Lily Hospitals Limited, established since 1986 remains one of the foremost hospitals in Nigeria and within the South-South region of the country. It is the first private hospital in Nigeria to achieve ISO 9001:2000 quality management system certification from the Standards Organization of Nigeria (SON). We are also consistently committed to high standards; continuous improvement, service excellence, organizational citizenship, and outstanding work ethics.

 

We are also consistently committed to high standards; continuous improvement, service excellence, organizational citizenship, and outstanding work ethics; currently running residency training programs in family medicine and radiology. Lily Hospitals is also involved in housemanship training, internship training in Pharmacy and Radiology. We have multiple locations in Benin, Warri, Okuokoko etc. 

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

 

Job Title: Laboratory Scientist (Microbiologist)

 

Location: Warri, Delta  

Type: Full Time

Job Category: Senior Level 

 

Job Summary

The role is responsible for studying organisms that cause illness, infections, including viruses, bacteria, archaea, fungi, algae and protozoa in patients, diagnosing patients and preventing epidemics in Lily hospitals.

The job holder is also responsible for investigating the causes of contagious diseases and researching new treatments for infections.

 

Key Result Areas (KRA):

Observe, monitor and identify microorganisms.

Track microorganisms in a range of environments.

Collect, monitor and assess samples from a range of sources.

Use a variety of identification methods, including molecular techniques, to test samples and determine infection causing organism.

Develop new techniques, products and processes.

Develop and plan methods to prevent the spread of disease or infections in Lily hospitals.

Evaluate and register new medicines, vaccines, diagnostic tests and pharmaceutical products in clinical trials

Develop products, such as enzymes, vitamins, hormones, and antimicrobial.

Work with specialist computer software to undertake studies and research.

Maintain accurate and up-to-date records.

 

Maintenance Responsibility

Maintain all laboratory instrumentations and equipments.

 

The Person

Minimum academic qualification of a Bachelor of Medical Laboratory Science (BMLS)

1 to 3 years work experience in the health sector.

Membership with a relevant professional body (Medical Laboratory Council of Nigeria) and must be licensed to practice.

Excellent analytical skills and scientific aptitude

Outstanding communication (oral and written), interpersonal and people management skills

Knowledge of the Microsoft office package

Possess high degree of accuracy and attention to details

 

Remuneration 

Salary in line with industry standard.

 

Application Closing Date 

26th February, 2019.

 

Method of Application

Interested and qualified candidates should forward their word doc CV only to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.