Recruitment for Laboratory Advisor
Partners in Health Care is a leading healthcare organization committed to providing high-quality medical services, innovative healthcare solutions, and patient-centric care throughout Nigeria. Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of Nigerians by delivering accessible, affordable, and top-tier healthcare services.
| Job Title | : Laboratory Advisor |
| Job Location | : Abuja, Nigeria |
| Accountable to | : Chief of Party |
| No. of Position | : 1 |
| Application Opens | : Thursday, 15th August 2024 |
| Application closes | : Wednesday, 28th August 2024 |
All PiHC employees are expected to work in accordance with the organization’s core values:
Quality Care, Compassion and Collaboration. These attitudes and believes guides our actions and relationships.
Generic responsibilities
- Ensure adherence with PIHC policies, tools, handbooks and guidelines
- Oversee laboratory programmatic reporting, identify and address potential issues proactively, taking corrective actions when needed.
- Respond to client inquiries and resolve issues in a timely and professional manner
- Provide accurate information about organizational laboratory standard operating procedures
- Develop a comprehensive implementation strategy tailored to Nigeria’s context.
- Ensure Smooth day to day running of the department
- Promote and share ideas for improvement of the laboratory function
Specific responsibilities
- High level representation of PiHC interests in external meetings and planning efforts nationally.
- Respond to client inquiries and resolve issues in a timely and professional manner
- Provide accurate information about organizational laboratory standard operating procedures
- Troubleshoot and resolve client complaints and concerns
- Utilize problem-solving skills to address complex client’s issues
- Collaborate with internal teams to resolve client’s issues and improve processes
- Maintain accurate records of client’s interactions
- Manages the PiHC team and PiHC operations and provides strategic oversight of operations.
- Support and Supervise clinical investigations/test According to medical prescription, with appropriate techniques and following PiHC protocols and procedures.
- Performing laboratory exams (serology, hematology, biochemistry, bacteriology, or parasitological, according to the context of the mission).
- Ensuring proper reporting and registration of the sample results to keep a written track of activity and give information to the relevant persons, ensuring confidentiality.
- Supporting in taking care, managing, and organizing efficiently the laboratory material/equipment.
- Ensure all PiHC Supporting facilities adhere to the minimum hygiene and safety protocols, doing daily cleaning /maintenance, sterilization, and washing general glassware after procedures.
- Ensuring implementation of proper sample waste disposal following PiHC protocols and highest safety standards.
- Support in implementing and management of effective Supply order, stock management procedure, storage conditions follow-up, keep inventory.
- Design and implement an organized data collection system of laboratory results and all information generated from the analysis done.
- Responsible for providing implementation support and guidance to Team members.
Coordinate and oversee donor visits within the Country in coordination with the Team Members
Functional/Technical
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- Experience Implementing public health programs in resource limited settings.
- Experience implementing medical research laboratories.
- At least 5 years experience working with an NGO.
- Experience working with young people and adolescents providing prevention serviced with referral options.
Your profile (Eligibility Requirement)
- Minimum of B.Sc., M.Sc. in Medical Laboratory Sciences or its recognized equivalent
- Minimum of Five (5) years of work experience
- Candidates must be a Computer literate
- Possess a Positive attitude (demonstrate integrity, confidentiality, approachability and diplomacy).
- Ability to withstand work-related pressure, and deliver task in line with PiHC quality standard
- Must possess good communication skills both verbal and written.
- Fluency in English Language is a must
- Experience in the implementation of Donor funded project