Position: Phlebotomist
Location: Western Cape
Closing date: 31 December 2025
requirements:
Registration in relevant discipline with HPCSA/ SANC
0-2 Yrs Relevant Working Experience
KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS:
• Ensures dispatching of specimens for processing in accordance with prescribed standard operating procedures and monitors progress and filing of reports, including handling queries and report delivery, in line with prescribed turn around requirements.
• Monitors stock levels of all collection materials, including venesection ³bleeding´bags, and orders additional stock to ensure the availability of required materials at all times.
• Implements sound housekeeping procedures and work effectively with others as a member of a team to ensure a safe working environment in accordance with relevant legislation and all safety protocols. This includes the on-going maintenance of quality control standards, adherence to infection control measures and participation (as per delegated responsibilities) in the preparation process for internal and external quality control audits
• Represents the organisation by applying the principles of customer care in the medical pathology field and interacts professionally and ethically with patients, clients, doctors and other hospital staff.
• Assists pathologists with special procedures (e.g. bone marrows, fine needle aspirates, sweat tests, pap smears, etc.) when required and in compliance with relevant working instructions and standard operating procedures.
• Uses knowledge of HIV and AIDS to provide pre-test information and support where relevant.
• Receiving cash from patients and ensuring banking of monies in accordance with relevant standard operating procedures.
• Reports incidents, logs customer complaints and problem solution, reads documents and actions tasks on the laboratory information management system in compliance with relevant organisational policy.
Position: Courier
Location: Western Cape- St Alma
Closing date: 31 December 2025
requirements:
Grade 12 or relevant NQF level 4 qualification preferable
Appropriate Drivers Licence
Grade 10 or a minimum of 10 years courier experience
Grade 10 with 2-3 years relevant working experience or minimum 10 years courier experience
key performance areas:
• Checks moxes and tasks for delivery and collections that need to be done in order to plan a collections and delivery route.
• Conducts delivery and collection of specimens from outlying laboratories, supporting doctors and clients to ensure that specimens, reports and other goods arrive at correct destinations timeously and in good condition to increase customer service levels.
• Completes and signs proof of delivery for specimens or reports collected or delivered to endure records are kept for tracking purposes if and when applicable.
• Scans specimens and results on the Courier Management Programme to ensure that all deliveries and collections can be tracked and traced.
• Maintain daily safe keeping and fault reporting on Lancet’s assets (such as vehicles, petrol cards, uniforms etc) and equipment to ensure that they remain in good condition to provide excellent collection and delivery of goods and shuttle services.
Position: Lab Assistant- Histology
Location: Cape Town
Closing date: 31 December 2025
requirements:
Registration in relevant discipline with HPCSA
Relevant Certificate
0-1 Yrs Relevant Working Experience
key performance areas:
• Receives, sorts and refers (where applicable) specimens for testing.
• Verifies, capture and validates information on the Meditech system against specimens received and tests requested on the requisition form.
• Carries out different laboratory procedures for specimen and/or media preparation for analysis in accordance with the specific test required and standard operating procedures.
• Labels and stores samples/media (where applicable) to ensure traceability in accordance with procedures.
• Monitors stock availability of consumables to ensure availability of all necessary commodities.
• Operates and maintains the general laboratory equipment e.g. thermometers, centrifuge, used in the laboratory to ensure that it is operating efficiently and providing accurate results. This includes recording equipment maintenance and quality control results as well as recognising and resolving problems by troubleshooting mal- functioning equipment and using alternative procedures as per syllabus or as instructed by the laboratory manager.
Position: Waste Controller
Location: Durban
Closing date: 7 February 2025
requirements:
Grade 12 or relevant NQF level 4 qualification
2-3 Yrs Relevant Working Experience
key performance areas:
• Forward any queries relating to the clinical waste e.g. wrong stock received to SHE Manager to ensure good departmental service.
• File waste documentation for auditing purposes and requests by departments.
• Manage, store and request ordering of empty waste containers from the SHE Manager so no shortage and clinical waste risk appear and endanger staff and supporters health.
• Report any discrepancies or back orders should there be any between Lancet and the clinical waste company to the SHE Manager e.g. delivery of empty containers or amount of waste uplifted.
• All internal waste manifest documents to be handed over to the JHB Regional controller to be captured.
Position: Admin Clerk- Logging
Location: Pretoria – Kloof
Closing date: 3 February 2025
requirements:
Grade 12 or relevant NQF level 4 qualification
Bsc Degree Advantageous
0-1 Yrs Relevant Working Experience
key performance areas:
• Registers log request forms from Oculus Logging System on the Laboratory Information System according to set standard operating procedures.
• Responsible for basic housekeeping including cleaning of benches according to set standard operating procedures.
• Attends to logging queries and escalate queries to the Editors or Supervisor if unable to assist to ensure effective and efficient service delivery
Application:
To send your application, please visit https://careers.lancet.co.za/vacancy-posting.aspx
