Senior Medical Laboratory Technologist — QA & Validation Lead

The Emirates Group; Dubai; On-site; AED 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Emirates Group seeks a Senior Laboratory Technologist to lead laboratory operations, ensuring accuracy, efficiency and regulatory compliance. You will provide technical expertise, mentor juniors, and drive quality initiatives across the medical laboratory function in our Dubai clinics.

You will verify new test methods, perform annual validations, and maintain robust internal and external quality plans. Dubai Health Authority licensing is required, with 5+ years of generalist medical laboratory

Qualifications

• Bachelor Degree or Honours.
• 5+ years experience in Generalist Medical Laboratory Technologist or Clinical Laboratory Scientist.
• Licensed to practice as a Medical Lab Technologist in Dubai, UAE by the Dubai Health Authority.
• Proficiency in IQC, MU, Z score, TAE%, LTLV.

Responsibilities

• Manage all aspects of laboratory operations ensuring accuracy, efficiency and compliance with industry standards.
• Provide technical expertise and support training and development for junior team members.
• Support and contribute to the continuous improvement of laboratory projects.
• Conduct verification of new test methods and annual validation studies with linearity assessments, method comparisons and evaluation of detection and quantitation limits.
• Ensure each new reagent lot is cross-checked against previously validated in-use lots with thorough documentation of outcomes.
• Write and regularly review technical SOPs to ensure clarity, compliance and alignment with current laboratory practices and regulatory standards.
• Implement and maintain Internal Quality Control Plan and External Quality Assurance Control Plan, investigating and resolving discrepancies in test results.
• Review and authorise all examination results by assessing them against internal quality control data, relevant clinical information and prior test results.
• Continuously monitor for trends or biases that may suggest analyser-related issues.

Skills

5+ years lab exp

Education

Bachelor Degree or Honours

Job description

Emirates Group seeks a Senior Laboratory Technologist to lead laboratory operations, ensuring accuracy, efficiency and regulatory compliance. You will provide technical expertise, mentor juniors, and drive quality initiatives across the medical laboratory function in our Dubai clinics.

You will verify new test methods, perform annual validations, and maintain robust internal and external quality plans. Dubai Health Authority licensing is required, with 5+ years of generalist medical laboratory