Grade: XIV

Number Required: 8

Report to: The medical laboratory technologist specialist will work under the Referral and Reference Laboratory Directorate at EPHI. 

Employment type: Permanent and as per your current salary or as per government scale for the position. Selected applicants will be recruited through the government transfer recruitment process, so the organization you are currently working should allow you to be transferred to EPHI once you selected for the positions.

Place of work: The Specialist will be based at EPHI, but will also travel to regions as found necessary. 

Background and Job summary 

Ethiopian Public Health Institute is responsible for providing referral and reference laboratory service for different facilities throughout the country. To achieve these responsibilities the referral and reference laboratories directorate plans to hire/transfer competent laboratory professional specialist. These specialists will be responsible for analysing specimens collected from patients and received from various health facilities and provide quality laboratory results for the diagnosis, monitoring, and treatment of disease. 

Duties & Responsibilities:

The duties and responsibilities of the Medical Laboratory Professional Specialist includes, but not limited to, the following. 

• Perform routine work of laboratory using validated testing procedures in Clinical chemistry, Haematology, HIV, Microbiology and TB laboratories 

• Generate daily results and reports for signature and distribution by authorized officer

• Perform routine quality control evaluation of assays and reagents

• Operate laboratory equipment following established protocols and perform routine checks and basic maintenance of laboratory equipment

• Manage laboratory inventory and orders for reagents and consumables 

• Adhere to safety standard and ensure proper use of personnel protective equipment for patients and staff. Ensure all procedures are performed in accordance with the relevant Health and Safety policy and procedures

• Perform calibration on instruments according to defined schedules 

• Report corrective actions taken whenever test systems deviate from established levels of performance to quality manager 

• Implement Laboratory quality management systems in the laboratory 

• Supporting and building the capacities of other facilities in proper management of tests and clinical interpretation of results

• Assist in the training of personnel on laboratory methods and instrumentation use

Job Requirements

Qualification and experience 

• Master’s degree (MSc) in Clinical chemistry, Medical Biochemistry, Microbiology, infectious disease, Hematology and Immunohematology, Immunology, Molecular Biology, Genetics, with minimum 3 years’ experience working in clinical settings 

Required skills and attributes 

• Knowledge, skill and operation of laboratory sample analysis 

• Knowledge on basic automated laboratory instrumentation 

• Experience in HIV Viral load, Early infant Diagnosis (EID) laboratory tests in molecular testing equipment 

• Experience in automated Clinical chemistry and Hematology analyzers 

• Experience in Microbiology and TB laboratory testing 

• Training in laboratory quality management system 

• Experience in providing technical guidance and support to other staffs 

• Excellent communication skills including public speaking and ability to address complex issues and concepts clearly, and concisely

• Effective time management skills, ability to work with a team and independently when required 

How to Apply

Note  Interested applicants can register in Online through THIS LINK send their CVs and relevant documents at the address given below within 07 days from the first appearance of the announcement

Remarks: Please attach copies of transcripts, academic degree, work experience  letters together with the application. If not attached the copies you may be not short listed.