Maintains laboratory equipment performance by establishing quality standards; developing operations, quality, and troubleshooting procedures; ensuring staff compliance; certifying instrument performance; arranging equipment replacement, service, and repair.
Maintains laboratory supplies inventory by checking stock to determine inventory level; anticipating needed supplies; placing and expediting orders for supplies; verifying receipt of supplies.
Monitors and ensures laboratory productivity by monitoring workload of functional areas; identifying peak and slack periods; making operational or staffing adjustment.
Maintains quality results by participating in the quality assurance program; reviewing quality control and quality assurance programs; making adjustments in procedures; generating reports; maintaining records. Ensures the implementation of the ISO17025 management system in laboratory activities.
Identification and management of risks to laboratory processes.
Ensuring that safety standards and practices are enforced.
Implements new programs, tests, methods, instrumentation, and procedures by investigating alternatives; preparing proposals;
Participates in the recruitment, selection and induction of laboratory staff
Fulfills all operational requirements by scheduling and assigning duties employees and following up on work results.
Maintains laboratory staff results by counseling and disciplining employees; planning, monitoring, and appraising job results and training.
Prepares annual laboratory budget, investigates and explains variances in expenditure against approved budget and takes corrective action.
Ensures services provided by the Laboratory are correctly charged out where necessary
Resolves problems by consulting with relevant stakeholders.
Ensures services provided by the Laboratory are correctly charged out where necessary
Qualifications:
BSc Honours degree in Microbiology, biological sciences or equivalent from a recognized institution.
ISO17025 Development and Implementation.
A minimum of three (3) years’ experience in a Laboratory environment and 2 years of which must be at Supervisory/Management level
Knowledge of testing protocols in Microbiology, Serology, and Molecular biology