Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch University is recognised as one of the four top research universities in South Africa. It takes pride in the fact that it has one of the country’s highest proportions of postgraduate students of which almost ten percent are international students.
Stellenbosch University: Part-time Medical Technologist Vacancy in South Africa.
Duties/Pligte
- Liaising with laboratories in Africa (Kenya, Ghana, Uganda) who will ship isolates to Stellenbosch University (SU).
- Reconciling shipping logs with received isolates.
- Assessing purity and viability of isolates, and identifying isolates using MS and/or PCR.
- Performing susceptibility testing of isolates using broth microdilution, agar dilution and gradient diffusion, in line with international guidelines.
- Preparing isolates for long term storage at -80C.
- Managing the quality management system for the above activities, including equipment logs, QC, documentation and corrective action / preventive action as needed.
Job Requirements/Pos Vereistes
- Appropriate qualification as a medical technologist (clinical pathology or microbiology).
- Registration with the HPCSA as a medical technologist.
- At least five years’ experience working in an accredited microbiology laboratory.