Category: Health Care 

Employment Type: Permanent

Place: Ethiopian Public Health Institute

Required number: 1

Roles and responsibilities

• Support and monitor implementation of the quality policy manual and safety program.
• Overseeing development and document control of standard operating procedures and other related documents
• Ensures that all staff uses and adheres to standard operating procedures
• Annually review all standard operating procedures and related documents
• Overseeing orientation and onsite training of new laboratory staffs
• Provides on-site training to laboratory personnel on all quality activities
• Conducts competency evaluation of laboratory personnel.
• Assist the Immunohematology laboratory coordinator on work load distribution and making of schedules and duty rosters
• Conduct monthly review of quality and technical records including quality control data
• Trouble shoot and provide solutions to QC problems
• Ensures proficiency panels are received, processed and reported in a timely manner
• Review EQA feedback reports with all staff. Assists in investigation of poor performance and identification of root causes
• Monitor and timely update quality indicators. Perform root cause analysis for any deviations
• Documents quality occurrences in compliance with the quality plan of the laboratory;
• Advises Immunohematology laboratory coordinator of significant quality control/quality assurance issues.
• Analyzes technical problems pertaining to specimen adequacy, laboratory data, and instrumentation; determine cause and rectifies problems in accordance with guidelines and procedures.
• Confirms abnormal results and result discrepancies and initiate follow-up to resolve discrepancies.
• Reviews and approve laboratory results according to standard operating procedures; report critical results or unusual results in accordance with established policy.
• Ensure and coordinate internal and external audit schedules, plans and implementation to monitor and evaluate the QMS process, manages corrective action efforts and advises Immunohematology laboratory coordinator and TB/HIV directorate director on the outcomes.
• Assists with inventory management of supplies and assure that laboratory areas remain stocked with needed supplies.
• Participates in in-service training of new employees and visiting students.
• Participates in the preparation for all inspections by accrediting agencies.
• Providing advisory services to clients
• Investigate and address any complaints from users of laboratory services
• Summarizes and presents at the annual management reviews the performance of the QMS
• Attend quality related meetings on behalf of the Immunohematology laboratory
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned by the Immunohematology laboratory
• Ensuring that processes needed for the quality management system are established, implemented and maintained
• Establish and update manuals, SOPs and laboratory procedures based on the standard.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly and annual progress reports on his/her activities as needed.
• Participate in internal and external workshops, seminars and conferences.
• Ensuring the promotion of awareness of customers’ needs and requirements throughout the laboratory organization
• Implement and ensure laboratory safety and safe waste disposal based on guidelines
• Conducts preventive maintenances for instruments and equipment
• Ensure effective use, management and control of QMS documents according to the requirements
• Collaborate in identification of relevant research questions.
• Assist in research intent/abstract preparation to be submitted to the directorate s/he belongs in.
• Collaborate in the development of research proposals through compiling and reviewing.
• Collaborate in the preparation of research tools.
• Organize and participate in field work and data collection.
• Collaborate in data encoding, data entry, data verification and cleaning.
• Perform other pertinent activities as needed.

Job Requirements

• BSc Degree in Medical Laboratory Science and Masters in Laboratory management and quality assurance
• At least 2 years of experience in clinical laboratory service and, experience in hematology and Immunology laboratory is an advantage.
• Training on Laboratory quality management system, SLMTA/SLIPTA, ISO standards 
• Experience in laboratory quality management system.

How to Apply

Note Interested applicants can register in Online through ethiojobs send their CVs and relevant documents at the address given below within 7 days from the first appearance of the announcement

Note: Please attach copies of transcripts, academic degree or recommendation letters together with the application.