Key Responsibilities:
- Accurate and timely performing of Study specific assays
- Ensuring custody of participant specimens and storage/archival
- Appropriate reporting of any abnormal lab result and prompt communication to the Study clinicians/coordinator
- Ensuring maintenance and troubleshooting on all lab equipment and report to the lab manager
- Running and logging of specimen controls as per the set SOP
- Develop lab related SOP for the studies
- Ensuring laboratory waste segregation and management
- Developing and updating laboratory inventory
- Developing, compliance and continuous review of lab SOPs and specimen flow charts in keeping with the study protocol and applicable ISO-certification
- Projection on consumables and reagents, and re-ordering whenever due and ensuring custody
- Participate in supervised sample shipment procedures as per IATA guidelines and tracking of referred samples per IATA guidelines and available agreements
- Updating and ensuring quality assurance of the lab specimen data base
- GCP and GCLP compliance
- Receive, download, transcribe and post/report all lab results/reports as per the lab results communication SOP
- Assist in participant recruitment and consenting whenever called upon
- Support activities from any other studies as called upon by the Lab management team
Vacancy Requirements:
- Minimum of a degree in a biomedical science or lab-related field (Mandatory)
- Must hold a current registration with KMLTTB (Mandatory)
- GCP-certification (Mandatory)
- At least 1 year experience working in a busy clinical research lab (Mandatory)
- Experience with rapid testing for HIV and pregnancy (Mandatory)
- Commitment to integrity and high-quality performance (Mandatory)
- Good interpersonal skills and ability to work in a team (Mandatory)
- Keen and attentive to detail (Mandatory)
- Ability to follow instructions and procedures (Mandatory)
- Articulate in both verbal and written communication in English and Swahili (Mandatory)
- Experience processing genital samples for research purposes (Mandatory)
- Experience preparing samples for Nugent scoring is an added advantage (Mandatory)
- Computer literacy (Mandatory)
- Familiarity with processing samples for shipment – IATA certification is an added advantage (Mandatory)
- Experience working with electronic data collection tools especially REDCap (Mandatory)
- Flexible and ready to work during odd hours (Mandatory)
- GCLP certification (Mandatory)
Method of Application
Interested and qualified? Go to Kenya Medical Research - KEMRI on erecruitment.kemri.go.ke to apply
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