Laparoscopic Skills Lab Operations Officer

• September 12, 2026
• Bomet
• ,
• Kenya
• Expiration date
• November 11, 2026
• 2 Years
• Gender
• Both
• Qualification
• Bachelor Degree
• Job Description

Responsibilities

• Access, Security, and Accountability
• Hold and secure the laboratory room keys and administer authorized biometric access in accordance with hospital policy.
• Arrange and document temporary access for scheduled workshops, faculty, residents, and visiting groups; maintain an accurate access list and promptly remove access that is no longer required.
• Open, secure, and close the laboratory as needed for approved activities, and promptly report any access concern, loss, damage, or security incident.
• Ensure that equipment and consumables do not leave the laboratory without documented authorization and a clear return plan.
• Equipment, Inventory, and Repairs
• Maintain a current master inventory of cameras, monitors, instruments, trainers, recording equipment, accessories, consumables, and other laboratory assets, including identification number, condition, location, and service status where applicable.
• Keep equipment organized, labeled, clean, securely stored, and ready for use.
• Complete daily equipment checks; perform safe first-line operational troubleshooting within training and authority and escalate technical or clinical concerns promptly.
• Coordinate preventive maintenance and repair, vendor or biomedical support; track unresolved repairs to completion.
• Monitor consumable levels and anticipated demand, and submit restocking or replacement needs early enough to prevent avoidable training interruption.
• Scheduling and Training-Group Preparation
• Maintain the authoritative laboratory schedule and confirm bookings before communicating them to users; prevent double-booking and identify conflicts early.
• Maintain and update the visiting-groups calendar. Contact each expected group at least monthly, and again as needed, to confirm dates, participant numbers, training objectives, faculty, equipment, specimen, recording, and access requirements.
• Coordinate the lab schedule with faculty and residents.
• Prepare training stations, instruments, consumables, checklists, sign-in materials, audiovisual systems, and other materials before each session or workshop.
• Support training trips and off-site projects by preparing documented equipment and materials, confirming transport and return arrangements, and reconciling all items after the activity.
• Attendance, Training Records, and Video Management
• Maintain complete and accurate attendance and sign-in records for all laboratory sessions, workshops, and visiting groups.
• Label, organize, quality-check, and upload training videos to the designated system promptly; maintain an index of uploaded recordings.
• Protect training records and videos from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or loss, and follow approved retention and deletion processes.
• Maintain learner progress records required by the LAPP program and provide accurate data for reports and program review.
• Specimens, Cleanliness, and Safe Practice
• Coordinate approved logistics for animal organs or other specimens used in training, including timing, quantity, transport, receipt, storage, preparation, and availability for the scheduled session.
• Follow hospital

Requirements

• for infection prevention, personal protective equipment, biological-material handling, decontamination, waste segregation, and disposal; obtain guidance when
• are unclear.
• Maintain laboratory cleanliness, orderly work surfaces, and good laboratory practice before, during, and after all activities.
• Perform daily checks to confirm that equipment, sharps, specimens, waste, and surfaces have been handled safely and that the laboratory is ready for the next group/session.
• Learner and Faculty Support
• Develop and maintain practical competence in the laboratory’s laparoscopic skills, equipment setup, simulation tasks, assessment tools, and training workflow under designated faculty guidance.
• Orient every participant to the LAPP program and skills laboratory before training, including program objectives, laboratory access and layout, equipment-handling expectations, safety and cleanliness procedures, recording requirements, and participan
• Enroll each participant in the LAPP program.
• Observe training activity videos and provide timely, specific, actionable, and respectful feedback to faculty and residents using LAPP objectives, checklists, and proficiency standards.
• Distinguish operational and skills-lab feedback from independent clinical judgment; refer clinical questions, disputed assessments, or significant learner concerns to the responsible faculty member or Medical
• Demonstrated critical-thinking and problem-solving ability, including the capacity to identify causes, test practical solutions, and escalate issues appropriately.
• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to coordinate several schedules, training groups, equipment needs, and deadlines at the same time.
• High personal integrity and accountability in managing restricted access, confidential information, and expensive, delicate equipment.
• Clear written and oral communication skills, including the confidence and professionalism to give constructive feedback to surgeons, faculty, residents, and other learners.
• Curiosity and self-directed learning, with willingness to learn laparoscopic equipment, simulation tasks, training workflows, and the LAPP skills curriculum.
• Practical digital skills for calendars, spreadsheets, electronic records, video recording, file naming, uploading, and routine troubleshooting.
• Ability to work independently, prioritize urgent operational needs, follow through on unresolved matters, and report risks early.
• Ability to collaborate respectfully with clinical faculty, residents, visiting groups, Medical

Education

• Programs Coordinator.
• Collect feedback from users and recommend practical improvements to lab flow, equipment readiness, training materials, data quality, and learner experience.
• Reporting
• Submit a weekly report to the Medical
• Programs Coordinator covering sessions completed and planned, learner training progress, attendance, inventory status, consumable needs, equipment downtime or repairs, incidents, unresolved risks, and a
• Submit a monthly report on LAPP projects and trips, including activities completed, participants, outcomes, equipment and materials used, unresolved issues, lessons learned, and the next month’s planned activities.
• Notify the Medical
• Programs Coordinator immediately of significant equipment loss or damage, access or confidentiality breaches, safety incidents, specimen-handling concerns, or any issue likely to cancel or materially disrupt training.
• staff, and hospital support departments.
• Education, training, or work

Experience

• that demonstrates the competencies above.
• in a skills laboratory, simulation center, training program, clinical environment, technical workshop, equipment service setting, events operation, or comparable role.
• maintaining inventories, coordinating repairs, supporting audiovisual systems, or managing digital training records.
• Familiarity with infection-prevention practices, personal protective equipment, and safe handling and disposal of biological training specimens.