AIA LABORATORIES NIGERIA

Career at AIA Laboratories

As a dynamic, rapidly-expanding organisation, AIA is always looking for ambitious, well-qualified, experienced medical laboratory staff.

The AIA Laboratories Limited (AIA) is the largest and most successful independent pathology organisation in the South South Geo-polical Zone. With our core laboratory based at The Halo Building in Bayelsa, we also have an expanding site in PortHarcourt as well as smaller hospital based laboratories across the country.

If you are looking for a new challenge and would like to work for AIA Laboratories, please contact us. We offer a rewarding and satisfying career structure with real opportunities for advancement.

Be part of our success story by joining one of our friendly, professional and dedicated scientist and support staff teams. We offer a range of full-time permanent positions, as well as part-time, evening and weekend roles across the Bayelsa & Rivers states.

What work benefits are offered?

Our work benefits include: Training and development opportunities: These include the funding of Undergraduate and Masters Degrees, and Specialist Portfolios for Biomedical Scientists.

  • Training and development opportunities:These include the funding of Undergraduate and Masters Degrees, and Specialist Portfolios for Biomedical Scientists.

  • No banding restrictions:As we are a private company we are not restricted by salary bandings and so are able to negotiate appropriate salaries based on experience. This also means that annual salary reviews do not hit a band ceiling.

  • Discounted gym membership

  • Cash healthcare plan:Cash back on a variety of healthcare costs including dentist and opticians.

  • Annual performance-related salary review

  • Competitive annual leave allowance

  • Flexible working hours:37.5 hours standard working week for laboratory staff.

What qualifications do you need?

For biomedical scientist positions, the entry level qualification is at least HCPC (or a qualification eligible for HCPC registration). This is required because, on occasion, you may be working unsupervised and will have sole responsibility for an area of the laboratory.

For more senior positions, within the organisation, further qualifications [e.g. FIBMS (Fellow of the Institute of Biomedical Science) and/or an MSc degree] are usually required.

What qualities do you need to be a part of our team?

Apart from qualifications and experience, we look for personal qualities. The attributes that will help you successfully do your job and help promote AIA Laboratories in the best possible light to all our customers include:

  • The ability to organise your time, prioritise and cope with a sometimes demanding and time-constrained workload.

  • Excellent communication skills. Regular daily interactions with our numerous medical/surgical users are part of the job. We need people who can understand and deal effectively with questions, requests and queries that may arise, and be able to liaise with TDL's consultant pathologists when required.

  • A hardworking, conscientious and enthusiastic manner.

  • A friendly and outgoing personality, with experience of working as part of a team. This will be a distinct advantage as we pride ourselves in the service we provide, and this is achieved through teamwork and cooperation.