Medical Officer job at Global Health Uganda (GHU)
Vacancy Title: Medical Officer
Type: FULL TIME
Industry: Healthcare
Category: Healthcare
Jobs at: Global Health Uganda (GHU)
Deadline: Wednesday, July 31, 2024
Duty Station: Within Uganda, Jinja, East Africa
Summary:
Date Posted: Friday, July 19, 2024
Base Salary: Not Disclosed
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Job Details:
Background:
Global Health Uganda (GHU) is a registered not-for-profit, limited liability company with a mission to promote child health by conducting and facilitating quality and relevant research in child health, neurodevelopment, and interventions. In collaboration with Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda, and Indiana University, GHU is conducting a study entitled ‘Severe Malaria and Risk to the Brain (SMART Brain)’. This study will be conducted at Jinja Regional Referral Hospital.
Main Duties and 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.
- Responsible for documentation and reporting of any adverse events.
- Train/supervise study nurses.
- Participate in routine clinical care of non-study participants on the wards.
- Carry out any other duties as assigned by supervisors in line with your work.
Required Qualifications and Skills:
- A bachelor’s degree in Medicine and Surgery.
- Fluent in verbal and written English, as well as the local language (site specific: Lusoga).
- Proven Good Clinical Practices (GCP) training and 2024 Annual practicing license.
- Previous working experience in a clinical research environment.
- 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 malaria information and research.
Job Experience: No Requirements
Work Hours: 8
Level of Education: Bachelor Degree
Job 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 two 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 Wednesday, 31st July 2024 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
