Medical Pathology Laboratory Technical Officer
Melbourne, Australia
• Strong awareness of LIMS, GCP standard requirements and “Best-Practice” Quality Standards• Hands on experience in all the stages of specimen life cycle in hematology, bio-chemistry and microbiology functional units• Coordinate, perform, and interpret laboratory investigations, and implement any resulting corrective actions• Ensuring that test results are delivered within expected time frame and to provide feedback to Doctors/Nurses if tests are delayed or require another specimen• Ensure quality control and quality assurance of laboratory procedures• Perform regular quality control tests to validate instruments• Coordinate courier bookings, sorting and sending incoming/outgoing mail• Perform risk assessment investigations within the functional unit and oversees strategies to reduce identified risks• Proficient in creating reports, letters, graphs, and data entry• Maintaining general and temperature log books of freezers, fridge, centrifuge machines, printers, scanners and other machines used in the lab• Pro-actively manage, identify and report occupational health and safety issues, addressing identified issues and implementing risk reduction initiatives to remove potential safety risks when required• In service training- Infection control, Occupational Health and Safety, Fire-hazard