Associate Medical Technologist Reports to the Medical Technologist
Medical Technologist Reports to Lead Scientist (Genome Diagnostics and Precision Health)
Key Responsibilities:
- Perform daily and routine laboratory operations, equipment maintenance and calibration
- Process and analyse clinical specimens by molecular testing methods following standard operating procedures (SOP)
- Extract DNA/RNA from clinical tissue samples (e.g., whole blood, buccal swab, saliva, tumour, and normal tissues) and perform cell culture work
- Conduct quality control (QC), library preparation and operate next / third generation sequencing systems, laboratory equipment and analysers
- Assist in implementing QC, documentation, internal audit and external quality assurance programmes to meet the accreditation standards
- Aid in developing new protocols and evaluating new sequencing technologies
- Participate in research and development activities
- Perform any other duties assigned by senior officers
Additional Duties for Medical Technologist
- Monitor laboratory daily operations, workload, quality, and quantity for HKGP
- Supervise and train AMT in research and development
- Evaluate and develop methodologies in cell culture, conventional and molecular cytogenetics and molecular genetic tests
- Assist in preparing SOPs, evaluating method and instrument and developing next/third-generation sequencing technology
- Coordinate with service providers for alignment