Lab Assistant

Job Description

Title: Lab Assistant

Company Name: International Rescue Committee (IRC)

Vacancy: --

Age: 18 to 60 years

Location: Cox's Bazar (Teknaf, Ukhia)

Experience:
∎ At least 1 year

Published: 18 Dec 2024

Education:
∎ Diploma in Pathology

Requirements:

Additional Requirements:
∎ Age 18 to 60 years
∎ At least 1 year working experience.
∎ Previously working with any local or International NGO.
∎ Practical skills.
∎ Written skills to produce reports.
∎ Computer skills to record and analyze information from tests and experiments.
∎ Teamwork skills.
∎ Ability to work under pressure.
∎ People who are familiars with local culture and local dialects will get preference.
∎ Diploma in Pathology Medical Laboratory / Diploma in Medical Technology Laboratory
∎ Certified in The State Medical Faculty of Bangladesh.
∎ Medical degree in laboratory medicine
∎ Experience (Including sector/industry):
∎ At least 1 year working experience.
∎ Previously working with any local or International NGO.
∎ Knowledge, Skills & Competences:
∎ Practical skills.
∎ Written skills to produce reports.
∎ Computer skills to record and analyze information from tests and experiments.
∎ Teamwork skills.
∎ Ability to work under pressure.
∎ Language Preference:
∎ People who are familiars with local culture and local dialects will get preference.
∎ Specific Educational Qualification:
∎ Diploma in Pathology Medical Laboratory / Diploma in Medical Technology Laboratory
∎ Certified in The State Medical Faculty of Bangladesh.
∎ Professional degree / Certification:
∎ Medical degree in laboratory medicine

Responsibilities & Context:
∎ Making up chemical solutions.
∎ Performing laboratory testing according to doctors’ advice.
∎ Sorting blood and tissue samples.
∎ Carefully removing chemical and biological waste.
∎ Labelling tubes and bottles.
∎ Looking after equipment stocks and ordering replacements when needed.
∎ Cleaning and sterilizing equipment.
∎ Identification and preparation of all samples.
∎ Ensuring that all procedures are documented and updated as required.
∎ Oversees specimen collection activities.
∎ Oversees specimen referral activities.
∎ Oversees laboratory requisition preparation for outpatients.
∎ Maintaining optimum temperature for lab reagents.
∎ Reports to work as scheduled.
∎ Reporting to supervisor.
∎ Develop and maintain effective working relationships with local communities, local government agencies and other implementing partners.
∎ Handling Infectious samples.
∎ Adhere to infection control and prevention guidelines.
∎ Correct specimen collection correct labeling.
∎ Program Brief:
∎ Founded in 1933, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) is one of the world’s leading agencies working in post-conflict and development contexts, supporting communities in over 40 fragile, failed and developing states. In this capacity, we work to restore safety, dignity and hope to millions who are uprooted, struggling to endure and wishing to advance on a path of development.
∎ The IRC has been present in Bangladesh since 2017 and obtained registration with the NGOAB in March 2018. Since the IRC obtained registration in March 2018, it has moved quickly to expand its integrated emergency health and protection response through both direct and partner-based programming focused on primary healthcare, women’s protection and empowerment, sexual and reproductive health, gender-based violence, child protection, Protection Rule of Law (PROL) and Education. Recently IRC has also introduced Economic Recovery and Development program. IRC will continue working in both the camps and host community; while meeting the significant needs of both refugee and host populations, as already existing vulnerabilities are compounded with cyclical monsoon and cyclone seasons that impose additional threats to the lives and protection of those refugees as well as vulnerable host populations. IRC will grow over time its geographic coverage within Cox’s Bazar and to other parts of the country, thus expanding its’ networks and partnerships around emergency preparedness and response work, reaching beyond the Rohingya refugees, also targeting the vulnerable host groups in Cox’s Bazar and other parts of Bangladesh.
∎ Purpose of this role:
∎ The Lab Assistant is a member of the IRC health team and will be responsible for the management and performing of lab services, making up chemical solutions, labeling specimens, cleaning and sterilizing equipment, contributing to the procurement plan, and sending time-to-time requisitions.
∎ Major Responsibilities:
∎ Making up chemical solutions.
∎ Performing laboratory testing according to doctors’ advice.
∎ Sorting blood and tissue samples.
∎ Carefully removing chemical and biological waste.
∎ Labelling tubes and bottles.
∎ Looking after equipment stocks and ordering replacements when needed.
∎ Cleaning and sterilizing equipment.
∎ Identification and preparation of all samples.
∎ Ensuring that all procedures are documented and updated as required.
∎ Oversees specimen collection activities.
∎ Oversees specimen referral activities.
∎ Oversees laboratory requisition preparation for outpatients.
∎ Maintaining optimum temperature for lab reagents.
∎ Reports to work as scheduled.
∎ Reporting to supervisor.
∎ Coordination & Representation:
∎ Develop and maintain effective working relationships with local communities, local government agencies and other implementing partners.
∎ Major Challenges/Difficulties of this role:
∎ Handling Infectious samples.
∎ Deliverables:
∎ Adhere to infection control and prevention guidelines.
∎ Correct specimen collection correct labeling.

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Mobile bill, Weekly 2 holidays, Insurance, Gratuity
∎ Two retention benefits in a year equivalent to two basic salaries.
∎ Two retention benefits in a year equivalent to two basic salaries.

Workplace:
∎ Work at office

Employment Status: Contractual

Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Teknaf, Ukhia)

Read Before Apply:

Standard of Professional Conduct:

The IRC and the IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in the IRC Way – our Code of Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, Accountability, and Equality.

Commitment to Gender, Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion:

The IRC is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive, respectful, and safe work environment where all persons are treated fairly, with dignity and respect. The IRC expressly prohibits and will not tolerate discrimination, harassment, retaliation, or bullying of the IRC persons in any work setting. We aim to increase the representation of women, people that are from country and communities we serve, and people who identify as races and ethnicities that are under-represented in global power structures.

Company Information:
∎ International Rescue Committee (IRC)
∎ 3rd floor, Sayemon Heritage Residence, Baharchora, Cox’s Bazar
∎ 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.

Address::
∎ 3rd floor, Sayemon Heritage Residence, Baharchora, Cox’s Bazar
∎ 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.

Application Deadline: 24 Dec 2024

Category: Pathologist/ Lab Assistant