Medical Laboratory Technician- Tehri & Haridwar

Location

Haridwar | India

Job description

Role: Lab Technician

No. of Position: 2 Positions in Haridwar and 2 positions for Tehri

Program : Public Health

Location: Tehri and Haridwar, Uttarakhand

Position type: Consultancy

Duration: 03 Months for Tehri and 11 months in Haridwar

Travel: Yes (It is a field job that requires a frequent visit to DH/CHC/PHC and attending government

meetings and strengthening the quality improvement programs)

About American India Foundation

The American India Foundation Trust (AIF) is committed to improving the lives of India's

underprivileged, with a special focus on women, children, and youth. The Foundation does this through high-impact interventions in education, health, and livelihoods because poverty is multidimensional. Founded over two decades ago, in the aftermath of the devastating Gujarat earthquake, as a humanitarian initiative by Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ji and Bill Clinton, American India Foundation Trust (AIF) has impacted the lives of 16.51 million of India's poor across 36 States and Union Territories of India.

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About Program:

The AIF is implementing the MANSI program in Haridwar to provide technical support to the

Government of Uttarakhand to facilitate key interventions in the thematic areas of maternal and newborn health with a special focus on facility-level intervention. This is expected to be done through the development of responsive strategies, quality of maternal and newborn health care in the Labour room, OT through Nurse Mentoring, NBCC and NBSU, facility strengthening including LaQshya certification, capacity building, regular reviews, and monitoring.

Job Summary:

We are looking for a qualified Lab Technician to undertake a variety of laboratory procedures. The person will handle analysers, POC testing kits to analyse and conduct tests.

Key Responsibilities:

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Collect patient body fluid, tissue or blood samples, conduct the tests and prepare the reports.
• Maintain strict Laboratory Quality Check Standards, including regular equipment function;

verification, equipment calibration and ongoing troubleshooting efforts

• Respect strict adherence to patient's confidentiality
• Arrange timely delivery of the reports to the patients and concerned doctor.
• Contribute to a safe and secure environment for patients, visitors, physicians and co-workers by following established standards and procedures, complying with legal regulations.
• Prepare the list for required consumables and reagents and generate the demand on a periodic basis to ensure regular supply.
• Stock keeping of received and consumed reagents and consumables.
• Periodic calibration of Accoster /mobile Labs

Requirements and skills

• Proven experience as Lab Technician or relevant position
• Experience in operating laboratory equipment and potentially dangerous substances (flammable liquids, infectious bacteria, biohazards etc.)
• In- depth knowledge of Quality control measures and laboratory best practices
• Excellent physical condition and endurance
• Working knowledge of MS Office (especially Excel) and database systems
• Ability to work autonomously and under pressure
• Valid MLT certification
• Open to travel in communities
• Must know two-wheeler driving

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