Donation Testing Technician Job Roodepoort area,South Africa,Healthcare

Position: Donation Testing Technician.

Job category: Health, Fitness, Medical and Optometry

Location: Roodepoort

Contract: Fixed Term Contract

Business Unit: Constantia Kloof

Remuneration: R

EE position: No

Introduction

To be multi-skilled in the Donation Testing Department to perform routine testing and where required second line / confirmatory testing for Blood Grouping (including but not limited to ABO, Rh, Irregular antibody screen, antibody identification, allo-agglutinin titre and syphilis testing), Virology (including but not limited to serological testing for HIV, HCV, HBV), biochemical testing for Serum Ferritin and Nucleic Acid Amplification Testing (including but not limited to HBV DNA, HIV and HCV RNA).

The role requires skills and knowledge of different technical principals such as molecular, chemistry, immunohematology etc. across all testing sections requiring competency across multiple testing systems/automated platforms.

Responsibilities

Operational objectives in the Blood Grouping Section

Receive, check and prepare samples for testing according to SOP and IPA criteria as well as the specifications of the individual sections. This includes sample receipt procedures and decapping of samples. Perform manual tracking and scanning of barcodes when automated decapper is not in operation.
Prepare Blood Grouping instrumentation and reagents for testing in accordance with manufacturers specifications. Ensure that sufficient reagents are available for daily testing.
Perform automated testing according to SOP and ISC criteria for all donors, including second ABO on first time donors:
- ABO Grouping
- Rh typing
- Testing for atypical antibodies
- Testing for alloagglutinin titre
- Screening for Syphilis
- Identification of atypical antibodies in donors
Run reports, select samples and perform automated repeat blood group testing of samples with anomalous first line results according to SOP and IPA criteria.
Perform second line / repeat testing of samples with anomalous results within the agreed number of working days from the initial testing date and prioritise accordingly so as to ensure a timeous response in the case of ‘specials’.
Enter results (ABO and Rh) and control information into eProgesa to ensure that all relevant information is available and accurate. Inform Technical Specialist or Head of Lab as soon as possible so that they can ensure that results are checked and confirmed within agree time frames.
Send samples with anomalous blood grouping results to Red Cell Serology laboratory for confirmatory / supplementary testing as required.
Check results for control failures so as to ensure result validity. Report any anomalies or failures to the relevant technical specialist or Head of Lab as soon as possible.
Report all errors and breakdowns to relevant Head of Lab and work in such a way so as to minimise user errors.
Perform testing for validations, projects and pre-batch testing as requested by the Head of Lab.
Perform automated Rh and Kell Phenotyping and other required testing on the current automation e.g. PK7400 instrument.
Perform automated antibody screening and antibody identification on the current automation e.g. the IH1000 instrument.

Operational objectives in the Virology Section

Prepare Virology instrumentation and reagents in accordance with manufacturer specifications and SOP. Ensure that sufficient reagents are available for daily testing.
Perform automated virology screening on all blood donations for HBsAg, anti-HIV 1 & 2 and anti-HCV according to SOP and ISC criteria on the current automation e.g. Abbott Alinity S.
Select samples from instrument printouts and perform automated repeat viral testing of samples found to be reactive in first line screening according to SOP and ISC criteria.
Perform automated Serum Ferritin screening on blood donations according to SOP and ISC criteria on the current automation e.g. the Beckman Coulter DXI
800.
Check results for control failures so as to ensure result validity and report any failures / anomalies to the relevant technical specialist or Head of Lab.
Perform all procedures in such a way so as to maximise kit performance and usage and minimise downtime and wastage.
Report all errors and breakdowns…


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