Field Laboratorian at African Field Epidemiology Network (AFENET)

Work Hours: Full time 40 hours/week
Job Description

• The laboratory staff member will perform the blood draws and administer the HIV rapid tests. Registered laboratory personnel with prior laboratory experience (Monovette/vacutainer tubes collection and transportation, dried blood spotting, handling and transportation) will be recruited for field-based laboratory work.
• Laboratory training will focus on preparing participants for blood draw, specimen collection, processing, storage, and transportation, and use of rapid HIV tests and bio-safety procedures, ethics and confidentiality, and completion of survey data collection tools and data management.
• The laboratorians SOW shall also include supervision of the dispatch riders in sample packaging, transportation and delivery.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Assist the teams to locate selected households in his/her community
• Opens, separates, numbers and arranges specimens for laboratory examination and trace results.
• Maintains simple laboratory records and inventory for supplies and reagents.
• Maintains laboratory equipment and supplies by cleaning and maintaining quality assurance records.
• Maintains a clean and sanitary work area in accordance with standard laboratory practice and procedures.

Minimum Qualifications
Education/Experience:

• Candidate must possess a degree in Medical laboratory science or related field
• Candidate must have minimum of 5years laboratory experience

Knowledge, Skills, and Attributes:

• Candidate must be registered with Medical laboratory science council of Nigeria (MLSCN)
• Candidate must have prior Laboratory experience in HIV related surveys