Fresher Medical Officer RAPID Viral Load Project Non-profit Jobs – Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration (IDRC)
Job Title: Medical Officer
Organization: Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration (IDRC)
Project Name: RAPID Viral Load Project
Duty Station: Mbarara, Uganda
About US:
The Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration (IDRC) is a non-profit research organization. IDRC conducts research in infectious diseases including Malaria, HIV and Tuberculosis. Our studies have led to over 150 publications and have impacted on the management of infectious diseases in Uganda. IDRC currently manages over 41 grants with an annual budget of $11 million. IDRC was established in May 2008 by Ugandan health scientists from Makerere University College of health sciences, University of California, San Francisco and the Uganda Ministry of health.
Job Summary: The Medical Officer will support the RAPID Viral Load project to be based Mbarara with frequent travel to project sites in the various South Western Uganda districts. The Successful candidate will be reporting to the Programme Manager.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Conduct screening and enrolment processes of study participants at multiple study sites.
- Responsible for research data collection from the study clinics through data extraction and direct participant interviews on both paper and electronic case report forms.
- In liaison with the facility head, provide quality improvement, support supervision and training of the clinic staff
- Supervision of RAPID-VL staff and liaising with other study staff at multiple Health facilities and the IDRC office in South Western Uganda.
- Ensure that all the SOPs and the protocol are followed to the last detail. Develop essential study documents, formulate training materials, coordinate and conduct the trainings of these documents to study staff.
- Monitor and compile suspected adverse events and protocol violation reports/data queries as laid out in the study protocol and standard operating procedures.
- Work as the liaison between IDRC, the RAPID-VL project and participating District Local Governments & Implementing Partners personnel.
- Oversight of site budget including reviewing staff requests, approving project expenditures including but not limited to fuel vouchers, participant re-imbursements etc
- Review of requisitions for supplies, services and funds to run the RAPID-VL Project
- Liaise with Lab & procurement Teams to quantify consumption, ensure that the necessary supplies and logistics needed to run the laboratory component of the study are in place.
- Prepare periodic study progress reports to present at local and extra-mural meetings including providing interim updates to the study investigators accordingly.
- Responsible for maintaining the good image of IDRC/RAPID-VL at both internal and extra-mural fora
- Ensure that the organization’s properties under care like buildings, study equipment, patient care tools, furniture and automobiles are appropriately utilized and well maintained.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The applicant for the USAID MAPD Medical Officer job should hold an MBChB, registered with UMDPC with valid Practicing license
- One to two years of HIV research experience is an added advantage.
- Evidence of GCLP, GCP & HSP training and ability to train others.
- Candidate must have excellent communication skills (both oral and written), must be dynamic, self-motivated, demonstrate high initiative and be persuasive.
- Working knowledge of MS office applications
- Ability to work in a rural setting.
- Must fluently speak and understand Runyankole/ Rukiga languages (spoken, written and comprehension)
How to Apply:
All candidates should deliver their typed letters of application together with current CV and copies of academic certificates to:
The Human Resource Manager
Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration (IDRC),
- O Box 7475, Kampala, 2C Nakasero Hill Road
OR
IDRC Tororo Office at the Tororo District Hospital
OR
IDRC Mbarara Office Opposite Lake View Hotel
OR
IDRC Mbale Office on Plot 35 Masaba Road
OR
IDRC Busia Office at Masafu General Hospital
OR
IDRC Fort portal Office Kagote Division, Kabafumu Road
OR
IDRC Jinja Bugembe Office next to Uganda Prisons.
Applications can be submitted to HR@idrc-uganda.org.
All applications must be accompanied by the following at the time of submission:
- Current CV (Use Word or PDF format only for email submissions; photos are not allowed).
- Typed letters of application (Use Word or PDF format only for email submissions; photos are not allowed)
- The contact details of three work related referees
- Copies of academic certificates (Use Word or PDF format only for email submissions; photos are not allowed):
- If you are applying by mail, PLEASE ENTER YOUR NAME & THE NAME OF THE JOB OPENING IN THE SUBJECT LINE OF YOUR E-MAIL.
Deadline: 26th March 2018 by 5:00pm
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