Job Title: Medical Officer
Organisation: Law Development Centre
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About Organisation:
The Law Development Centre (LDC) is the premier government-owned institution of higher learning responsible for providing practical legal education in Uganda. Established in 1970 under the Law Development Centre Act, it holds the exclusive mandate to offer the postgraduate Bar Course required for practicing law in the country.
Job Summary: To diagnose, offer treatment and manage patients at the LDC medical unit.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- To clinically diagnose common ailments / diseases and provide immediate care for sudden illness or injuries.
- To refer students for investigations which are unavailable at the LDC medical unit or for specialist attention.
- To supervise, guide mentor and technically support the staff under his/her supervision.
- To safely store, log and administer class A drugs or prescribed medications in compliance with health regulations.
- To perform minor surgical procedures.
- Monitor for outbreaks, enforce isolation protocols for communicable diseases and coordinate with the LDC administration local health authorities.
- To develop and implement work plans & budgets and prepare reports for the LDC Medical unit.
- To interpret laboratory investigations.
- Maintain accurate, confidential, and up-to-date health and incident records.
- Promote wellness education by organising campaigns, updating health-related bulletin boards, and empowering Staff / Students to make healthy lifestyle choices.
- To provide Continuing Medical Education (CME) to Healthcare Workers (HW).
- To carry out any other duties as assigned from time to time by the Manager HR & Administration.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- Bachelor of Medicine (Hon) degree.
- MBCLB, CME’s/ CPD’s-30 hours annually.
- Annual practicing license from UMA.
- At least six (6) years of post-internship medical practice in a Government or reputable private organisation.
- High level of integrity and confidentiality.
- Professionalism.
- Interpersonal relations.
- Effective communication skills.
- Attention to detail.
- ICT and digital literacy.
How to Apply:
All eligible candidates should submit their applications with detailed and up to date CVs, certified copies of academic transcripts and certificates and any other supporting documents, day time telephone contacts and addresses of two referees (including the current employer where applicable) to:
The Secretary / Head Human Resource and Administration,
Law Development Centre,
Box 7117, Kampala;
Applications clearly stating the position applied for should be hand delivered to the LDC reception at Kampala, Mbarara, Lira or Mbale campus, or soft copy sent by email in PDF format as a single file to: hr@ldc.ac.ug
Deadline: Friday 05th June, 2026 by 5:00pm
Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted
Deadline: 5th June 2026
NB: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
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Level of Education: bachelor degree
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 72