Background information about the job or company (e.g., role context, company overview)

Trans Nzoia County is among the 47 counties established by the Kenya Constitution under article 6(1) and specified in the First Schedule. Article 176 (1) establishes a county government for each county consisting of the county assembly and the county executive. The Trans Nzoia county government was operationalized in March 2013 after the country’s general election with H.E Hon. Patrick Simiyu Khaemba as the first popularly elected Governor.

Responsibilities or duties

Duties and responsibilities at this level will entail receiving and scrutinizing laboratory requisition forms and specimens; preparing clients for collection of specimens; receiving, collecting, labeling, and registering specimens; disaggregating specimens for processing and analysis; preparing reagents; supervising the disinfection, washing, and sterilization of apparatus; preparing media for culture and sensitivity testing; examining specimens for quality; writing and recording of laboratory findings and results; dispatching laboratory results for use in clinical management; preparing blood products; processing the specimen according to the specific standard operating procedures; and preparing operational research proposals and periodical laboratory reports.

Qualifications or requirements (e.g., education, skills)

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have: -

• Diploma in Medical Laboratory Sciences or any other relevant and equivalent qualification from a recognized institution;
• Registration by the Kenya Medical Laboratory Technicians and Technologists Board
• Certificate in computer application skills from a recognized institution; and,

• Receiving and scrutinizing laboratory requisition forms and specimens
• Preparing clients for collection of specimens
• Receiving, collecting, labeling, and registering specimens
• Disaggregating specimens for processing and analysis
• Preparing reagents
• Supervising the disinfection, washing, and sterilization of apparatus
• Preparing media for culture and sensitivity testing
• Examining specimens for quality
• Writing and recording of laboratory findings and results
• Dispatching laboratory results for use in clinical management
• Preparing blood products
• Processing the specimen according to the specific standard operating procedures
• Preparing operational research proposals and periodical laboratory reports

• Computer application skills

• Diploma in Medical Laboratory Sciences or any other relevant and equivalent qualification from a recognized institution
• Registration by the Kenya Medical Laboratory Technicians and Technologists Board
• Certificate in computer application skills from a recognized institution