About the Job
JOB SUMMARY
- Under supervision of the Centre Manager, Centre Head, and Centre Coordinator, the incumbent conducts tests, manages the laboratory staff and ensures that there have adopted procedures for all lab activities; checks that the equipment and apparatus are in good working conditions; ensures lab reports go to the staff who has placed the order; Ensures the lab reports are duly registered and safely kept, being only accessible to authorized staff.
DUTIES/TASKS
- Undertakes laboratory tests as requested by the medical staff;
- Manages the activities in the lab;
- Resolves technical issues raised by the laboratory technicians;
- Ensures the existence of procedure manuals for the lab activities, quality assurance and control processes, inspection, preventive maintenance and calibration of all equipment;
- Ensures the existence of procedures for management of reagents including availability, storage, and testing for efficacy;
- Adopts written procedures for collecting, transporting identifying, accepting, rejecting, processing and disposing of Specimens;
- Ensures that all staff practice laboratory safety program, including infection control;
- Adopts procedures for storage of clinical samples if it is not immediately examined;
- Adopts policies and procedures to protect the privacy of patients and integrity of patient records;
- Monitors the transportation of samples to the laboratory, ensuring the fulfilment of parameters;
- Monitors availability, maintains proper handling and makes blood ready for those clients/patients requiring blood transfusion
- Prepares and submits monthly and / or annual reports, as deemed necessary.
- Undertakes any other duties that may be assigned to him
About You
Qualification Requirements
Education
- BSc in Laboratory Technology
Experience
- Two years of relevant experience
B Skills, Attitudes and Attributes
- Readiness to guide, share experiences and enforce professional discipline
- Good communication and interpersonal skills
- Capacity to record test results methodologically
- Readiness to work in teams
- Pro-choice
Required Skills
- Time management
- Microsoft Office Pack: Word, Excel, Access, Publisher, Outlook, Powerpoint
- Attention to detail
- Acute care
We invite candidates meeting the required qualifications to download and fill the job application form from
email to Humanresource@mariestopes.org.et
before the closing date of this announcement on
i.e. within Ten (10) consecutive days.
Please note that we ONLY consider those who filled in the application form and send us back. We regret to inform that we do not accept CV at this stage.
Please mention the title of the position and workplace you applied for on the subject line of your email.
More Information
- Address Ethiopia
- Experience Level Junior
- Total Years Experience 0-5
