Job Description

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), is an International Humanitarian Organization providing medical aid to populations in distress, victims of natural and man-made disasters and victims of armed conflict, regardless of race, religion and political believes. For more information, visit our Arabic website, www.msf-me.org

Médecins Sans Frontières France is looking for Yemeni nationals to recruit in the medical department, in Alsalam hospital, Khamer, Amran governorate for the following position:

LABORATORY SUPERVISOR 

Location: Amran Governorate – Khamer.

Contract type: Fixed Term Contract (Six Months- non-renewable).

Reporting to: Medical Activity Manager.

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.

In the frame of these activities he/she will:

• Ensuring the compliance of MSF hygiene and safety protocols, both individually and collectively (i.e. required clothes and equipment, hygiene and universal precautions, etc.) as well as informing staff of existing biological risks. 
• Ensure good laboratory practices in infection control (IC) with special attention on preventing exposures and immediately reporting the same when they occur. 
• Performing laboratory tests and carrying out sample collection (serology, hematology, biochemistry, bacteriology, parasitology, blood bank ...) 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 registration and records of all lab-related activities 
• Ensuring that results are communicated to the medical departments in a timely manner
• Ensuring that SOPs are being followed to promote quality practices and management system including – sample collection, sample transportation, result processing and transmission, quality assurance and quality controls. 
• Supervising the daily lab activities and prepare training materials and provide classroom training and on-job mentorship.
• 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 logistics department, ensuring that cold chain is properly maintain and the temperature is monitored and registered daily in laboratory areas for both, samples and reagents. 
• Ensuring that all staff using medical devices are qualified and trained. 
• Ensuring cleaning, daily quality control and minor maintenance tasks are performed according to the protocols. Reporting any malfunction to the project biomedical service.
• In the absence of a Laboratory specialist, 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. 
• Producing regular reports on the testing and on any issues / problems related to laboratory personnel and / or the material used. 
• In close collaboration with the logistic and medical department, coordinate the transportation of samples to an external lab and the results. 

QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILL REQUIREMENTS:

Education    

• Essential Bachelor’s degree in Laboratory Technology.

Experience    

• Essential 3 years’ experience in a laboratory, preferably as a Lab Supervisor.
• Experience in management of blood bank and microbiology.
• Desirable in MSF or another NGO, desirable in a clinical laboratory

Languages        

• Local language and English language essential.

Knowledge    

• Essential computer literacy (word, excel and internet).

Competencies    

• Results
• Teamwork
• Flexibility
• Commitment
• Stress management