Biochemist Graduate Trainee

Job Duties/Responsibilities


* Auditing the use and diagnostic performance of tests, as part of national and international quality assurance programmes;
* Identifying the cause of and resolving any poor analytical performance problems;
* Performing clinical validation: checking abnormal results identified by automated analysers and deciding if further tests are necessary;
* Carrying out complex biochemical analyses on specimens of body fluids and tissues, using spectrophotometry, mass spectroscopy, high performance chromatography, electrophoresis, immunoassay and, increasingly, molecular biological techniques;
* Writing reports, submitting funding bids and conducting research with clinical staff;
* Liaising with clinical and technical staff, and contacting patients;
* Searching scientific literature for evidence of specificity and sensitivity of a diagnostic test;
* Attending and contributing to local and national scientific meetings and conferences;
* Managing a clinical biochemical laboratory as career progresses.
* Devising and conducting basic or applied research;
* Planning and organising work in clinical biochemistry laboratories, much of which is automated and computer assisted.


QUALIFICATION
* BSc biochemistry


HOW TO APPLY
Interested applicant should forward their cv to hrm.villegasintegratedservices @gmail.com
Shortlisted applicant will be contacted.