Dragnet Solutions Limited – Our client is a growing multi-specialist healthcare group, operating hospital facilities that deliver quality clinical and diagnostic services to patients. Backed by a strong governance structure and a strategy of expansion and service excellence, the organisation combines modern clinical operations with centralised corporate functions spanning finance, supply chain, human capital, ICT, legal and strategy.
As part of its next phase of growth, the organization is seeking talented professionals to join it in the capacity below:
Job Title: Assistant Chief Laboratory Scientist
Location: Port Harcourt, Rivers
Department: Diagnostic Services
About the role
- Provides senior supervision of laboratory operations, supporting service leadership, supervising testing and staff, and upholding quality and biosafety.
Responsibilities
- Provide senior supervision of laboratory operations, supporting the deputy/head in leading the service.
- Supervise laboratory testing and section work, ensuring standards and throughput.
- Support rostering, workload allocation and skill-mix.
- Support biosafety compliance, audit and quality assurance.
- Supervise, support and appraise junior laboratory staff.
Requirements
Education:
- Bachelor of Medical Laboratory Science (BMLS) from a recognised institution.
- Completion of the required national internship and NYSC, or a valid exemption where applicable.
Experience:
- Minimum of 8 years of post-registration experience in the relevant profession, including experience at Principal grade or equivalent.
- Substantial post-registration experience in medical laboratory science practice.
- Experience supervising and supporting junior medical laboratory science staff.
- Experience contributing to quality assurance and service improvement.
Required skills:
- Strong knowledge of laboratory practice across disciplines and of quality management.
- Ability to supervise rostering, section supervision and skill-mix.
- Ability to support biosafety, quality assurance and external quality assurance.
- Incident escalation and equipment/vendor liaison skills.
- Staff supervision and appraisal skills.
Application Deadline
6th October, 2026.
Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should use link below to Apply.
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