Scientific / Professional · Maintain awareness of the primacy of the patient in relation to all hospital activities
· Perform assigned work to the highest professional standard in accordance with ISO ***** and laboratory SOPs
· Demonstrate behaviour consistent with the values of the profession of Medical Scientist Senior
· Participate in implementing a service that supports the clinical needs of patients and is consistent with the mission, vision, values, and strategic plan of the HSE
· Participate in the implementation of operational processes to standards of best practice
· Design and implement structured policies and systems for the management of service delivery in consultation with key stakeholders to ensure clear role accountability for service levels, quality and decision making
· Participate in the work of the department taking day to day responsibility for planning, prioritising and supervising the work of a section or subsection of the Department in accordance with departmental policy.
· Be responsible for performance, maintenance, condition, quality control and record keeping of all instruments within assigned areas of the laboratory.
Ensure all equipment malfunctions are investigated, reported and repaired accordingly.
· Perform analytical testing appropriate to a multi-disciplinary laboratory.
· Perform all activities related to the receipt, analysis and reporting of laboratory specimens.
· Be responsible for managing consumables and reagent stocks supplies associated with assigned areas of the laboratory.
· Ensure that procedures are carried out in compliance with national and international guidelines and actively participate in internal and external quality control and quality assurance.
· Actively participate in Quality Management programs which are patient centred and which measure audit performance and client satisfaction.
· Co-operate with other laboratory departments to ensure a holistic laboratory service is provided for all patients.
· Be able to work to tight deadlines and re-prioritise work proactively as required.
· Report all anomalies, near misses, non-conformances, incorrect results immediately to appropriate senior staff.
· Identify and resolve system failures and anomalies.
· Observe strict confidentiality when dealing with all aspects of patient or hospital information.
· Be familiar with and implement the Major Emergency Plan.
· In co-operation with the Consultant Heads of Department, Laboratory Manager, Chief Medical Scientist, and other designated senior staff, participate in the introduction of new ideas and methods according to HSE policy.