Job Title: Medical Doctor – Research
Organization: Baylor
College of Medicine Children’s Foundation
College of Medicine Children’s Foundation
Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda
Uganda
Report to: Investigator
of Records
of Records
About US:
Baylor College of Medicine
Children’s Foundation – Uganda (Baylor -Uganda) is a private not for profit NGO
that provides: HIV/AIDS care, treatment and prevention services; maternal child
health services; Health Professional training and Clinical Research.
Children’s Foundation – Uganda (Baylor -Uganda) is a private not for profit NGO
that provides: HIV/AIDS care, treatment and prevention services; maternal child
health services; Health Professional training and Clinical Research.
Job Summary: The Medical
Doctor – Research will conduct clinical -patient assessment for participants in
clinical studies, provide medical care and treatment to clients and their care
takers, & contribute to continuous professional development.
Doctor – Research will conduct clinical -patient assessment for participants in
clinical studies, provide medical care and treatment to clients and their care
takers, & contribute to continuous professional development.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Provide
clinical assessment and evaluation of health or illnesses of clients and
give individualized care and treatment - Provide
appropriate advice, health education and counselling, determine the
eligibility of participants for enrolment in the study - Demonstrate
an understanding of the side effects of the investigational study product,
schedule of visits - Provide
test results - Prescribe
study products - Guides
and implements the appropriate medical management of adverse events - Ensures
timely reporting of SAEs and EAEs - Keenly
monitor adverse drug reactions, disease progression and community follow
up and provide appropriate management - Provides
counselling to participant - Completes
forms - Prepares
and presents - Register
the microbiology laboratory results, trace patients with critical
laboratory results and make monthly reports - Conduct
capacity building - Carry
out operational research; write out relevant abstracts - Perform
tissue biopsies on patients, follow up results then trace and initiate
patients with critical results on appropriate treatment and/or refer to
them for higher levels of management.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The
ideal candidate for the Baylor Uganda Medical Doctor – Research job
opportunity should hold a Bachelor’s
Degree in Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery or equivalent from a
recognised institution - One
year of working experience in HIV/AIDS research, internship in
Paediatrics, Internal Medicine, Obstetrics & Gynaecology - Two
years’ experience in a clinic or hospital based services. Experience in
HIV/AIDS & ART is important - The
applicant must be registered with the Uganda Medical & Dental
Practitioners council.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and
interested candidates should send their applications to the address below including
a detailed CV demonstrating possession of the job requirements, current
position, names and addresses of three referees i.e. email and phone addresses,
copies of professional/academic documents, email address, and day time
telephone contact. The applicant must have at most a credit 6 in Math and
English.
interested candidates should send their applications to the address below including
a detailed CV demonstrating possession of the job requirements, current
position, names and addresses of three referees i.e. email and phone addresses,
copies of professional/academic documents, email address, and day time
telephone contact. The applicant must have at most a credit 6 in Math and
English.
Send applications via E-mail
to: [email protected].
to: [email protected].
The Human Resources Manager,
Baylor College of Medicine
Children’s Foundation-Uganda,
Children’s Foundation-Uganda,
Block 5 Mulago Hospital,
P.O. Box 72052, Clock Tower,
Kampala. Uganda
Kampala. Uganda
Deadline: 17th January 2018
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