Laboratory Technician Pharmacy

Key Responsibilities

• Cataloguing recordings and making them available when requested
• Coordinating work in the laboratory to ensure efficient use is made of expensive pieces of equipment
• Ensuring that all health and safety procedures are understood and followed correctly
• Ensuring that equipment is properly cleaned and that chemicals, drugs and other materials are appropriately stored
• Maintaining and repairing equipment and laboratory apparatus
• Preparing equipment and chemicals before practical lessons
• Record keeping, e.g for students' practical sessions, tracking methods, results, etc
• Running trials of experiments prior to classes and then demonstrating techniques for experiments
• Supporting the work of academic staff in classes and laboratory sessions and giving technical advice to staff and students
• To liaise with academic staff to discuss timetables, equipment requirements and work plans for practical sessions
• Working with individual students and supporting them on research projects X

Requirements

ACADEMIC

• Diploma in Pharmacy or Diploma in Laboratory Sciences from an accredited institution.
• KCSE Certificate or equivalent

EXPERIENCE

• Previous work in a university or scientific laboratory
• A Strong practical, organisational skills with the ability to manage your own workload and commitment to academic research
• A strong knowledge of the subject area combined with a broad subject background enabling contributions to teaching programme
• Experience in pharmacognosy or pharmaceutical chemistry and pharmaceutics is an added advantage