Provides senior supervision of laboratory operations, supporting service leadership, supervising testing and staff, and upholding quality and biosafety.
Responsibilities
Provide senior supervision of laboratory operations, supporting the deputy/head in leading the service.
Supervise laboratory testing and section work, ensuring standards and throughput.
Support rostering, workload allocation and skill-mix.
Support biosafety compliance, audit and quality assurance.
Supervise, support and appraise junior laboratory staff.
Requirements
Bachelor of Medical Laboratory Science (BMLS) from a recognised institution.
Completion of the required national internship and NYSC, or a valid exemption where applicable.
Minimum of 8 years of post-registration experience in the relevant profession, including experience at Principal grade or equivalent.
Required skills:
Strong knowledge of laboratory practice across disciplines and of quality management.
Ability to supervise rostering, section supervision and skill-mix.
Ability to support biosafety, quality assurance and external quality assurance.
Incident escalation and equipment/vendor liaison skills.