Medical Laboratory Technician at Skyhigh Medical Centre


Posted on: Tue 08-04-2025

Skyhigh Medical Centre puts the needs of the patient first. It believes a healthcare system should be affordable, accessible, and quality-driven.through integrated healthcare services. Over the past few years, Skyhigh Medical Centre has continued to remain a leading healthcare provider to the communities in Lagos, promoting and providing essential healthcare delivery.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Medical Laboratory Technician

Location: Magodo Phase 2, Lagos

Employment Type: Full-time

 

Job Summary

  • We are seeking a dedicated and compassionate Medical Labouratory Techinician to join our healthcare team.

 

Responsibilities

  • Collecting, examining, and analysing patient specimens to provide the information required by the Medical Officer for diagnosis and treatment.
  • Preparing chemical solutions, reagents, microscope slides, and culture media for laboratory tests.
  • Maintaining, calibrating, cleaning, and testing the sterility of the equipment
  • Carrying out microscopic examination of specimens for pathogens.
  • Preparing buffer solutions, fluids, and stains.
  • Identifying malaria parasites, trypanosomes, spirochetes, and other protozoa
  • Ensuring that laboratory equipment, tubes, and glassware are properly sterilized and maintained in good condition.
  • Organise and store all chemicals, substances, fluids, and compressed gasses according to safety instructions.
  • Monitoring and recording temperature using temperature charts
  • Ensure that all safety guidelines are always followed strictly and maintain a clean and orderly environment.
  • Reports incidents, including instrument failures, problems and solutions.
  • Represents the organisation by applying the principles of customer care in the medical pathology field and interacting professionally
  • Preparing stains, reagents and simple media for cultivation of bacteria to perform cross-matching; compatibility tests of blood for blood transfusion and simple serological tests.
  • Ensuring that laboratory equipment, tubes, and glassware are properly sterilized and maintained in good condition.
  • Performing quality control of all laboratory processes.

 

Requirements

  • National Diploma in Medical Laboratory Technology
  • A licensed Medical Laboratory Technician
  • 2-3 years of relevant experience in a fast-paced organization.
  • Knowledge of laboratory standard operating procedures
  • Experience in operating electrical and non-electrical laboratory equipment
  • In-depth knowledge of QHSE systems, preventive measures, and laboratory best practices.
  • Must be comfortable with shift based work mode.

 

Application Closing Date

21st April, 2025.

 

Method of Application

Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.