Job Title: Medical Officer-QI/OR
Organisation: TASO Uganda
Duty Station: Mbale, Uganda
Reports to: Medical Services Technical Lead
About Organisation:
The AIDS Support Organization (TASO Uganda), is an organisation contributing to a process of preventing HIV infection, restoring hope and improving the quality of life of persons, families and communities affected by HIV infection and disease.
Job Summary: To provide medical care and health education to TASO clients and staff
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Provide medical care to TASO clients and staff
- Perform clinical evaluation and management, including but not limited to history taking, physical examinations and treatment
- Input in the drawing and implementation of Centre medical work plans and budget.
- Conduct Case conferences and follow up on action plans for individual patients
- Order and interpret diagnostic tests/investigations and make appropriate prescriptions.
- Provide information to clients, aimed at reducing their vulnerability to AIDS/TB and other non-communicable diseases and infections through health education
- Participate in Health System strengthening activities
- Carry out training of health workers from communities and other institutions
- Conduct Continuing Medical Education (CME) sessions
- Give support to CDDPs on non-clinic days
- Performs other duties as assigned
- Chairing monthly research committee meetings at the centre
- Identification of research questions for operations research at the centre
- Spearheading writing of proposals for operations research at the centre
- Writing abstracts and manuscripts from operations, research findings and program interventions
- Dissemination of operations research findings during performance review meetings.
- Occasionally work with the headquarters research during the grants application process.
Key Outputs
- Medical care provided
- Medical knowledge on HIV/AIDS, TB, malaria and all chronic disease care provided
- Health workers trained
- Technical support to nurses and clinicians provided.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MBChB)
- Training in Clinical Management of HIV/AIDS and related conditions
- Training in Public Health
- Good Clinical Practice
- Minimum Experience and Exposure: 1 year of medical service (internship period also considered)
Special Knowledge
- Clinical management of HIV/AIDS and related conditions
- Training in Principles and Practices of ART
Key Skills
- Ability to communicate medical facts to non-medical personnel
- Management skills
- Interpersonal skills
- Computer skills
- Other Qualities/Attributes: Integrity, emotional control, confidentiality, team player, ability to work under mental and physical stress and innovativeness
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified candidates who meet all the above requirements are invited to submit their resume, copies of certified academic certificates, testimonials, and three referees, two of whom should be the present employer immediate supervisor or last employer if unemployed, or any other if it is the first employment being applied for. None of the referees should be a relative, friend, or business associate. All referees’ designations should be stated and contact details included i.e. physical address, telephone/ mobile numbers, and email contacts.
All interested Candidates MUST fully fill out the TASO Online Job Application Form, scan and save all the relevant documents as one document (labelled with the candidate’s full names), and forward only online applications with the relevant credentials to the link below.
Note:
- Also, note that only applications received online shall be considered.
- While TASO appreciates all interested applicants, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews. In case you do not hear from TASO Uganda One (01) month after the closing date, please consider yourself unsuccessful.
- Please note that any form of canvassing will lead to automatic disqualification.
Deadline: 26th November 2025
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Level of Education: bachelor degree
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 12