Laboratory Technician (Za’atari)

Job Location: Jordan

Reporting to: Laboratory Manager

Working area: SAMS Za’atari Medical Center

Number of positions open: 1

Last date for application: 14/10/2023

About Us: The Syrian American Medical Society Foundation (SAMS) is a nonprofit, non-partisan, non-religious medical relief organization, with a mission to provide lifesaving healthcare services and to revitalize health systems for underprivileged Syrian refugees, internally displaced persons, and vulnerable host community members in zones of conflict and displacement. This is done by implementing an integrated model of essential services that emphasize priority needs, including the delivery of medical education, training, and financial support to physicians and other healthcare workers in Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, Greece, and Iraq. Along with the provision of healthcare services and medical training, the SAMS Foundation also implements mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) programs, as well as protection against gender-based violence (GBV).

General Objective of The Position: We are looking for a Laboratory Technician to prepare and perform clinical exams/tests with appropriate techniques according to medical prescriptions, in order to support SAMS medical team at Zaatari Camp in the diagnosis of patients’ diseases.

Main Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Perform laboratory exams.
• Centrifuge blood and urine samples.
• Ensure the compliance with SAMS protocols.
• Reporting and registration of sample results.
• Take care of, manage and organize the laboratory equipment/material efficiently.
• Apply hygiene and safety protocols.
• Daily cleaning/maintenance (sterilization, washing etc) after procedures are done.
• Ensuring proper sample waste disposal.
• Keep inventory of equipment and materials.
• Alert the supervisor in case of malfunctioning of any device.
• Keeping patients’ health-related issues confidential.
• Any other duties related to the work assigned to it by the direct manager.

Mandatory Qualifications Required:

• Diploma as Laboratory Technician
• A minimum of 1 year of work experience
• Active Jordanian medical licenses from MOH.

Competencies:

• Excellent written interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Strong organizational skills and time management.
• Computer proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

Languages

• Fluency written and spoken in Arabic.
• Fluency written and spoken English.