Technical Assistant - Laboratory Services at Achieving Health Nigeria Initiative (AHNi)

Job Description

• Will provide technical and programmatic support to implement high-quality laboratory services of HIV/AIDS, PMTCT, TB, HCT and other services within state and L.G.A. level including adherence to good clinical laboratory practice (GCLP), national policies and guidelines.
• Coordinate and maintain oversight of the day-to-day operations of all laboratory services at the facility and community-based interventions, support the implementation of community ART scale-up and daily monitoring of sample collection and management between the community and the Hubs for HIV/AIDS including strengthening effective referrals and linkages between facility laboratory and focus LGAs in the target drive.
• S/He will ensure that good clinical laboratory practices and quality assurance, and universal safety precautions are properly followed and oversee biological waste management between the community and testing Hubs at the focus LGA.
• Provide technical assistance for laboratory services to LGA Lab teams on field testing (if POC is available), sample collection and handling and reporting in line with the standard operating procedures and guidelines.
• Monitor logistics of community ART HIV testing, commodities documentation of HTC services using the monitoring and evaluation tools and ensure proper documentation and reporting of all testing done and results from communication between the LGA Lab volunteers and the testing Laboratory at the Hub.
• Contribute to the development of lessons learned from programs and field work related to client and sample management of HIV/AIDS and apply these lessons to modify the existing scale-up program and improve the design of new programs.

Minimum Recruitment Standards

• Bachelor's Degree in Medical Laboratory Sciences with a minimum of 1-year post-national youth service experience in laboratory services and laboratory management of HIV/AIDS.
• Certification/License to practice as a Medical Laboratory Scientist.
• Familiarity with the Nigerian public sector health system and NGOs and CBOs highly desirable.