• Application Deadline: Fri, 9 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT
• Position: Medical Laboratory Services Manager



• Job Type Contract



• Qualification BA/BSc/HND



• Experience 8 years



• Location Oyo




• City Ibadan




• Job Field Medical / Healthcare 
  
  

DUTIES: 

• Quality and timely laboratory service delivery


• Outline and direct the performance of all laboratory procedures necessary for diagnosis and management of patients.


• Perform specialized tests within the medical unit’s laboratory.


• Manage day to day laboratory activities.


• Check and endorse results of laboratory analysis before dispatch


• Ensure Total Quality Assurance of all tests/investigations and procedures.


• Accurate, appropriate and timely result on the right patient, generating useful laboratory information to enhancing correct diagnosis.


• Timely and comprehensive preventive maintenance of laboratory equipment and instruments


• Maintenance of all scientific instruments in the laboratory


• Performing required daily, weekly, monthly and yearly maintenance schedule of equipment/instruments as applicable


• Adopting appropriate handling of equipment as stipulated by manufacturers, drawing up and adopting of standard operating procedures (SOPs)


• Ensuring appropriate operating environment of humidity, temperature and power requirements (electricity, dust-free environment etc. for all equipment


• Summary Objective: Ensure equipment in optimal performance state, to have none or minimal down time due to faulty equipment and enhance quality and longevity of equipment.


• Optimized management of laboratory resources- fixed and expendables


• Tailored purchase of items/reagents and other materials to need


• Purchase of laboratory consumables with long dated expiry and shelf life


• Maintenance of cold chain and proper reagent handling to avoid deterioration


• Summary Objective: Elimination of waste in the use of expendable resources.


• Laboratory Resource Forecast and Inventory Using generated statistics


• Accurate inventory of all expendable materials in relation to need at every season


• Working out efficient modalities of getting regular supplies from major suppliers


• Liaising with Supply Chain to smoothen processes between requisition and supply of Laboratory materials


• Summary Objective: Continual Availability of laboratory services at all seasons throughout the year.


• Execution of Expanded Biennial Comprehensive Medical Examination for different staff member groups (General Staff, Senior Staff, Managers and IRS)


• Pre-analytical preparation of staff members on conditions for specific samples and tests


• Collection of adequate and appropriate samples for given tests


• Analysis for samples for given test applying total quality assurance


• Presentation of results in standard forms with appropriate reference intervals (Electronic/hard copies)


• Electronic archival of results of biennial medical laboratory examinations for future reference or decision making


• Pre-employment medical screening for potential staff member.


• Capacity building


• Continuous supervision and training of different categories of Laboratory Staff Members-Laboratory Technician, Youth Corpers, I.T. students and other laboratory ad-hoc staff


• Supervise sample collection and preparation for analysis


• Supervise proper recording and documentation of investigation results.


• Working together with the Information Technology (IT) Unit, in the development of the Laboratory Information Systems (LIS)


• Development and organization of electronic laboratory forms (test description, tests categories/classifications, tests units, reference intervals)


• Deployment/supervision of computer-based electronic records for statistics and dispatch of laboratory results


• Selection and continuous review of appropriate test methods/platforms/systems for different investigations


• Decisions on choice of suitable and cost-effective tests equipment


• Guide (Supply Chain) in the procurement of appropriate scientific instruments and consumables.


• Coordination of IITA Clinic’s partnership with external laboratories


• Liaise with external medical laboratory facilities for conduct laboratory investigations and receipts of results deemed necessary to be conducted at such external facilities


• Collaborate with the Medical Unit Administrative Manager for the processing of bills from external medical laboratory facilities.


• Advise Physicians on the various aspects of laboratory medicine.


• Perform any other duties as may be assigned by the Supervisor.

Requirements

QUALIFICATION:

• Master’s degree in Chemical Pathology/ B.Sc. in Medical Laboratory Science from a reputable higher institution/Associate Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria (AMLSCN).


• The ideal candidate must have a Practical working experience in an NGO with up to 8 years’ experience in Chemical Pathology, Hematology, Microbiology, Blood Grouping and Transfusion Science and Histopathology.


• Professional certification in Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria (MLSCN) Licensure is required.

COMPETENCIES:

The ideal candidate must:

• Have Laboratory Analytical Skills.


• Have ability to manage resources-materials, human and otherwise


• Have ability to communicate effectively.


• Have ability to build capacity to teach.


• Have experience in Medical Laboratory Management.


• Have good inter-personal relationship skills.


• Be honest.