About this role
Assistant Chief Laboratory Scientist (Kaduna) at Dragnet Nigeria
Dragnet Solutions is a dynamic Information Technology company that specializes in the design, development and implementation of innovative people screening solutions. Since our incorporation in 2007, we have been at the forefront of creating and recreating objective recruitment and application management processes to meet international standards. As official...
About the role
Provides senior supervision of laboratory operations, supporting service leadership, supervising testing and staff, and upholding quality and biosafety.
Responsibilities
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Provide senior supervision of laboratory operations, supporting the deputy/head in leading the service.
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Supervise laboratory testing and section work, ensuring standards and throughput.
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Support rostering, workload allocation and skill-mix.
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Support biosafety compliance, audit and quality assurance.
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Supervise, support and appraise junior laboratory staff.
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Required skills
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Strong knowledge of laboratory practice across disciplines and of quality management.
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Ability to supervise rostering, section supervision and skill-mix.
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Ability to support biosafety, quality assurance and external quality assurance.
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Incident escalation and equipment/vendor liaison skills.
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Staff supervision and appraisal skills.
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Working knowledge of laboratory quality, biosafety and specimen-handling standards appropriate to the role.
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Nice to have
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Specialty training or certification relevant to the laboratory discipline.
Experience
- Minimum of 8 years of post-registration experience in the relevant profession, including experience at Principal grade or equivalent. Substantial post-registration experience in medical laboratory science practice. Experience supervising and supporting junior medical laboratory science staff. Experience contributing to quality assurance and service improvement. Role-specific experience working within a multidisciplinary hospital team.
Education
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Bachelor of Medical Laboratory Science (BMLS) from a recognised institution. Completion of the required national internship and NYSC, or a valid exemption where applicable.
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