Job Location: Child Hospital, Cox’s Bazar Sadar.

Reports to: Medical Coordinator

Contract Duration: Up to December 31, 2026

Working Days and Hours: Saturday to Thursday, weekly 48 hours

JOB SUMMARY:

The Lab Technologist is responsible for overseeing laboratory activities at Save the Children’s Health operations in Cox’s Bazar Child Hospital. This includes delivering high-quality lab services to the assigned population, ensuring proper vaccine storage and handling, maintaining accurate records. The role also involves collaborating with health teams to ensure coverage of all lab services among the community. The position also will be responsible for laboratory testing, maintaining quality assurance, supporting laboratory activities, and maintaining accurate records and reporting systems, maintaining lab equipment as per SOP, periodic calibration, logbook maintaining, etc. Additionally, the incumbent coordinates with other medical teams, supports SCI health programs in the targeted community, and engages with other humanitarian actors and local authorities to ensure the effective implementation of laboratory activities in the healthcare system.

Key activities will include:

The laboratory technologist will be responsible for performing routine medical laboratory tests for the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease, as well as providing information and advice to patients prior to specimen collection.
He/she will also oversee the blood bank, ensure the correct collection and storage of blood components, as well as perform the pertinent studies of the blood to guarantee its adequate quality.

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

Diagnostic Testing and Analysis:
Perform, verify, and validate a broad spectrum of automated and manual tests in various disciplines, including hematology, biochemistry, microbiology, urinalysis, serology, and rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs).
Ensure proper collection, labelling, processing, and storage of specimens following SOPs and biosafety standards.
Evaluate specimen acceptability and apply critical thinking to troubleshoot anomalous results.
Correlate and verify laboratory data to identify discrepancies, inconsistencies, and pathological states.