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Job Summary

Job Title:
Medical Officer
Employer:
Infectious Diseases Institute
Location:
Kampala, Uganda
Country:
Uganda
Contract Type:
Full Time
Job Category:
Medical jobs
Number of Positions:
1
Deadline:
Monday, 30 December 2024

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About the Organisation

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.

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Kampala, Uganda

The Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI) is a Ugandan not-for-profit organization whose mission is to strengthen health systems in Africa, with strong emphasis on infectious diseases, through research and capacity development. IDI has six operational areas through which it works to achieve its mission: Prevention, Care and Treatment; Training, Research, Laboratory services (including the CAP-certified IDI Core Lab & Translational Lab), Global Health Security and Health System Strengthening.

Are you looking for Medical jobs in Uganda 2024 today? then you might be interested in Medical Officer job at Infectious Diseases Institute

Full Time

Deadline: 

30 Dec 2024

Job Title

Medical Officer job at Infectious Diseases Institute

Infectious Diseases Institute

Job Description

Job Title:  Medical Officer (Fresher NGO Jobs)

Organisation: Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI)

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

Reports to: Co-Investigator CITADEL Project


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.

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Deadline: 30th December 2024

  • 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

Medical Officer job at Infectious Diseases Institute

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Qualifications, Education and Competencies

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


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