Job Summary
Administers and provides day to day technical support in the Histology Department so as to meet required service at standard level.
QUALIFICATIONS
Certificate / Diploma in any of the following disciplines: Office Management and Administration, Front Office Operations, Business Administration or related fields.
Certificate in Computer Applications from a recognized Institution
Should be self-motivated
Should have good interpersonal and communication skills (both verbal and written)
Ability to work under pressure with minimal supervision
Challenging Demands of the Job
Unsociable working hours and shifts in some areas;
Consistency in achieving stringent turnaround and performance targets in an environment that is characterized by high volume ,24/7 hour working days and no tolerance for error
Keeping abreast with technical knowledge and changes on the job
Effective leadership within a multi-disciplinary team
Exposure to bio hazardous substances
Balancing the needs and demands of staff with management decisions
Multiskilling
Risk of high error rate due to speed and accuracy requirements;
Client liaison (both internal and external) and maintaining a positive image of the company.
Key Responsibilities
Administers and checks on the cases and bring the slides/issue to the respective Technologist/Pathologist concerned.
Review daily workload tabulation with allocations, as well as TAT overdue checks.
Monitor, receive, review and relay all communications to the histology team regarding all queries and information for Attention to the histopathology/cytopathology team with the responsibility of responding to and handling the relevant queries or concerns that is requiring to be resolved by the team.
Receiving slides from Pathologists’ ones they have been signed out and file them in the filing cabinet.
Arranging histology blocks according to their order of numbers for easy reference.
Arrange slides in order of numbers ones they have been signed out by pathologists.
Ensuring order in the store where the slides are kept.
Receiving all communications regarding Histology/Cytology
Retrieving blocks/slides as requested by the pathologist.
Filling and retrieving of request forms as requested by the HOD.
HOW TO APPLY:Send updated CV and copies of Academic Documents to career@lancet.co.keOnly shortlisted candidates will be contacted.Assessments/ background checks will be conducted on all shortlisted applicants.All applications should reach us by 5.00pm on the closing date indicated at the top of the advert.
Apply via :
career@lancet.co.ke
