Senior Assistant Director Medical Laboratory Services (1 Position) at Nakuru County Government

VACANCY No. 03/PROM/2023/67

DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL LABORATORY SERVICES

Requirements for Appointment

• Served in the grade of Assistant Director Medical Laboratory Services for a minimum period of three (3) years;
• Bachelor's degree in Medical Laboratory Science or any other equivalent qualification from an institution recognized by Kenya Medical Laboratory Technicians and Technologists Board;
• Master Degree in any of the following: - Medical Parasitology, Medical Parasitology and Entomology, Medical Entomology, Clinical Chemistry, Medical Biochemistry, Hematology, Blood Transfusion Science, Medical Microbiology, Virology, Medical Bacteriology, Mycology, Clinical Cytology, Histopathology, Immunology, Epidemiology, Public Health (Epidemiology), Infectious Disease Diagnosis, Laboratory Management, Molecular Science or any other equivalent qualification from an institution recognized by Kenya Medical Laboratory Technicians and Technologists Board;
• Registration Certificate issued by the Kenya Medical Laboratory Technicians and Technologists board;
• Valid practicing license from Kenya Medical Laboratory Technicians and Technologists board;
• Certificate in Strategic leadership Development Programme lasting not less than six (6) weeks from a recognized institution;
• Certificate in Computer Application skills from recognized institutions; 
• Demonstrated capability and efficiency in organizing work and discharging medical laboratory functions; and
• Shown merit and ability as reflected in work performance and results. 

Duties and Responsibilities

• Formulating, interpreting and implementing laboratory policies, guidelines, strategies and programmes; 
• Undertaking monitoring and evaluation of laboratory services programmes;
• Planning, supervising, directing, and coordinating the preparation of work plans and technical reports; 
• Initiating medical laboratory collaborative research; 
• Providing advice on cost benefit analysis for new technologies to be adopted;
• Planning, budgeting and carrying out operational laboratory research on vector borne diseases, communicable and non-communicable diseases; 
• coordinating medical laboratory teams involved in the investigation of disease outbreaks in liaison with other health care providers;
• monitoring and evaluation of vector resistance to applied insecticides and molluscides; and
• Evaluating insecticides and rodenticides before registration for public health use.