Laboratory Services Manager Non-profit Careers – AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF)

Job Title:      Laboratory Services Manager
Organisation: AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF)
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About US:
AIDS
Healthcare Foundation (AHF) is an international not for profit NGO, with its
Headquarters based in Los Angeles, California. Aids Health Care Foundation is
registered in Uganda as Aids Health Care Foundation – Uganda Cares (AHF-UC)
which is collaboration between the Uganda Ministry of Health and AIDS
Healthcare Foundation (U.S.A) to provide free HIV/AIDS services; including
antiretroviral therapy in resource constrained settings. 
AHF-
Uganda Cares to date operates in 15 districts including; Masaka, Kampala,
Rakai, Mpigi, Lyantonde, Soroti, Lwengo, Bukomansimbi, Kalungu, Kalangala,
Masindi, Amuria, Butambala, Gomba, Serere, Hoima and Tororo supporting 32
clinic sites country wide.
Key Duties and Responsibilities: 
  • The Laboratory Services Manager will manage and
    supervise the Laboratory Coordinators at regional levels to ensure
    compliance to ethical guidelines and protocols by junior staff.
  • Ensure that periodical quality reports are
    generated and submitted at all levels including to Ministry of Health and
    other relevant stakeholders.
  • Manage the establishment of quality standards
    that among others address; operations, troubleshooting procedures; certifying
    instrument performance; arranging equipment replacement, service, and
    repair
  • Ensures adequate stock of medical and HIV
    diagnostics laboratory supplies and inventory by regular stock taking to
    determine inventory level; anticipated gaps; placing and expediting orders
    for supplies.
  • Offers timely support in the planning
    function by monitoring workload of the key functional areas and by identifying
    peak and slack periods; advises management on making operational or
    staffing adjustment.
  • Supports lab staff performance through
    career/conduct counselling and disciplining staff; setting performance key
    result areas and appraising target achievement
  • Organize for educational workshops; reviewing
    professional publications; establishing personal networks as a way of
    maintaining professionalism and technical knowledge
  • Actively participates in acquisition of
    outsourced services by completing service requests forms and timely
    reviewing service bills and coding ; providing finance office with service
    codes.
  • Ensures that all supervised staff adheres to
    professional code of conduct and ethics.
  • Attends to conferences and any other duties
    as may be called upon.
 Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 
  • The applicant should hold a Bachelor’s degree
    in Medical Laboratory Technology or related field with strong Medical
    laboratory skills.
  • A minimum of two years working experience in
    Medical Laboratory Technology services at a level of management within the
    healthcare setting related to HIV/AIDS care program.
  • Show commitment to the vision and mission of
    AHF-Uganda Cares
  • Exceptional command of the English language
  • Ability to communicate efficiently and
    effectively both verbally and writing
  • Follow instructions given in both verbal and
    written format
How to Apply: 
All
suitably qualified and interested candidates should e-mail their applications
(Cover Letter and CV Only) to: globalhr.africa@aidshealth.org mentioning position
applied for in the subject line. The email should not be larger than 2 MB – any
larger email will not be considered.
Send
our hard copy application including telephone contact details to the:
Human
Resource Manager,
AHF
– Uganda Cares,
Plot
548 Kira Road, Kampala. Uganda
Deadline: 1st July 2016 by 5:00PM
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