Job title : Medical Officer
Job Location : Western Cape, Cape Town
Deadline : September 27, 2024
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Duties
- Identifying children in the KDH and TBH casualty / outpatient areas who may be eligible for trial enrolment;
- Supervising and undertaking the informed consent process prior to enrolment;
- Performing and interpreting the lung ultrasound study;
- Collecting clinical, laboratory and radiology data from the routine databases at the hospitals in order to complete the study case report forms;
- Performing systematic and thorough clinical examinations of enrolled children;
- Assisting the study nurse with sample collection (blood, respiratory samples and urine);
- Directly entering data into a REDCap database;
- Attending and participating at study meetings, and communicating efficiently with the study PI;
- Supervising the study team on site and coordinating study participant follow-up visits;
- Working with a multidisciplinary team – including data, regulatory, laboratory, recruiting and clinical staff – as well as with the HIV and TB programme and other stakeholders;
- Ensuring that study data is meticulously and accurately documented;
- Ensuring that local and international regulatory requirements are adhered to.
Job Requirements
- MBChB;
- Current HPCSA registration;
- At least one year’s clinical work experience post-internship in paediatrics or emergency medicine (with some specific emergency paediatric experience);
- Experience with working in clinical care at Khayelitsha Hospital;
- Some experience/expertise with performing lung ultrasounds;
- Strong organisational skills;
- Good written and verbal communication skills in English;
- Computer literacy in MS Office;
- The ability to develop and maintain sound work relations among project staff;
- A valid code EB driver’s licence and own transport;
- Willingness to work at both KDH and TBH, and to travel independently between the two facilities;
- Sensitivity to cultural differences.
Recommendation
- Experience in clinical research, preferably in paediatrics;
- Diploma in Child Health (DCH), or a diploma in Emergency Care (DipEC);
- Proficiency in a second official South African language;
- Experience with data entry in REDCap;
- Training in good clinical practice (GCP) and other research training;
- Interest in further career development in either clinical research or paediatrics.
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