Job Title: Laboratory Technician (2 Job
Opportunities)
Opportunities)
Organisation: IntraHealth
International
International
Project Name: USAID
Regional Health Integration to Enhance Health Services in Eastern Uganda
Project (USAID/Uganda RHITES-E) Project
Regional Health Integration to Enhance Health Services in Eastern Uganda
Project (USAID/Uganda RHITES-E) Project
Duty Station: Uganda
About Intra Health:
IntraHealth International is a
non-profit organization based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.A. that has
been in existence for over 30 years in more than 100 countries and it has
empowered health workers to better serve communities in need. IntraHealth
fosters local solutions to health care challenges by improving health worker
performance, strengthening health systems, harnessing technology, and
leveraging partnerships. In collaboration with governments, nongovernmental
organizations, and private- sector organizations around the world, IntraHealth
champions the needs and contributions of health workers—from doctors and nurses
to community health workers to health facility managers—and works to ensure
they have the tools, supplies, information, training, and support they need to
provide communities they serve with the best possible opportunity for health
and well-being.
non-profit organization based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.A. that has
been in existence for over 30 years in more than 100 countries and it has
empowered health workers to better serve communities in need. IntraHealth
fosters local solutions to health care challenges by improving health worker
performance, strengthening health systems, harnessing technology, and
leveraging partnerships. In collaboration with governments, nongovernmental
organizations, and private- sector organizations around the world, IntraHealth
champions the needs and contributions of health workers—from doctors and nurses
to community health workers to health facility managers—and works to ensure
they have the tools, supplies, information, training, and support they need to
provide communities they serve with the best possible opportunity for health
and well-being.
About USAID RHITES-E Project:
IntraHealth International will
implement the USAID RHITES-E which supports the Government of Uganda (GOU) and
key stakeholders to increase availability and utilization of high quality
health services in 21 districts in Eastern Uganda and 2 in Karamoja by
strengthening health systems and improving the quality of, access to, and
demand for health services with attention to equity and underserved
populations.
implement the USAID RHITES-E which supports the Government of Uganda (GOU) and
key stakeholders to increase availability and utilization of high quality
health services in 21 districts in Eastern Uganda and 2 in Karamoja by
strengthening health systems and improving the quality of, access to, and
demand for health services with attention to equity and underserved
populations.
Job Summary: The Laboratory
Technician will conduct generalized laboratory examination for disease
diagnosis, treatment, prevention and control.
Technician will conduct generalized laboratory examination for disease
diagnosis, treatment, prevention and control.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
•
Participating in planning, budgeting,
coordinating, monitoring and evaluating lab services.
Participating in planning, budgeting,
coordinating, monitoring and evaluating lab services.
•
Managing and accounting for allocated resources.
Managing and accounting for allocated resources.
•
Working closely with Clinic management in the
preparation of patients for Laboratory test.
Working closely with Clinic management in the
preparation of patients for Laboratory test.
•
Participating in proper collection, handling and
transportation of specimens to the Laboratory.
Participating in proper collection, handling and
transportation of specimens to the Laboratory.
•
Carrying out Laboratory analysis interprets
results and submit reports to Clinicians.
Carrying out Laboratory analysis interprets
results and submit reports to Clinicians.
•
Designing and implementing Quality Improvement
Projects
Designing and implementing Quality Improvement
Projects
•
Requisitioning for equipment and other supplies.
Requisitioning for equipment and other supplies.
•
Securing and maintaining equipment in the
Laboratory.
Securing and maintaining equipment in the
Laboratory.
•
Ensuring safety measures against hazards.
Ensuring safety measures against hazards.
•
Imparting knowledge and skills to students and staff.
Imparting knowledge and skills to students and staff.
•
Enforcing staff adherence to Professional Code
of Conduct and Ethics.
Enforcing staff adherence to Professional Code
of Conduct and Ethics.
•
Compiling and submitting periodic reports.
Compiling and submitting periodic reports.
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:
Experience:
•
The applicant must hold a Diploma in Medical
Laboratory Techniques or its equivalent from a recognized Institution.
The applicant must hold a Diploma in Medical
Laboratory Techniques or its equivalent from a recognized Institution.
•
Must be registered with the Allied Health
Professionals Council.
Must be registered with the Allied Health
Professionals Council.
•
A minimum of two years of experience as a
Laboratory Assistant.
A minimum of two years of experience as a
Laboratory Assistant.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and
interested candidates who wish to join the USAID RHITES-E Project should send an
updated CV/Résumé, completed USAID Form 1420 Contractor Employee Biographical
Data Sheet, download here and three professional references to
the Kotido District Service Commission.
interested candidates who wish to join the USAID RHITES-E Project should send an
updated CV/Résumé, completed USAID Form 1420 Contractor Employee Biographical
Data Sheet, download here and three professional references to
the Kotido District Service Commission.
Deadline: 16th March 2018
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