Laboratory Services Coordinator Non-profit Careers – Baylor College of Medicine Children’s Foundation -Uganda

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Organisation: Baylor
College of Medicine Children’s Foundation -Uganda (Baylor-Uganda)  
Duty Station: Uganda
Reports to: Laboratory
Quality Management & Systems Manager
About US:
Baylor College of Medicine
Children’s Foundation -Uganda (Baylor-Uganda) is an indigenous not-for-profit
child health and development organisation affiliated to the Baylor College of
Medicine International Paediatric AIDS Initiative (BIPAI), a Network of
paediatric HIV/AIDS care and treatment Children’s Clinical Centres of
Excellence and international program offi ces in 11 countries across Africa,
Eastern Europe and North America.
Job Summary: The Laboratory
Services Coordinator will review and monitor the implementation of guidelines
for providing laboratory services
Key Duties and Responsibilities: 
  • Develop
    and monitor the implementation of strategies to strengthen specimen
    referral systems
  • Keenly
    monitor the implementation of MoH Quality Improvement Programs in
    laboratories
  • Develop
    and monitor implementation of region periodic work plans, procurement plan
    and budgets for providing laboratory services
  • Develop
    and maintain partnerships with key stakeholders, and advocate for
    coordinated and harmonized laboratory systems strengthening interventions
  • Offer
    technical support in develop regional laboratory performance targets and
    monitor their implementation
  • Keenly
    monitor stock management, proper forecasting and distribution of
    laboratory supplies, to strengthen laboratory logistics systems
  • Develop
    strategies to monitor the implementation of MoH accreditation process in
    the regional laboratories
  • Monitor
    Biosafety and waste management practices
  • Carry
    out periodic needs analysis of the regional laboratories and monitor the
    implementation of the laboratory capacity building plan
  • Conduct
    research    .

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
  • The
    applicant must hold a Master’s degree in Immunology and clinical
    microbiology or any Laboratory related course or public health with a
    degree in Biomedical Laboratory Science or any other laboratory related
    degree course.
  • Three
    years’ of experience in Laboratory Health Programming
  • Customer
    care, Teamwork, Focused and observant
  • Analytical
    skills
  • Good
    networking and communication skills
  • Good
    documentation and reporting skills
How to Apply:
All candidates should email their
applications to: applications@baylor-Uganda.org which should include a cover
letter, CV, daytime telephone contact and three traceable professional
references; and should be emailed or hand delivered. You must have at least a
credit 6 in MATHEMATICS and ENGLISH at Ordinary Level (UCE). Only shortlisted
candidates will be contacted for interview. An approved Medical Check-up report
from a recommended health centre for successful candidates is a requirement at
entry. Applications should be addressed to:
The Head of Human Resources,
Baylor College of Medicine
Children’s Foundation-Uganda,
Block 5 Mulago Hospital, P.O.
Box 72052 Clock Tower, Kampala. Uganda
Deadline: 30th April 2018
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