Job Title:  Medical Officer (Fresher NGO Jobs)  

Organisation: Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI)

Duty Station: Kalangala, Uganda

Reports to: Principal Investigator

About the Company:

Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI) is an independently governed institute within the College of Health Sciences at Makerere University and has the mission “To strengthen health systems in Africa, with a strong emphasis on infectious diseases, through research and capacity development.” IDI has operations across Uganda as well as in a number of other African countries and has a staffing of over 1,000 managing multiple projects in research, clinical services, public health and training.

Job Summary:   MK-8527-010 project is “A Phase 3, Randomized, Active-controlled, Double-blind Clinical Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Oral MK-8527 as HIV-1 Preexposure Prophylaxis in Cisgender Women”.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for overall coordination of the MK8527 Study functions; clinical, pharmacy, counseling, recruitment, retention, and home visits.
• Responsible for developing work plans and implementation schedules, and ensuring that the study’s aims and objectives, including recruitment, follow up, retention, and adherence, are achieved.
• Performs clinical study procedures
• Primarily responsible for managing and reporting adverse events.
• Provides protocol guidance to staff and is responsible for developing standard operating procedures (SOPs) for the study.
• Responsible for study related outreach activities, sensitization of the communities and liaising with the Community Advisory Group.
• Coordinates study related communications and regulatory boards
• Ensures submission of study progress and performance reports to the Principal Investigator.
• Attends study meetings
• Performs other duties as assigned by the Principal Investigator

• Must be a registered Medical Doctor (MBChB
• Up-to-date Good Clinical Practice training and certification

Person Specification

• An excellent track record of high ethical standards and professionalism.
• Females are encouraged to apply.
• Good communication skills
• Good problem-solving skills
• Conversant with local language (Luganda)
• Flexibility
• Residents of Kalangala are encouraged to apply.