Medical Officer Job at Infectious Diseases Institute

Infectious Diseases Institute

Medical Officer Job Post

Location: Jobs in Uganda 2024 - 2025

Work Hours: Full-time, 08 hours per day

Salary: UGX

No. of vacancies: 01

Deadline: December 30 2024

Hiring Organization: Infectious Diseases Institute

Job Details:

General Summary
The Community Integration of TB and Chronic Respiratory Lung disease screening, diagnosis and treatment (CITaDeL Project) aims to jointly screen for TB, Asthma and COPD in the community. The study will involve doing spirometry tests in primary health care facilities with ready support of a respiratory physician at the project secretariat. The project aims to recruit a Locum Medical Officer to among other key roles support the study respiratory physician with review and quality control of the spirometry service within the study. The ideal candidate must demonstrate readiness to be mentored into clinical research in TB and chronic lung disease. The role of the Graduate trainee will be a support role in the project.

Key Responsibilities
• Assist with screen, recruiting and consent study participants
• Assist prepare participants for study related clinical procedures
• Assist with review and quality control of participant spirometry tests
• Follow-up study patients, review patient files and labs results
• Perform any other clinical duties that may be reasonably necessary for implementing the study protocol
• Attend all study team meetings
• Participate in and conduct all relevant Continuous Medical Education and trainings

Academic Qualifications
• MBCHB- BACHELOR OF MEDICINE & BACHELOR OF SURGERY

Person Specification
• Doctor with an MBChB degree
• Registered with Medical council
• Readiness to be mentored into clinical research