Job Description

VACANCY: Laboratory Supervisor (1 position)

• Position status: Full time
• Location: Ad Dahi Hospital – Ad Dahi District, Hodeida Governorate
• Contract duration: 1-year contract with a probation period

Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international, humanitarian, non-governmental organization providing assistance to people in need as a result of natural and man-made disasters, irrespective of race, religion, ideology, or politics.

Main Purpose
Planning, organizing, and carrying out laboratory activities and supervising the laboratory staff according to MSF protocols, security measures, and hygiene standards, in order to support the MSF medical team in the diagnosis of patients’ diseases.

Accountabilities

• Participating in the project planning and follow-up and reviewing the laboratory budget when necessary to support MSF’s medical activities.
• Ensuring the compliance of MSF hygiene and safety protocols, both individually and collectively as well as informing staff of existing biological risks.
• Performing laboratory tests and carrying out sample collection (serology, hematology, biochemistry, bacteriology, parasitology...) in accordance with prescriptions as well as ensuring that quality control tests are carried out regularly. Informing the doctor of the results of the tests and keeping a record of the analysis with data from patients.
• Ensuring proper management (cleaning, maintenance, arranging) of all laboratory equipment and the adequate supply of needed equipment and material in order to prevent stock-outs. This includes being responsible for all required automatic instrument calibration, ensuring that no material is taken out of laboratories without prior authorization and carrying out a proper storage system and conditions, inventory, etc. In cooperation with the logistics department, ensuring that cold chain is properly maintained in Laboratory areas for both, samples and reagents.
• In the absence of a Laboratory Manager, ensuring proper registration and needs of all lab-related activities and implementing a correct use of the associated management tool (EpyTryp, etc.) in order to have a proper recording of laboratory activities. Preparing and sending slides/samples for external quality control.
• Supervising, in close coordination with the HR department, the associated processes (recruitment, training/induction, coaching, evaluation, potential detection, development, and communication) of the staff under his/her responsibility in order to ensure both the sizing and the amount of knowledge required.
• Ensuring that all staff using medical devices are qualified and trained. Ensuring cleaning and minor maintenance tasks are performed according to the protocols. Reporting any malfunction to the project biomedical service.
• Producing regular reports on the testing and on any issues/problems related to laboratory personnel and/or the material used.

MSF Section/Context Specific Accountabilities

• The laboratory supervisor will collaborate in the implementation of the Antibiotic stewardship program.
• The laboratory supervisor will be responsible for training nurses using point of care testing equipment to perform testing in hospital wards and PHCs.
• The laboratory supervisor will ensure routine maintenance and quality control of laboratory equipment used in the wards and PHCs.
• The laboratory supervisor will provide technical support in situations of disease outbreak and surveillance activity implemented by the project.

Requirements

Education
Essential Bachelor’s Degree as Laboratory Technician and a valid practice license recognized by Yemen state.

Experience

• Essential: 2 years’ experience in a laboratory, preferably as a Lab Tech.
• Desirable: Experience in MSF or another NGO, desirable in a clinical laboratory

Languages
Arabic and English (at least B2) are essential

Knowledge
Essential computer literacy (word, excel, and internet)

Competencies

• Results
• Teamwork
• Flexibility
• Commitment
• Stress management