Entity
Medical College
Location
Nairobi, Kenya
Introduction
Established in 2004, the Aga Khan University Medical College in East Africa seeks to provide high quality education for health professional leaders who will then go on to become reputable specialists generating a positive and lasting impact in the lives of their patients and in the communities they serve.
Our goal is to produce health professional leaders through our unique training programmes, building strong research programmes, supporting best practice in the delivery of health services, and contributing to the broader community through strategic partnerships regionally and globally. We aspire to build for the youth of East Africa, a medical college of international quality, providing them with the opportunity to get the best health professional education that is relevant and has impact across East Africa, and indeed, in the world.
Job Summary
The Laboratory Technologist will work as part of a team to manage the multi-specialty teaching laboratory facilities at the Aga Khan University Centre, Nairobi.
Responsibilities
• Running trials of experiments before classes and demonstrating techniques for experiments to students.
• Supporting the work of faculty in the classes and during laboratory sessions.
• Giving technical advice to staff and students.
• Assists academic staff in designing and running laboratory classes.
• Working with individual students and supporting them on their research projects
• Managing the stock control of chemicals and equipment.
• Work as part of a team to manage both multispecialty laboratories.
• Provide a regular report on facility usage and happenings.
• Developing and updating experiment manuals for all the practicals done in the multi-speciality laboratories.
• Responsible for regular maintenance of laboratory equipment, safety within the lab, reagent inventory management and any other duties assigned by the lab manager.
Requirements
• Bachelor’s degree in medical laboratory science or a higher national diploma in the relevant field with 8-year previous working experience at a teaching laboratory.
• Three (3) years working experience as a Technologist in a teaching/research laboratory.
• Demonstrated clinical research skills is an added advantage.
• Registered member of the Kenya Medical Laboratory Technicians & Technologists Board (KMLTTB).
• Ability to communicate with medical students and faculty members.
• Ability to keep abreast with continuous professional development initiatives.
• Strong organizational skills with ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Flexible to work on weekends as need arises.
To Apply
Send an application letter together with detailed Curriculum Vitae, copies of academic certificates, license and registration and names of three referees, to the Manager, Human Resources, Aga Khan University, via the email: hr.universityke@aku.edu
Please quote the position title on the email subject. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
Applications should be submitted latest by January 18, 2025
