Job Description

* Laboratory Setup & Commissioning: Oversee layout planning, equipment selection, vendor coordination for installation/validation, and the creation of workflows and maintenance schedules to prepare for launch. * Routine Pathology Operations: Manage daily diagnostic testing (e.g., CBC, HbA1c, lipid/liver/kidney profiles, urine routine) while ensuring smooth sample processing and timely report turnaround. * Pre-Analytical & Logistics Control: Coordinate home sample collection, specimen transportation, barcode traceability, and rejection or redraw protocols. * Inventory & Cost Management: Maintain reagent and consumable stock levels, maximize equipment uptime, and control overall operating costs and cost per test. * Quality Assurance & SOPs: Establish standard operating procedures (SOPs), internal quality controls (IQC), temperature logs, and corrective actions for testing deviations. * Clinical & Regulatory Compliance: Collaborate with pathologists on report authorization and critical-result escalation, while maintaining readiness for regulatory standards and NABL accreditation. * IT & System Integration: Implement Laboratory Information Systems (LIS), barcode workflows, and automated analyzer connectivity to streamline operations. * Team Leadership & KPI Monitoring: Recruit, schedule, and train lab staff while fostering a culture of safety and accuracy, and continuously tracking key metrics like turnaround time, repeat testing, and rejection rates.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Pathology, lab incharge, biochemistry, haematology