Consultant - Microbiologist

Designation: Consultant Microbiologist

Reporting To: Lab director /Medical director /Managing director

Qualification & Experience: MD (microbiology) / D Bact

Knowledge And Skills Required  Should have knowledge of NABL 112 and ISO15189 standards.

 Effective teaching skills.

 Should have knowledge of current practices and guidelines in microbiology.

Key Result Areas

• Overall operation and direction of microbiology department.
• Establishing procedures and policies of quality system procedure, SOPs, work instructions,

charts, calibration

• Ensure that the quality control and quality assurance programs are established and maintained to

assure the quality of laboratory services provided and to identify failures in quality as they occur.

• Verification of reports before dispatch and to see that turnaround time is maintained.
• To interact and coordinate with clinicians.
• To include newer tests in NABL scope.
• To interact with Lab staff and Students for effective day to day work.
• To maintain the staff morale.
• To present microbiological data for publication.
• Regular participation in infection control of the hospital and heading the HICC committee.
• Training the ICN and hospital staff regarding infection control policies.

Job Responsibilities Participatory

• Reporting of slides and smears.
• To authorize the reports.
• To train the technicians and paramedical students.
• To periodically review microbiology staff competency.
• Establish and maintain criteria to meet the standard requirements of ISO 15189.
• To appoint and assign duties to section head and deputy section heads.
• To define, document and maintain procedures to control all documents.
• To review and approve all documents.
• To provide advice on choice of examination and use of services, repeat frequency and type of

sample

• To maintain procedure for resolution of complaints
• To identify the Non conformances, and take required corrective action
• To monitor the results of corrective action and implement the changes
• To provide access to suitable educational and training opportunities for all lab staff
• To organize and carry out the internal audit
• To prepare the agenda of management review meeting according to NABL guidelines and discuss

with the management

• Verify & approval all Microbiology , Serology & Molecular Biology Reports

Will Supervise

• To supervise the inventory control system for supplies
• To supervise that obsolete documents are marked and removed from access
• To supervise the policies and procedure where lab enters into contract to provide medical

services

• To supervise procedure for selecting referral laboratories and maintain referral lab register and

duplicate copy of reports either as soft copy or hard copy

• To see that all quality and technical records are identified, indexed, maintained and reviewed
• To supervise overall quality control of microbiology including ILQA and EQAS

Will participate in: CQI meetings, Clinical Audit, MRM meetings, Departmental meetings,

CMNABL Audits, NABH Audits and all activities related to HICC meetings