role is responsible for learning the use of a wide range of analytical techniques to determine the concentration of chemical constituents in a patient blood, urine and other bodily fluids.
• The work involves both manual techniques for which the medical laboratory scientist develops complex practical and interpretive skills and the operation and management of highly automated testing systems.

Key Result Areas (KRA)
The key result areas of this role are:

Clinical Responsibilities

• Work with medical laboratory scientist to perform a wide range of laboratory tests to produce and interpret results in order to assist clinicians in their diagnosis and treatment of disease.
• Responsible for receiving, storing and preparing various kinds of specimen including blood sample for analysis.
• Work with medical laboratory scientist to Performing laboratory tests in order to produce reliable and precise data to support scientific investigations.
• Work with medical Laboratory scientist to Calibrate and Maintaining standard laboratory equipment, for example spectrophotometers, immune-analyzers, centrifuges, and pipetting machines
• Work with medical laboratory scientist to Identifying the presence or quantity of drugs of abuse, therapeutic drugs, and toxic substances by operating toxicology instrumentation and performing manual methods for the performance of drug screens, blood alcohol levels, and carbon monoxide levels.
• Work with medical laboratory scientist to analyze blood samples using computer-aided and manual techniques.
• Assist in prescribing specific types of treatment for individual patients.
• Produce quantitative data in the form of reports pertaining to tests done and provide key information to other clinicians about patient's condition.
• Work with medical laboratory scientist to select appropriate techniques for different types of chemical pathology analysis.
• Assist in ensuring that the necessary turnaround time for reporting results is achieved.
• Implement quality control procedures both internal and external to maintain accurate results.
• Work with Medical Laboratory scientist to convey relevant details of the procedures directly to patients in a clear, concise, and understanding manner.

The Person

• Minimum academic qualification of a Bachelor of Medical Laboratory Science (BMLS)
• Must be licensed to practice under the Medical Laboratory Council of Nigeria.
• Knowledge of the Microsoft Office package.
• Good hand and eye coordination and the ability to use technical equipment with accuracy
• Time management skills in order to work on several different projects at the same time.
• Outstanding communication (oral and written), interpersonal and people management skills.
• Possess high degree of accuracy and attention to details.

Application Closing Date
15th June, 2023.