I worked as a biomedical scientist in the Endocrinology laboratory of Clinical Chemistry department.My main responsibilities include: Conducting laboratory tests in order to produce reliable and precise data to support scientific investigations. Writing reports, reviews and summaries. Keeping up to date with relevant scientific and technical developments. Giving seminars. Preparing specimens and samples;maintaining and operating standard laboratory equipment, for example centrifuges, autoanalyzers. Ensuring the laboratory is well-stocked and resourced. Using computers and performing mathematical calculations for the preparation of graphs. Conducting searches on identified topics relevant to the research. Following and ensuring strict safety procedures and safety checks.

I worked as a biomedical scientist on rotation in the following departments; Morbid Anatomy, Clinical Chemistry, Immunology,HIV/AIDS unit, Blood bank, Microbiology and Haematology.My main responsibilities included:Conducting laboratory tests in order to produce reliable and precise data to support scientific investigations.Presenting results to senior staff.Writing reports, reviews and summaries.Keeping up to date with relevant scientific and technical developments.Giving lectures in conference of trainee medical scientists and principal biomedical scientists.Teaching assistant to undergraduate students learning at the hospital.Preparing specimens and samples;maintaining and operating standard laboratory equipment, for example centrifuges, autoanalyzers.Ensuring the laboratory is well-stocked and resourced.Using computers and performing mathematical calculations for the preparation of graphs.Conducting searches on identified topics relevant to the research.Following and ensuring strict safety procedures and safety checks.

It was a compulsory laboratory posting as a student where I worked in the Histopathology, Microbiology, Haematology and Chemical Pathology departments and my main duties involved :Watching and observing senior biomedical scientists perform laboratory tests in order to produce reliable and precise data to support scientific investigations;Preparing specimens and samples;Recording and sometimes interpreting results to present to senior colleagues;Following and ensuring strict safety procedures and safety checks.

It was a summer placement where I worked in the Microbiology, Haematology and Chemical Pathology departments and my main duties involved :Performing laboratory tests in order to produce reliable and precise data to support scientific investigations;Preparing specimens and samples;Recording and interpreting results to present to senior colleagues;Following and ensuring strict safety procedures and safety checks.

It was a summer placement where I worked in the Microbiology, Haematology and Chemical Pathology departments and my main duties involved :Performing laboratory tests in order to produce reliable and precise data to support scientific investigations;Preparing specimens and samples;Recording and sometimes interpreting results to present to senior colleagues;Following and ensuring strict safety procedures and safety checks.