Description
Vacancy Announcement
Job title:
Blood Bank Laboratory Technician
Work Location:
Kono
Department:
Clinical
Reports to:
Laboratory manager
Line Management
No
Application Status
External Advert
Organisation Profile
Partners In Health (PIH) is an international health organization relentlessly committed to improving the health of the poor and marginalized. PIH partners with local governments to build local capacity and works closely with impoverished communities to deliver high-quality health care, address the root causes of illness, train providers, advance research, and advocate for global policy change. Our delivered services in the field are based in our partnership with the Governments and Ministries of Health and the support to education, training and mentorship to Health care workers and students is one of our pillars for the Health care system strengthening.
PIH currently has implementation programs in Haiti, Rwanda, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Peru, Mexico, Russia, Sierra Leone and Navajo Nation. Through our partnership with Harvard Medical School and the Brigham and Womenโs Hospital, we support a wide range of programs in dozens of other countries around the world.
Our Work In Sierra Leone:
Partners In Health (PIH) began supporting the government of Sierra Leone in response to the Ebola epidemic in October 2014. Recognizing the large need for continued investments in the health system after Ebola, PIH is committed to long-term health system strengthening in support of the Ministry of Health and Sanitation (MOHS), guided by the same principles as our emergency response and our work around the world: public sector accompaniment, integrated and comprehensive services, social justice, nimbleness and flexibility, partnership, community ownership, and evidence-based interventions. In the aftermath of the epidemic, PIH is committed to supporting the delivery of comprehensive health services in Sierra Leone, from the community level to the health center and to referral hospitals.
Position Overview
The main purpose of the position is to provide support to the Koidu government hospital Blood Bank Laboratory and other blood banks within PIH-supported facilities to ensure reliable and safe blood bank services in line with WHO standards and national safe blood services guidelines.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
General Responsibility:
- Support Koidu government hospital blood bank laboratory activities and work side by side with our Ministry of Health colleagues.
- Supporting diagnostic and blood bank services at Koidu government hospital Blood Bank Laboratory.
Specific Duties and Responsibilities:
- Collect and process blood samples and performs various Blood Bank Lab functions as elaborated in the National Blood Bank Policy and Procedure manual.
- Maintains Blood bank equipment in good operating condition by performing routine preventive maintenance.
- Registers requests on patient and donor specimens for tests and results.
- Maintain the continual improvement of the work process flow
- Provide support to mobile/ static blood drives.
- Monitors and ensures completion of Blood Bank laboratory records
- Any other duty assigned by your supervisor or his designate
Prevention of Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Harassment
At Partners In Health, we are committed to ensuring that those who benefit from our work- including our patients, families and community members โ as well as our staff are treated with dignity and respect and protected from sexual exploitation, abuse and sexual harassment. A range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken in conformity with Partners In Healthโs PSEAH policy. Partner In Health will request information from applicantsโ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.
Education and Work Experience Requirements
Qualification and experience:
โข National diploma in medical laboratory technology from a recognized university
โข 3-year working experience in a busy hospital Blood bank
โข Knowledge of documents and records using computer systems to conduct patient, donor, testing and processing activities and safeguarding blood donors and recipients
โข Ability to work full time in Kono
Social Justice
We are a global health and social justice organization that responds to the moral imperative to provide high-quality health care globally to those who need it most. We strive to ease suffering by placing patients at the center of all care, bringing the benefits of modern medicine to all.
Method of application
Interested candidates are required to apply through our website: www.pih.org/employment. In your application, please ensure to include names, addresses, email addresses and telephone numbers of three (3) referees not later than Thursday 24th August 2023.