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Full-time
Medical Officer Job at Global Health Uganda (GHU)
Global Health Uganda (GHU)
Job Description
Identify and screen children with severe acute malnutrition for possible enrolment into the study according to the protocol. Recruitment and enrollment of eligible children into the study.
Duties, Roles and Responsibilities
- Identify and screen children with severe acute malnutrition for possible enrolment into the study according to the protocol.
- Recruitment and enrollment of eligible children into the study.
- Consent and explain study procedures to caregivers of study participants.
- Ensure that study procedures are performed in compliance with SOPs and trail protocol, and in line with GCP principles.
- Complete all study CRFs correctly and accurately, as guided by the SOPs.
- Provide nutritional counseling to caregivers of study participants, including dosing of RUTF
- Perform anthropometric measurements and micronutrient deficiency assessment on study participants
- Perform cardiac monitoring (ECG) and PK-blood draws in a sub-group of study participants
- Provide emergency and continuous medical care to study participants.
- Collect appropriate laboratory specimens from the study participants and ensure they are delivered to the appropriate labs.
- Identify, document and report promptly Adverse Events (AEs) and Serious Adverse Events (SAEs), completing AE & SAE forms & take appropriate actions.
- Assess & ensure study participants safety & privacy throughout the study period.
- Attend weekly study site meetings and supervise study nurses.
- Participate in routine clinical care of non-study participants on the wards.
- Perform other duties given by your supervisors.
Qualifications, Education and Competencies
See all details of the qualifications, competencies and education for this role under the "How to Apply" section below.
If you meet the above criteria, please submit a cover letter, a detailed CV, all necessary academic documents and the contact details of two work related referees all in one PDF document addressed to the Human Resource Officer, Global Health Uganda, P.O BOX 33842, Kampala, Uganda and send the application to:
hr@globalhealthuganda.org not later than Thursday, 30th April 2026 at 5.00 pm.
We appreciate your application; however, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. If you have not been contacted within two weeks after the closing date, we regret that your application has been unsuccessful.
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