Job Description

As a Laboratory Technician, you will collect or process specimens when authorized, perform or coordinate approved basic tests, and report results to the clinicians responsible for patient decisions. The role supports medical, occupational, and readiness screening within the limits of the on-island laboratory. You will help maintain equipment and supplies while following defined quality, safety, and documentation procedures.

Laboratory work supports both patient evaluation and directed medical or occupational screening. You will follow written procedures and quality controls, maintain assigned competency records, and help ensure equipment faults or questionable conditions are recognized and addressed. Where testing is coordinated rather than performed on site, accurate labeling, handling, and timely reporting remain essential parts of the process.

Employment Type: Full time

Assignment Details: This position requires relocation to Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory, for the duration of the assignment.

Key Responsibilities

- Receive, identify, label, collect when authorized,



and process specimens for approved laboratory testing and clinical screening.
- Perform or coordinate basic tests within authorized scope, report results to clinical personnel, and document findings in approved forms and the electronic health record.
- Complete user-level maintenance, equipment serviceability and calibration checks, and promptly escalate faults or quality concerns.
- Follow laboratory procedures, quality controls, infection-prevention protocols, bloodborne-pathogen safeguards, and proper medical waste handling.
- Monitor consumables and supply availability, communicate replenishment needs, and support clinical screening with other healthcare professionals.
- Escalate patient safety concerns and suspend affected activities when required; participate in applicable training and emergency exercises.

You will contribute careful technical work and reliable reporting to a multidisciplinary clinic that depends on timely, accurate laboratory support.

📌 Laboratory Technician - Diego Garcia (Kochi)
🏢 International SOS Government Medical Services
📍 Kochi