About the position
Background:
- Wits Health Consortium (Pty) Limited ("WHC") is a wholly-owned Company of the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (South Africa) under its Faculty of Health Sciences
- WHC provides Faculty with a legal framework within which to operate the research and other activities necessary to support its academic objectives
- In addition, WHC offers a range of products and services to Academics
Division: HIV Sero Molecular
Main purpose of the job:
- Support laboratory activities for studies at the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD)
- Coordinate the receipt, registration, processing and storage of clinical specimens
- Perform laboratory procedures
- Ensure accurate labelling, documentation and data capture in line with study protocols and laboratory standards
- Maintain high quality laboratory practices while ensuring timely processing of samples to support study timelines and address existing laboratory backlogs
Location:
- 1 Modderfontein Road, Sandringham, Johannesburg
Key performance areas:
- Apply quality control to verify that samples and requisition forms match
- Process, aliquoting and storage of biological samples as per study-specific standard operating procedures (SOPs)
- Capture data accurately in LIMS and other data/result systems
- Label and store samples in designated freezer locations
- Maintain accurate sample tracking for retrieval
- Prepare samples for destruction according to study requirements
- Work in -20/-86 degrees freezers
- Coordinate receipt of samples from study sites
- Real-time receipt and processing of samples delivered
- Accurate documentation of sample receipt, processing and storage
- Liaise with couriers and study sites to ensure timely delivery
- Process specimens as per study protocol
- Carry out test procedures as per department requirements
- Complete all required documentation for shipment receipt and processing
- Ensure correct application of all policies and procedures in compliance with transport and repository requirements
- Maintain cleanliness and organization of laboratory and storage areas
- Monitor freezer performance and respond to alarms
- Ensure equipment is functioning and log sheets are completed
- Carry out equipment maintenance as per SOP
- Complete equipment maintenance charts as per SOP
- Maintaining organized laboratory records and documentation
- File worksheets
- Perform routine quality control checks on samples and systems
- Respond to data queries
- Support updates and implementation of SOPs
Required minimum education and training:
- Medical Technician Certification/Qualification
Professional Body Registration:
- HPCSA Registration as a Medical Laboratory Technician
Required minimum work experience:
- 2 years Laboratory experience as a Medical Laboratory Technician
Desirable additional education, work experience and personal abilities:
- Experience working in a laboratory environment with at least 2 years of experience, and preferably virology/microbiology laboratory
- Experience working in an HIV serology or molecular laboratory
- Experience with specimen processing, storage, sample tracking and laboratory information systems
- LIMS laboratory information system experience
- Experience with high quality data capturing and data management.
- Good Clinical Laboratory Practice (GCLP) and Good Clinical Practice (GCP) courses
- Strong attention to detail and commitment to high quality scientific work
- Excellent organizational skills with the ability to work independently and manage high volumes of samples efficiently
- Ability to prioritize tasks, meet deadlines and maintain productivity under pressure
- Strong communication skills and ability to coordinate effectively with laboratory and clinical teams
TO APPLY:
- Only if you meet the minimum job requirements and experience as mentioned above, you may submit a detailed updated CV and a cover letter (maximum one page), a copy of your HPCSA Registration and three contactable references
- Please Apply Online and complete your registration via our website to enable and protect you as a candidate, and to accept the new POPIA terms and conditions
- This will then create your permanent profile with which you can apply for all jobs as advertised by AJ PERSONNEL
- However, you may remove your profile from AJ PERSONNEL when you are no longer in the job market
- Please take note that the applicants who do not adhere to the above criteria will not be considered for the respective position
- Wits Health Consortium will only respond to shortlisted candidates
- Candidates who have not been contacted within two weeks of the closing date can consider their applications to be unsuccessful
- Closing date: 10 August 2026
- Note: No CV will be accepted after the closing date
Please note:
- WHC, in accordance with its Employment Equity goals and plan, will give preference to suitable applicants from designated groups as defined in the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998 and subsequent amendments thereto
- AJ Personnel is only responsible for advertising and the response handling on behalf of their client Wits Health Consortium
- AJ Personnel does not have any salary or other information regarding the position
Desired Skills:
- GCP
- GCLP
- Data Management
- Organizational Skills
- Sandringham
- Medical Laboratory Technician
- Immediately
