About this role
Dragnet Solutions Limited
Dragnet Solutions Limited - Our client is a growing multi-specialist healthcare group, operating hospital facilities that deliver quality clinical and diagnostic services to patients. Backed by a strong governance structure and a strategy of expansion and service excellence, the organisation combines modern clinical operations with centralised corporate functions spanning finance, supply chain, human capital, ICT, legal and strategy.
As part of its next phase of growth, the organization is seeking talented professionals to join it in the capacity below:
Job Title: Assistant Chief Laboratory Scientist
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Job type: Full Time (Onsite)
Department: Diagnostic Service
About the Role
- Provides senior supervision of laboratory operations, supporting service leadership, supervising testing and staff, and upholding quality and biosafety.
Responsibilities
- Provide senior supervision of laboratory operations, supporting the deputy/head in leading the service.
- Supervise laboratory testing and section work, ensuring standards and throughput.
- Support rostering, workload allocation and skill-mix.
- Support biosafety compliance, audit and quality assurance.
- Supervise, support and appraise junior laboratory staff.
Requirements
- Education: Bachelor of Medical Laboratory Science (BMLS) from a recognised institution.
- Experience: Minimum of 8 years of post-registration experience in the relevant profession, including experience at Principal grade or equivalent.
Required skills
- Strong knowledge of laboratory practice across disciplines and of quality management.
- Ability to supervise rostering, section supervision and skill-mix.
- Ability to support biosafety, quality assurance and external quality assurance.
- Incident escalation and equipment/vendor liaison skills.
- Staff supervision and appraisal skills.
Nice to have:
- Specialty training or certification relevant to the laboratory discipline.
Application Closing Date
6th October, 2026.