Provincial Laboratory Coordinator Right to Care Zambia

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
Minimum Required Qualifications and Experience:

• Diploma in Biomedical Sciences
• 5-7 years working experience in Biomedical Sciences.
• Experience in running a district or provincial Laboratory activities in previous projects with a record of accomplishment of delivery as shown in references.

Desirable Qualifications and Experience

• BSc in Biomedical Sciences and Public Health
• Experience in leading teams
• Experience with running projects and managing risk by identification and assessments including mitigation.
• Experience with negotiations and managing stakeholders
• Experience in Laboratory stock and Courier Management
• Experience in Biosafety and Biosecurity
• Experience in Quality Management System by ensuring all EQA specimen reach desired facilities and Laboratories.
• Experience in training and mentorship

TECHNICAL AND BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES

• Great coordination and communication
• Ability to work in a team.
• Self-starter with proactive work ethic

KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS

• Excellent computer skills: management of folders/files, creating spreadsheets, graphs, PowerPoint presentations.
• Able to analyse, interrogate and assess complex data on the eLABS Dashboard for program improvement by acting on the bottle necks identified
• Able to produce complex written reports on provincial, District and facility eLABS performance every month.
• Able to deal effectively with the pending List, Non-Active facilities, TAT and Courier performance
• Able to budget and plan for new sites of activation and implementation.
• Excellent in Provincial, District and Facility inventory stock management for Laboratory equipment, Reagents, and consumables
• Excellent in the usage of the ELMIS for decision making to avoid stock out and expiry.
• Excellent skills in VL and EID stationery management (Plain papers, barcodes, VL and EID Registers, Job Aides and SOP’s
• Coordinate with the provincial Supply chain coordinator from ZAMMSA and PSM
• Ensure timely maintenance of Courier motorbikes and vehicles for the district and provinces.
• Design and implement courier routes for VL, EID, Covid and HPV samples and results.
• Ensure district courier motorbikes riders adhere to the sample tracking form and Courier schedule.
• Adhere to provincial VL Champions TOR’s
• Schedule, Participate and report on the Provincial Technical working groups.
• Review and strategize on the facilities with low VL coverage based on the M&E Bob and DATIM
• Working with the clinical team to manage special clients in VL and EID based on the Standard guidelines.
• Provide a detailed monthly report on eLABS performance and stock availability by district of tracer commodities.
• Review Laboratory provincial reports and strategize on implementing corrective measures to act on data quality issues from the Lab M&E team
• Monitor TAT and Facility activeness for POC and sample management.
• Provide a monthly detailed report on provincial performance of POC sites for HPV, EID, TB and VL and share the statistics with lab M & E team for inclusion on reports