Assistant Chief Laboratory Scientist

Job title : Assistant Chief Laboratory Scientist

About the role

• The Assistant Chief Laboratory Scientist provides senior supervision of laboratory operations, supporting service leadership, supervising testing and staff, and upholding quality and biosafety.
• The role is based at a reputable multi-specialist hospital in Nigeria and works closely with the Deputy Chief Laboratory Scientist and the Chief Laboratory Scientist.

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
Education:

• Bachelor of Medical Laboratory Science (BMLS) from a recognised institution. Completion of the required national internship and NYSC, or a valid exemption where applicable.

Experience:

• Minimum of 8 years of post-registration experience in the relevant profession, including experience at Principal grade or equivalent.
• Substantial post-registration experience in medical laboratory science practice.
• Experience supervising and supporting junior medical laboratory science staff.
• Experience contributing to quality assurance and service improvement.
• Experience working within a multidisciplinary hospital team.

Required skills:

• Knowledge of laboratory quality, biosafety and specimen-handling standards.
• 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.
• Staff supervision and appraisal skills.