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Job Title:   Laboratory Technologist

Organisation: Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration (IDRC)

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

About US:

The Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration (IDRC) is a non-profit research organization. IDRC conducts research in infectious diseases including Malaria, HIV and Tuberculosis. Our studies have led to over 300 publications and have impacted on the management of infectious diseases in Uganda. IDRC currently manages over 41 Grants with an annual budget of $11 million. IDRC was established in May 2008 by Ugandan health scientists from Makerere University College of Health Sciences, University of California, San Francisco and the Uganda Ministry of Health.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Identify potential study participants and screen them for consenting and recruitment into the study.
• Perform malaria parasite culturing and assay experiments.
• Perform molecular and genetic experiments.
• Perform Malaria microscopy and record results according to the standard Laboratory techniques as laid down by the W.H.O guidelines.
• Recruit patients into the study using Good Clinical and Laboratory guidelines as described in the study protocols.
• Collect and prepare field samples according to standard guidelines for transportation from the study site to research laboratory facilities.
• Keep all records of laboratory activities and inventory of all laboratory equipment and supplies.
• Ensure new equipment and devices that are introduced in the laboratory during your term of service are validated and verified.
• Ensure reliability, quality and integrity of laboratory and patient data.
• Routinely collect study data and ensure it is analyzed, verified and properly uploaded to the right databases.
• Uniformity of the performance of specific functions across all sections of the laboratory
• Ensure that patient and study information is kept confidential at all times.
• Performing laboratory quality assurance for all laboratory procedures

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• BSc degree in Biomedical Lab technology or Biochemistry.
• Prior diploma in Lab technology is an added advantage.
• Specialized skills in Malaria parasite cultures, Parasite ring survival assays and culture adaptation experiments and drug assays is an added advantage.
• Prior training or working experience of at least one year in malaria parasite collections, Isolation, culturing and sensitivity assays is an added advantage.
• Must be registered with Allied Health Professionals’ Council.
• Excellent communication, organizational and interpersonal skills.
• Reputable computer skills in MS Packages.
• Resilience in work ethic; Laboratory-based quality management objectives and institutional goals achieved.
• Standard operating procedures that are in line with study objectives are developed and implemented.
• Competence in all laboratory tests and instruments used in the parasitology research laboratory with no supervision.

How to Apply:

All suitably qualified and interested candidates should apply online at the link below.

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Deadline: 24^th May 2024

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