Assistant Chief Laboratory Scientist at Dragnet Nigeria

About the role

• Provides senior supervision of laboratory operations, supporting service leadership, supervising testing and staff, and upholding quality and biosafety.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior supervision of laboratory operations, supporting the deputy/head in leading the service.
• Supervise laboratory testing and section work, ensuring standards and throughput.
• Support rostering, workload allocation, and skill-mix.
• Support biosafety compliance, audit, and quality assurance.
• Supervise, support, and appraise junior laboratory staff.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Medical Laboratory Science (BMLS) from a recognised institution. Completion of the required national internship and NYSC, or a valid exemption where applicable.
• Minimum of 8 years of post-registration experience in the relevant profession, including experience at Principal grade or equivalent.

Required skills:

• Strong knowledge of laboratory practice across disciplines and of quality management.
• Ability to supervise rostering, section supervision, and skill-mix.
• Ability to support biosafety, quality assurance, and external quality assurance.
• Incident escalation and equipment/vendor liaison skills.
• Staff supervision and appraisal skills.

Nice to have:

• Specialty training or certification relevant to the laboratory discipline.