Laboratory Services Manager Non-profit Careers - AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF)

AIDS

Healthcare Foundation (AHF) is an international not for profit NGO, with its

Headquarters based in Los Angeles, California. Aids Health Care Foundation is

registered in Uganda as Aids Health Care Foundation – Uganda Cares (AHF-UC)

which is collaboration between the Uganda Ministry of Health and AIDS

Healthcare Foundation (U.S.A) to provide free HIV/AIDS services; including

antiretroviral therapy in resource constrained settings. AHF-

Uganda Cares to date operates in 15 districts including; Masaka, Kampala,

Rakai, Mpigi, Lyantonde, Soroti, Lwengo, Bukomansimbi, Kalungu, Kalangala,

Masindi, Amuria, Butambala, Gomba, Serere, Hoima and Tororo supporting 32

clinic sites country wide.

• The Laboratory Services Manager will manage and
  
  supervise the Laboratory Coordinators at regional levels to ensure
  
  compliance to ethical guidelines and protocols by junior staff.


• Ensure that periodical quality reports are
  
  generated and submitted at all levels including to Ministry of Health and
  
  other relevant stakeholders.


• Manage the establishment of quality standards
  
  that among others address; operations, troubleshooting procedures; certifying
  
  instrument performance; arranging equipment replacement, service, and
  
  repair


• Ensures adequate stock of medical and HIV
  
  diagnostics laboratory supplies and inventory by regular stock taking to
  
  determine inventory level; anticipated gaps; placing and expediting orders
  
  for supplies.


• Offers timely support in the planning
  
  function by monitoring workload of the key functional areas and by identifying
  
  peak and slack periods; advises management on making operational or
  
  staffing adjustment.


• Supports lab staff performance through
  
  career/conduct counselling and disciplining staff; setting performance key
  
  result areas and appraising target achievement


• Organize for educational workshops; reviewing
  
  professional publications; establishing personal networks as a way of
  
  maintaining professionalism and technical knowledge


• Actively participates in acquisition of
  
  outsourced services by completing service requests forms and timely
  
  reviewing service bills and coding ; providing finance office with service
  
  codes.


• Ensures that all supervised staff adheres to
  
  professional code of conduct and ethics.


• Attends to conferences and any other duties
  
  as may be called upon.

• The applicant should hold a Bachelor’s degree
  
  in Medical Laboratory Technology or related field with strong Medical
  
  laboratory skills.


• A minimum of two years working experience in
  
  Medical Laboratory Technology services at a level of management within the
  
  healthcare setting related to HIV/AIDS care program.


• Show commitment to the vision and mission of
  
  AHF-Uganda Cares


• Exceptional command of the English language


• Ability to communicate efficiently and
  
  effectively both verbally and writing


• Follow instructions given in both verbal and
  
  written format