Laboratory Technician Volunteer (3 Positions)

SOS Children’s Villages invites applications from suitably qualified and interested candidates who fulfill the eligibility criterion for the below positions ;

Position Title                        :      Laboratory Technician Volunteer (3 Positions)

Reporting to                         :      Laboratory in charge

Location                                  :      Heliwa

Supervisees                         :     None

Functional Department    :     Health and Nutrition

Position Summary:

The position holder is expected to learn laboratory techniques and work under the laboratory incharge in busy hospital providing 24 hour services to women and children. The volunteer Lab Technician is expected to learn to perform all laboratory procedures, manage laboratory services and ensure internal and external laboratory quality control.

The main objective of the position is to provide learning opportunities to laboratory volunteer in providing laboratory and blood bank services to patients seeking care in the hospital. The volunteer will have an opportiunity to work under qualified lab staff in various laboratory sections such as heamatology, biochemistry, parasitology, microbiology, blood screening and blood bank services.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

The volunteer will learn to:

• Perform a variety of technical laboratory procedures according to Medical Center, laboratory’s and national standards to obtain patient specimens to ensure specimen quality used to aid in the diagnosis and treatment of disease
• Responsible for accurately completing records and reports and other statistical information for master files or databases.
• Follow laboratory policy for data retrieval, record keeping, specimen, and identification, requisition, reporting, charting, and billing procedures
• Maintain positive working relationship with the medical staff and medical center personnel
• Use positive interpersonal skills to educate/support lab customers and promote success of team members. Uses clear and concise verbal and written communication with staff and the public.
• Act independently on supervisor’s direction and accepts responsibility of the adopted policy and procedures of the medical center and the laboratory
• Does not report patient results unless qualified staff review the reported result are within accepted parameters.
• Recognizes out of control values, takes corrective action, and notifies others of changes.

Desirable:  Understanding local contexts and dialogues is additional value.

• Candidate must possess a Bachelor’s degree in Laboratory sciences
• Excellent command in Somali/English languages
• Computer skills (Ms word, excel, internet)
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and organizational skills

Child Safeguarding Policy:

SOS Children’s Villages Somalia holds strict child safeguarding principles and a zero-tolerance policy for conducts of sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse in the workplace and other places where the organization’s activities are rendered. Parallel to technical competence, recruitment, selection and hiring decisions will give due emphasize to assessing candidates value congruence and thorough background checks, police clearance reference check processes. SOS Children’s Villages organization is committed to safeguarding the rights of the children and therefore, is expected that every individual who joins with SOS Children’s Villages Somalia understand his/her responsibility in protecting and keeping children always safe.

Interested applicants should send their applications with a CV, clear subject line and scanned copies of your academic and professional certificates indicating telephone numbers and three referees to this email [email protected]  

Closing date: 25th May,2022

Competent Female candidate are encouraged to apply

Only short listed candidates will be contacted.

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