Senior Medical Lab Technologist

Washington Medical Center (WMC) is a specialized secondary care health facility managed and staffed by Ethiopian, American and other visiting doctors who are committed to provide quality & affordable health care for residents of Addis Ababa including the international community.

The company is owned and managed by a group of physicians who have decades of experience in healthcare service and management with training and exposure to western standard healthcare and training.

The medical center is born as a result of the shareholders’ deep understanding of the demand for high quality healthcare service in Ethiopia and their deep commitment to contribute what they can towards meeting that. It opened its doors for service in January 2015. It has since become one of the best and the biggest medical centers operating in Addis Ababa serving more than 120,000 patients in just five years.

Currently, the center is primarily an internal medicine specialty center which provides a 24hours service using US and Ethiopian trained doctors. Sub-specialty services of internal medicine such as cardiology, neurology, nephrology, hematology, oncology, endocrinology, infectious diseases and travel medicine are among other disciplines for which the consultant physicians are available. The center will continue to mobilize competent doctors from Ethiopia and abroad to join hands to expand its service even further. The medical center would also be a multi-specialty service center before being upgraded to a full blown tertiary care hospital and medical school.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Examine body fluids and tissues for abnormal chemical levels, cells or bacteria.
• Prepare tissue for microscopic examination by pathologists.
• Determine blood type for transfusions.
• Conduct medical research and analyses.
• Operates and maintains sophisticated instruments and equipment used in the division, is able to properly set up, calibrate, maintain, operate and shut down such instruments.
• Maintains competence in Laboratory Information System that is crucial to the quality operations of the laboratory and patient care.
• Actively participates in Quality Improvement Programs essential to ensure that laboratory testing is accurate, timely and meets customer needs.
• Trains and orientates new Medical Laboratory Technologists in the performance and interpretation of Tests

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Laboratory Science  or related fields of study
• Five or above years of experience.

Skills

• Proficiency in inventorizing supplies and maintaining laboratory equipment.
• Exceptional ability in summarizing and reporting test results.
• Extensive experience in collaborating with healthcare providers and specialists.