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Laboratory Scientist at AIDS Healthcare Foundation Nigeria (Foundation for AIDS Care, Prevention and Advocacy in Nigeria)

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Nasarawa
Posted 3 years ago

The organization now seeks to hire highly competent, dynamic and experienced persons to fill the following regular full-time position below:

Job Title: Laboratory Scientist

Location: Nasarawa
Employment Type: Full-time
Reports to: Lab Services Manager/ State Clinical Coordinator
No of vacancy: 1

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

  • BMLS, AMLSCN.
  • Experience with handling fully or semi-automated machines a must.
  • A minimum of three (3) years of experience in a similar position.
  • Must poses 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
11th October, 2022 (5pm).

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Application (CV and Cover Letter as one document) to: [email protected] using the Job Title and the Location you are applying for as the subject of the mail.

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.

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