General Laboratory Assistant at SANBS

Industry: Health & Fitness
Job category: Health, Fitness, Medical and Optometry
Listing reference: sanbs_003299
Location: Pretoria
Contract: Permanent
Business Unit: Queenswood
Remuneration: R 192 900.00 per annum
EE position: No
Closing date: 14 MAY 2026

Job description

A position has become available for a General Laboratory Assistant: Inventory and Processing. The incumbent will be responsible for preparing, delivering, and collecting blood bank hampers, as well as normal bio-hazardous waste disposal and cleaning responsibilities in accordance with relevant SOPs.

Key Performance Areas:

  • Blood hamper preparation, collection, packaging, and stock count objectives
  • Waste disposal objectives:
  • Daily Laboratory Duty Objectives:
  • SHEQ Compliance Objectives
  • General Function Objectives

Competencies:

Cognitive:

  • Pay attention to detail.
  • Problem solving.

Personal:

  • Ethical behaviour.
  • Personal development.
  • Flexibility / adaptability.
  • Excellence orientation.
  • Drive and believe in the cause.

Interpersonal:

  • Customer service orientation
  • Relationship building
  • Communication.
  • Engaging diversity
  • Teamwork.

Principles of Excellence:

  • Customer Service Orientation.
  • Ethical behaviour.
  • Excellence orientation.
  • Engaging Diversity.
  • Teamwork.

Job Specific Requirements:

  • Overtime as needed.
  • Shift work and weekend tasks are necessary.

Person-Specific Requirements:

  • Good physical health with moderate endurance and mobility.
  • Proficient vision.

Minimum Requirements

  • Education: Grade 12 includes math and one science subject.