Fresher Laboratory Technician US CDC Grant Jobs – Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI)
Job Title: Laboratory Technician
Organisation: Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI)
Duty Station: Entebbe, Uganda
Reports to: Laboratory Technologist
About US:
Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) is one of the constituent research institutions under the Uganda National Health Research Organization (UNHRO). UVRI has a broad mission to carry out scientific investigations on communicable diseases of public health importance and to advise government on strategies for their control and prevention.
About PEPFAR Project:
The Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) has signed a MoU with the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to strengthen Institute capacity through the management and coordination of laboratory surveillance, epidemiology, public health evaluations and training in Uganda under the U.S President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). Under this cooperation, UVRI intends to recruit the following personnel on a one year contract to be renewed depending on satisfactory performance and availability of funds.
Job Summary: The Laboratory Technician will conduct quality control and other HIV associated tests in line with the mandate of the HIV National Reference Laboratory and also provide laboratory quality assurance support to HIV testing sites.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Participate in development of laboratory standard operating procedures Preparation of HIV proficiency testing panels Distribute HIV proficiency testing panels to testing sites
- Provide standard operating procedures to testing sites
- Collect quality control specimens from testing sites
- Register and store specimens in easily retrievable manner until required for retesting Keep updated inventories of all specimens in the repository using a user friendly archival software Take measures to ensure that aliquots of tested specimens are properly stored, minimizing freezing and thawing
- Timely maintenance of the cold chain system
- Review the test results with the Laboratory Technologist before forwarding them for data entry, management and analysis
- Carry-out quality control tests on sentinel surveillance and national HIV sero-behavioral Surveys samples
- Carry-out support supervision of HIV testing sites
- Compile needs of testing sites for providing quality HIV test results
- Participate in carrying out training at the testing sites
- Undertake any other duties that may reasonably be assigned by the Laboratory Technologist or Laboratory Manager
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The applicant for the Laboratory Technician job must hold a Diploma in Medical Laboratory Technology.
- Currently registered with the Allied Health Professionals Council.
- Two years of working experience in a biomedical laboratory and / or in an HIV drug resistance laboratory. The experience should have included quality control responsibilities.
- Knowledge of MS office packages including Excel.
How to Apply:
Applications together with copies of academic certificates, transcripts, a CV, including names of two work-related referees indicating their contacts with emails and phone numbers should be forwarded to the address below:
The Director,
Uganda Virus Research Institute,
P.O. BOX 49, Entebbe, Uganda
Or hand deliver to his office Plot 51-59, Nakiwogo Road, Entebbe.
Deadline: 10th September 2019 by 5:00pm
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