Peltom Global Services (PGS) Limited is a Nigerian indigenous technical support organization that provides innovative solutions to address complex global public health, development and organizational challenges. PGS was registered in Nigeria with the Corporate Affairs Commission (RC: 899295) in 2010. Since its inception, PGS has developed a reputation for its cutting-edge technical support in unravelling the most complex of these challenges in Nigeria and several other countries across the African continent. With its team of seasoned subject matter experts, PGS has led the design, development, and implementation of tailored technical assistance to address these challenges. This technical assistance that we have offered to several private and public sector clients has pivoted on policy development, strategic planning, program reviews, organizational capacity assessment and development, monitoring, evaluation and learning, knowledge management systems, and project implementation support.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Consultant, Lab Equipment Management

Location: Nationwide
Employment Type: Part-time

The Project

Laboratories are vital to healthcare systems, directly impacting the quality of health services and enabling prompt, accurate decision-making. They are essential for disease surveillance and outbreak response. Nigeria faces challenges of inequitable access to quality diagnostics, limiting timely diagnosis and increasing healthcare costs. The Medical Laboratory Services Division (MLSD) of the Federal Ministry of Health coordinates laboratory services and implements policies to strengthen Nigeria’s laboratory system. The National Medical Laboratory Services Policy (NMLSP) addresses management challenges by establishing organizational structures in federal and state health ministries. Nigeria’s healthcare system operates across primary, secondary, and tertiary levels, with laboratory support often fragmented and poorly coordinated across disease programs.

Supported by the Global Fund, MLSD has made strides in strengthening laboratory systems, but issues remain in governance, coordination, funding, infrastructure, and quality control. To address these, MLSD is implementing a Diagnostic Network Optimization (DNO) initiative under the Global Fund GC7 grant. A Service Provider is needed to offer technical assistance to FMOH-MLSD for integrating laboratory systems across disease programs and achieving DNO goals.

Objectives of the project

• To conduct a national integrated diagnostic network assessment (DNA)
• To support the integrated Diagnostic Network Optimization analysis and modelling
• To support the implementation of the optimized integrated diagnostic network to improve access, capacity, and quality of the country’s diagnostic services.
• To support the development and wide dissemination of the National Guidelines on Laboratory Equipment Management
• To support the implementation of activities to address human resource gaps

Roles and Responsibilities

• Desk reviews on national laboratory equipment management
• Facilitate workshops for the development of national guidelines for lab equipment management
• Support the update or development of national lab equipment PPM (Planned Preventive Maintenance) plan, and monitoring of the same
• Develop advocacy plan around PPM issues
• Activity and consultancy report

Deliverables

• Submit all activity reports
• Submit national guidelines for the maintenance of lab equipment
• Submit PPM plan and PPM advocacy plan

Requirements / Qualifications

• Lab Scientist or Biomedical Engineer or equivalent certification or experience
• Experience in equipment management
• Experience in lab equipment PPM.

Application Closing Date
18th November, 2024.