Study Nurse at Global Health Uganda
- Company: Global Health Uganda
- Location: Uganda
- State: Uganda
- Job type: Full-Time
- Job category: Healthcare Jobs in Uganda
Job Description
Major Responsibilities:
• Obtain informed consent from caregivers of eligible patients as per protocol, in accordance with GCP and HSP principles.
• Counsel and explain study procedures to the caregivers of study participants.
Work with Study Medical Officer to enroll eligible patients into the study, to meet the study site-specific accrual targets.
• Complete study CRFs, correctly and accurately in compliance with trial procedures/ SOPs and GCP standards.
• Ensure study participant safety and privacy, and data integrity and confidentiality.
• Provide emergency nursing care for study participants as per protocol.
• Participate in the collection of appropriate samples/specimens from study participants as per protocol and SOPs, ensuring that the samples are sent to the appropriate labs.
Participate in the routine clinical care of non-study participants on the wards
Required qualifications and skills:
• A diploma in Nursing
• Full registration and practicing license with the Uganda Nursing and Midwifery Council.
• Prior experience in clinical research preferred
• Proven Good Clinical Practices (GCP) training
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills to develop relationships with participants
• Teamworking skills to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary healthcare team
Time management skills and the ability to work under pressure
• Willingness to keep up to date with current traumatic brain injury information and research.
Method of Application
If you meet the above criteria, please submit a cover letter, a detailed CV, all necessary academic documents and the contact details of three 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: [email protected] not later than 25th October 2022 at 5.00 pm. We appreciate your application however; only short-listed 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.
