Lab Assistant
Job Description
Title: Lab Assistant
Company Name: International Rescue Committee (IRC)
Vacancy: Not specific
Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Teknaf, Ukhia)
Employment Status: Full-time, Contractual
Educational Requirements:
∎ Diploma in Medical Technology
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 1 year(s)
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Participate in planning of laboratory set up
∎ Participate in quality assurance planning of the laboratory
∎ Plan and prepare annual and quarterly logistics requirements for the laboratory
∎ Support preparing quality assurance tools and guidelines in line with the national guidelines
∎ Support higher management in decision-making
∎ Maintain safety measures for infection control in the laboratory
∎ Maintain optimum standard in smearing and microscopy following the SOP and guidelines
∎ Ensure maintenance of microscopy and other laboratory equipment as per the SOP and guidelines
∎ Ensure quality investigation and report processing within the facility
∎ Refer presumptive and complicated cases to designated facilities for further diagnosis
∎ Support in EQA and slide-rechecking
∎ Ensure hygienic disposal of waste materials
∎ Maintain contact tracing register for active case findings and refer presumptive cases to nearby diagnostic facility
∎ Assist govt. MT (Lab.) at UHC lab whenever necessary
∎ Any other job as required by the project
∎ Maintain regular coordination with related stakeholders
∎ Periodic monitoring of the Laboratory (for EQA Technician)
∎ Check the randomized slides and provide the result as first controller (for EQA Technician)
∎ Record results in respective forms and registers and report promptly to the requesting staff
∎ Ensure complete and accurate monthly and quarterly reporting as per the guideline
∎ Ensure wards/clinic areas are appropriately stocked with essential equipment and supplies
∎ Ensure patient confidentiality is respected, and that all consultations are conducted in a dignified and respectful manner
Additional Requirements:
∎ At least 1 year of clinical experience in lab assistance
∎ Ability and flexibility to understand the cultural and political environment and to work well with the local health representatives
∎ Skills to provide sensitive and appropriate medical counselling
∎ Excellent communication skills
∎ Required be team oriented with excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work under pressure in a stressful environment, displaying patience, compassion and diplomacy
∎ Required to be able to and willing to assist with carrying patients on stretchers and carrying equipment
∎ Ability to be innovative, flexible, adaptive, and willingness to work in potentially dangerous and stressful environments
∎ Ability to live in challenging conditions and ability to work under difficult, high pressure situations
Salary: Tk. 25000 (Monthly)
Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Mobile bill, Insurance, Gratuity
∎ Two (2) bonuses in a year equivalent to two (2) basic salaries (not related to festival)
Application Deadline: 21 Jul 2020
Company Information:
∎ 15 Jul 2020
∎ International Rescue Committee (IRC)
∎ Address : Apartment A4, 4th Floor, Navana Miru, House 4, Road 96, Gulshan 2, Dhaka
∎ Web : https://www.rescue.org/
∎ Business : The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover and gain control of their future. In more than 40 countries and in 26 U.S. cities, our dedicated teams provide clean water, shelter, health care, education, protection and empowerment support to refugees and displaced people. The International Rescue Committee (IRC) Founded in 1933. David Miliband, President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee, is a former Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom.
Category: NGO/Development
Read Before Apply: Standard of Professional ConductIRC and IRC employees are required to abide by the values and principles outlined in the IRC Way - Code of Conduct which are Integrity, Service, and Accountability. In accordance with these values, IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Harassment-Free Workplace, Fiscal Integrity, Anti-Retaliation, Combating Trafficking in Persons and several others. Gender Equality & Equal OpportunityWe are committed to narrowing the gender gap in leadership positions. We offer generous benefits that provide an enabling environment for women to participate in our workforce including parental leave, gender-sensitive security protocols and other supportive benefits and allowances. We welcome and strongly encourage qualified female professionals to apply.We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our organization. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. Are you ready to join the most dynamic team?
