We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Laboratory Scientist
Location: Kogi
Employment Type: Full-time
Reports to: Lab Services Manager/ State Clinical Coordinator
Job Summary
- Provide laboratory support to AHF-supported sites and monitor adherence to standard laboratory protocols and guidelines. Involved in training, support supervision, mentorship, and team-building exercises for laboratory staff.
- Directly supervises laboratory technicians and other lab personnel on routine lab assays, demonstrates experience in viral load sample management, automated and semi-automated equipment handling and use (running the Cyflow for CD4+, Chemistry and Hematology machines).
- Ensures quality management system in the lab and implementation of laboratory services in line with approved QC/QA protocols at supported healthcare centers.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Provides routine and basic laboratory services for PLHIV attending the health facilities as required.
- Supports laboratory services provision, ensures standard, and current practices are in place for maintaining high quality laboratory services including calibration, standardization, and maintenance of automated or semi-automated instruments following established procedures.
- Participate in EQA and proficiency testing activities.
- Support in ensuring compliance and implementation of laboratory protocols for all lab technicians and assistance involved with the lab function, including maximizing the use of available resources.
- Coordinates with all laboratory vendors (external contractors) and supported sites to ensure that the process of handling patient samples and delivery of results is efficient and effective.
- Participates in the development and replication of the AHF Nigeria laboratory protocols and practices at all affiliated healthcare centers.
- Validates and reports, results of assays performed, delivers patients reports according to times indicated in policy and collection manual and ensuring strict adherence to safety procedures.
- Participates in identifying training needs, capacity building, mentorship and team building exercises for laboratory staff.
- Participates in inventory control management for laboratory supplies and reagents under AHF Nigeria for all supported sites.
- Ensures the compilation of monthly laboratory inventory at the supported Healthcare Centers.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Education and Experience
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- BMLS, AMLSCN
- Experience with handling fully or semi-automated machines a must.
- A minimum of three years of experience in a similar position.
- Must possess a valid license to practice as a medical laboratory scientist.
- Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:
- Duly registered with the Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria and hold a current annual practicing license.
Other Skills and Abilities:
- Must be able to travel 30-50% of the time.
- Sensitive to ethics and confidentiality of HIV/AIDS client issues.
- Possess current knowledge of best practices in HIV/AIDS laboratory management,
- Ability to prepare reports, provide team leadership and guidance.
- Good communication and interpersonal skills.
- Proficiency in computer operations
Application Closing Date
Friday, 5th January, 2024 by 5:00PM
HOW TO APPLY
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Applications (CV and Cover Letter as one document) to: [email protected] using the Job Title and Location as the subject of the email.
Note
- Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Also, your application document must be saved in your full name preferably in MS Word or PDF format.
- AIDS Healthcare Foundation is an Equal Opportunity Employer!
Deadline: January 5, 2024
Job Features
Job Category | Medical Laboratory Technician |