LABORATORY SUPERVISOR

Job Description

Title: LABORATORY SUPERVISOR

Company Name: Medecins Sans Frontieres/ Doctors Without Borders (MSF)

Vacancy: 1

Location: Cox's Bazar

Maximum Salary: Tk. 78000 (Monthly)

Published: 25 Feb 2025

Education:
∎ Other Qualifications
∎ Essential degree as a Laboratory Technician -Diploma in Health Technology
∎ (Laboratory)/Bachelor’s in health technology (Laboratory)

Requirements:

Additional Requirements:
∎ Experience
∎ • Essential 2 years experience in a laboratory, preferably as a Lab Tech.
∎ • Desirable in MSF or another NGO, desirable in a clinical laboratory
∎ Language
∎ English, Bengali, and Rohingya dialect essential.
∎ Knowledge
∎ Essential computer literacy (word, excel, Outlook and Internet)
∎ Competences
∎ • Results
∎ • Teamwork
∎ • Flexibility
∎ • Commitment
∎ • Stress management

Responsibilities & Context:
∎ Accountabilities
∎ Participating in the project planning and follow-up and reviewing the laboratory budget when necessary in order to support MSF’s medical activities.
∎ • Ensuring the compliance of MSF hygiene and safety protocols, both individually and collectively as well as informing staff of existing biological risks.
∎ • Performing laboratory tests and carrying out sample collection (serology, hematology, biochemistry, bacteriology, parasitology ...) in accordance with prescriptions as well as ensuring that quality control tests are carried out regularly. Informing the doctor of the results of the tests and keeping a record of the analysis with data from patients.
∎ • Ensuring proper management (cleaning, maintenance, arranging) of all laboratory equipment and the adequate supply of needed equipment and material in order to prevent stock-outs. This includes being responsible for all required automatic instrument calibration, ensuring that no material is taken out of laboratories without prior authorization and carrying out a proper storage system and conditions, inventory, etc. In cooperation with logistics department, ensuring that cold chain is properly maintained in Laboratory areas for both, samples and reagents.
∎ • In the absence of a Laboratory Manager, ensuring proper registration and needs of all lab related activities and implementing a correct use of the associated management tool (EpyTryp. Etc.) in order to have a proper recording of laboratory activities. Preparing and sending slides/samples for external quality control .
∎ • Supervising, in close coordination with the HR department, the associated processes (recruitment, training/induction, coaching, evaluation, potential detection, development and communication) of the staff under his/her responsibility in order to ensure both the sizing and the amount of knowledge required
∎ • Ensuring that all staff using medical devices are qualified and trained. Ensuring cleaning and minor maintenance tasks are performed according to the protocols. Reporting any malfunction to the project biomedical service.
∎ • Producing regular reports on the testing and on any issues / problems related to laboratory personnel and / or the material used.
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∎ MSF Section/Context Specific Accountabilities
∎ • Ensuring general coordination of the laboratory – supervise the daily activities within the laboratory and its normal functioning by ensuring compliance with safety regulations, control standards, laboratory protocols, and delivering test results to the medical team in a timely manner.
∎ • Supervision of laboratory staff, training, and performance evaluations.
∎ • Monitor laboratory inventory and procure laboratory supplies and reagents as needed from the pharmacy.
∎ • Prepare monthly reports and other reporting to external stakeholders and participate in research activities when requested.
∎ • Ensure external laboratory test orders are sent out according to protocol and results are received on time to the medical team.
∎ • Ensuring good communication about laboratory activity with the direct supervisor and other departments when necessary.
∎ • Possibility to be on shifts (day, night, or staff housing) according to the needs of the hospital.
∎ • Overseeing the proper use, maintenance, and calibration of the GeneXpert machine for Hep-C testing. Ensured timely reporting of results and collaborated with the medical team for patient management. Monitoring reagent stock and quality control for accurate testing.
∎ • Supervising the introduction and proper execution of Gram stain and Giemsa stain techniques in the laboratory. Ensuring staff are trained, reagents are available, and quality control measures are in place for accurate diagnostics.
∎ • Ensuring the smooth functioning of blood bank services, including donor screening, collaboration in blood donation campaigns, and overall blood bank inventory management. Coordinating with relevant departments to maintain adequate blood supply and ensure compliance with safety protocols
∎ • Any other responsibility assigned by the direct supervisor.

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ 2 Festival Bonuses after completion of one year of uninterrupted service.
∎ There will be no provisions for relocation.
∎ Benefits
∎ Salary according to MSF salary grid (Level 7) BDT 78000, two (2) annual leave days per month worked. Medical insurance for employee and direct dependents.
∎ 2 Festival Bonuses after completion of one year of uninterrupted service.
∎ There will be no provisions for relocation.

Employment Status: Full Time

Job Location: Cox's Bazar

Job Highlights:
∎ Planning, organizing and carrying out laboratory activities and supervising the laboratory staff according to
∎ MSF protocols, security measures and hygiene standards, in order to support the MSF medical team in the
∎ diagnosis of patients’ diseases

Read Before Apply:

Please apply through the following link by 05/03/2025 with updated resume, cover letter, and

other relevant documents i.e. NID, Experience Certificate, degree and training certificate.

Application Link: https://ee.msf.org/x/xhXdBVip

Hardcopy :

No hardcopy applications will be accepted for this vacancy.

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Company Information:
∎ Medecins Sans Frontieres/ Doctors Without Borders (MSF)
∎ 5th Floor, Khawaja Palace, Plot N. 76, Ro-11, Banani, Dhaka-1213, Bangladesh.
∎ Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) is an international medical humanitarian organization working in over 80 countries worldwide. MSF has been working in Bangladesh since 1992. MSF was awarded the prestigious `Nobel Peace Prize` in 1999 for its pioneering humanitarian activities since 1971 in several continents.

Address::
∎ 5th Floor, Khawaja Palace, Plot N. 76, Ro-11, Banani, Dhaka-1213, Bangladesh.
∎ Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) is an international medical humanitarian organization working in over 80 countries worldwide. MSF has been working in Bangladesh since 1992. MSF was awarded the prestigious `Nobel Peace Prize` in 1999 for its pioneering humanitarian activities since 1971 in several continents.

Application Deadline: 5 Mar 2025

Category: NGO/Development