Laboratory Specialist

Responsibilities

As a laboratory specialist working with Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), you will support existing government health structures (hospitals and clinics) or work within MSF health centres. You are responsible for : laboratory and staff management; implementation of locally hired staff laboratory training programs; ordering and distribution of laboratory supplies; data collection and quality control of laboratory testing.

Requirements

• Current medical laboratory technologist certification, with Canadian Society for Medical Laboratory Science and provincial license as required
• Minimum two years post-qualification work experience
• Experience or familiarity with : hematology microbiology parasitology tuberculosis blood banks malaria HIV and hepatitis testing sexually transmitted infections
• Knowledge and ability in techniques of sample taking (blood, stool, sputum)
• Knowledge of all basic laboratory techniques
• Knowledge of laboratory testing quality control methods
• Fluency in English and French (Intermediate +, minimum level B2 in both). Refer to this

Assets

Experience using laboratory software packages, and carrying out surveys

MSF Core Competencies

Familiarity with EDI concepts and their application in a humanitarian context