Lab Technician job at Infectious Disease Institute

Lab Technician job at Infectious Disease Institute

The Laboratory Technician will work closely with facility teams to strengthen lab systems and build capacity of supported laboratories to provide high quality TB and HIV/AIDS services in line with national protocols

Key Responsibilities
• Support mentorship and training efforts to build capacity of facility teams to deliver high quality laboratory services.
• Provide laboratory services to TB and HIV/AIDS patients attending IDI-supported health facilities in line with standard guidelines.

• Establish equipment management and maintenance systems at supported laboratories to minimize downtime and ensure reliability of test results.
• Support and monitor reliable supply chain management systems at supported facilities to avert stock out of critical lab commodities for TB and HIV/AIDS care.

• Strengthen networks and coordination between supported facility labs and the national systems to ensure access to EID, Viral load, GeneXpert tests and resistance testing services.

• Support QA/QC systems including PT and EQA for critical TB and HIV laboratory tests in line with established national systems.

• Support development of SOPs to guide facility teams to provide lab services in accordance with WHO SLAMTA/SLIPTA protocols using standard data management tools.
• Support performance monitoring initiatives and routine data use activities at IDI-supported health facilities to guide implementation of project activities.

• Support the health workers to identify, implement and document continuous quality improvement activities along the HIV continuum of response and treatment cascades.
• Support health facilities to compile and submit accurate HMIS and programmatic reports according to project, donor and Ministry of Health timelines.

Academic Qualifications
• Diploma in Biomedical Laboratory technology

Person Specification
• Full and active registration with the Allied Health Professionals council.
• Training in laboratory quality management systems and biosafety
• Good communication, organization and management skills
• Understands client confidentiality and exhibits high level of ethical conduct
• Has basic computer literacy including word processing, excel, internet and power point

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