Title: Medical Officer (Full Time)
Qualifications: Bachelor in Medicine and Bachelor in Surgery
Years of Experience: 1-2 years preferred
Reports to: Study Coordinator
Number of Vacancies: 1
Major Responsibilities:
· Identify and screen patients for possible enrolment into the study according to the protocol.
· Recruitment and enrollment of eligible patients into the study.
· Provide emergency and continuous medical care to children taking part in the study for the duration of the study.
· Consent and explain study procedures to caregivers and older children.
· Collect appropriate samples from the study participants and ensure that they are delivered to the appropriate labs as per protocol.
· Review study forms and data for accuracy and with attention to detail, conducted daily
· Responsible for documentation and reporting of any adverse events.
· Participate in study-specific training for conducting a clinical research study
· Train/supervise study nurses.
· Participate in the routine clinical care of non-study participants on the wards.
· Perform other duties given by your supervisors.
· Communicate regularly with project leaders about study progress through physical and/or virtual media
· Maintaining good communication and working relationship between the study team and Mulago Hospital
Required qualifications and skills:
- A bachelor’s degree in Medicine and Bachelor’s in Surgery
- Full registration and annual practicing license with the Uganda Medical and Dental Practitioner’s Council (UMDPC)
- Prior experience in clinical research will be an added advantage
- Proven Good Clinical Practices (GCP) training
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills to develop relationships with participants
- Teamworking skills to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary healthcare team
- Time management skills and the ability to work under pressure
- Willingness to keep up to date with current traumatic brain injury information and research.
Application procedure:
If you meet the above criteria, please submit a cover letter, a detailed CV, all necessary academic documents and the contact details of three work-related referees all in one PDF document addressed to the Human Resource Officer, Global Health Uganda, P.O BOX 33842, Kampala, Uganda and send the application to: hr@globalhealthuganda.org not later than 25th October 2022 at 5.00 pm.
We appreciate your application however; only short-listed candidates will be contacted. If you have not been contacted within two weeks after the closing date, we regret that your application has been unsuccessful.