Laboratory Scientist-Genomics x2 at Ministry of Health
- Company: Ministry of Health
- Location: Uganda
- State: Uganda
- Job type: Full-Time
- Job category: Healthcare Jobs in Uganda
Job Description
Duties and Responsibilities
• Participate and/or oversee core laboratory operations including but not limited to moleculer and genomic techniques, and/or computational analysis and reporting.
• Participate in planning, development, implementation and evaluation of initiatives, strategies, and business plans for accomplishing objectives relevant to genomics and molecular testing.
• Participate in efforts to achieve and maintain appropriate accreditation and
• licensure for the clinical laboratory for current and future tests.
• Develop, validate, implement, and report on new and existing molecular genomics assays.
• Identifying and addressing technical and validation gaps in laboratory methods, standard operating procedures (SOP) and/or active participation in QA/QC Quality Improvement Plan
Ensure compliance of pre-analytical, analytical, and post-analytical processes with the integrated laboratory quality management systems.
Qualifications and Experience.
• A minimum of a Master’s level in biomedical-related studies with a bachelor’s degree in laboratory science or a related field.
• Five (5) years of working genomicamolecular microbiology experience
• Experience and knowledge of genomics, population genetics, data science, and computational biology (hands-on experience with basic bioinformatics tools software)
• Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources