Laboratory Assistant
Job Description
| Vacancy Announcement
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| Job title: | Laboratory Assistant |
| Work Location: | Kailahun District – (Jojoima, Buedu or Bandajuma CHC) |
| Department: | Clinical |
| Reports to: | Laboratory Technician |
| Line Management | No |
| Application Status | External Advert |
| Req# | 4700 |
| Organization Profile | |
| Partners In Health (PIH) is an international health organization relentlessly committed to improving the health of the poor and marginalized. PIH partners with local governments to build local capacity and works closely with impoverished communities to deliver high-quality health care, address the root causes of illness, train providers, advance research, and advocate for global policy change. Our delivered services in the field are based in our partnership with the Governments and Ministries of Health and the support to education, training and mentorship to Health care workers and students is one of our pillars for the Health care system strengthening. PIH currently has implementation programs in Haiti, Rwanda, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Peru, Mexico, Russia, Sierra Leone and Navajo Nation. Through our partnership with Harvard Medical School and the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, we support a wide range of programs in dozens of other countries around the world. Our Work In Sierra Leone: Partners In Health (PIH) began supporting the government of Sierra Leone in response to the Ebola epidemic in October 2014. Recognizing the large need for continued investments in the health system after Ebola, PIH is committed to long-term health system strengthening in support of the Ministry of Health and Sanitation (MOHS), guided by the same principles as our emergency response and our work around the world: public sector accompaniment, integrated and comprehensive services, social justice, nimbleness and flexibility, partnership, community ownership, and evidence-based interventions. In the aftermath of the epidemic, PIH is committed to supporting the delivery of comprehensive health services in Sierra Leone, from the community level to the health center and to referral hospitals. | |
| Position Overview | |
| PIH-Sierra Leone is supporting the Ministry of Health and Sanitation in the implementation of the five-year World Bank funded QEHSSSP health systems strengthening project that will implement a comprehensive Hub-and-Spoke approach in 5 districts in Sierra Leone through focused investments in staff, stuff, space, systems and nutrition. Through the project, Partners in Health, in the leadership of Ministry of Health and Sanitation, will be supporting 3 health facilities in the district (Jojoima, Buedu and Bandajuma) through comprehensive health systems strengthening approaches to develop these sites as sites for comprehensive Reproductive, Maternal, Neonatal, Child Adolescent Health and Nutrition services. The positions will be based in one of the health facilities in Kailahun: Jojoima CHC, Buedu CHC or Yawei Bandajuma CHC The laboratory assistant will work under the supervision of Laboratory technician and will support in delivering high quality laboratory diagnostic services to the patients. She/ He will also support in managing the blood bank at Jojoima. | |
| Essential Duties and Responsibilities: | |
| • Maintaining patient confidentiality at all times • Collection of blood, urine, stool and sputum samples from patients • Supports the lab technician in maintaining the functionality of the blood bank (Jojoima). • Analyze the results of clinical tests and experiments • Maintains record keeping and collection of data as per the need of the MEQ. • Prepare standard solutions and reagents for investigations • Cleaning of lab and equipment • Support the Lab technician in monthly requisitions to be made • Ensure that supplies and stock are managed appropriately • Perform any other duties as assigned by the lab technician. | |
| Prevention of Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Harassment | |
| At Partners In Health, we are committed to ensuring that those who benefit from our work- including our patients, families and community members – as well as our staff are treated with dignity and respect and protected from sexual exploitation, abuse and sexual harassment. A range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken in conformity with Partners In Health’s PSEAH policy. Partner In Health will request information from applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures. | |
| Education and Work Experience Requirements | |
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| Social Justice | |
| We are a global health and social justice organization that responds to the moral imperative to provide high-quality health care globally to those who need it most. We strive to ease suffering by placing patients at the center of all care, bringing the benefits of modern medicine to all. | |
| Method of application | |
| Interested candidates are required to apply through our website: www.pih.org/employment. In your application, please ensure to include names, addresses, email addresses and telephone numbers of three (3) referees not later than 12:00pm GMT (Midnight) on 5/03/2026. | |