Vacancy title:
Sample Runner/Lab Clerk (1 Position)

Jobs at:
Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI)

Deadline of this Job:
Friday, 10 March 2017

Duty Station:
Kampala, Uganda

Job details:

Background:
The mission of the Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI) is to build capacity of health systems in Africa for the delivery of sustainable, high quality care and prevention of HIV/AIDS and related infectious diseases through training, research, and advanced clinical services. IDI has five operational areasthrough which it works to achieve its mission: Prevention, Care and Treatment; Training, Research and Laboratory services (provided through a partnership with the Makerere University-John Hopkins University Core Lab) and Outreach.

Project Details:
IDI has received a subcontract from Makerere University Walter Reed Project to implement activities in Uganda of the Joint Mobile Disease Intervention Clinical Capability (JMEDICC) at Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital (FPRRH). JMEDICC is a “consortium comprising the US Naval Medical Research Center in partnership with the US Army Medical Research institute oi infectious Diseases and the US Department of Defense.

The project aims to develop a research platform to address the knowledge gap of effective clinician management of sepsis and severe infectious diseases in general. The clinical team will be responsible for conducting observational and interventional trials in the management of sepsis. The clinical team will be provided with ongoing advanced training in clinical care and research to enable the team respond to culture outbreaks of infectious diseases including Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) within Fort Portal and surrounding districts. This platform will be used to generate clinical research data to support licensure applications for promising therapeutics for EVD or to provide evidence-based standards of care for improved EVD management.

In order to strengthen support clinical and research capacity at FPRRH, IDI is recruiting as follows:

Background:
The mission of the Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI) is to build capacity of health systems in Africa for the delivery of sustainable, high quality care and prevention of HIV/AIDS and related infectious diseases through training, research, and advanced clinical services. IDI has five operational areas through which it works to achieve its mission: Prevention, Care and Treatment; Training, Research and Laboratory services (provided through a partnership with the Makerere University-John Hopkins University Core Lab) and Outreach.

Project Details:
IDI has received a subcontract from Makerere University Walter Reed Project to implement activities in Uganda of the Joint Mobile Disease Intervention Clinical Capability (JMEDICC) at Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital (FPRRH). JMEDICC is a “consortium comprising the US Naval Medical Research Center in partnership with the US Army Medical Research institute oi infectious Diseases and the US Department of Defense.

The project aims to develop a research platform to address the knowledge gap of effective clinician management of sepsis and severe infectious diseases in general. The clinical team will be responsible for conducting observational and interventional trials in the management of sepsis. The clinical team will be provided with ongoing advanced training in clinical care and research to enable the team respond to culture outbreaks of infectious diseases including Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) within Fort Portal and surrounding districts. This platform will be used to generate clinical research data to support licensure applications for promising therapeutics for EVD or to provide evidence-based standards of care for improved EVD management.

In order to strengthen support clinical and research capacity at FPRRH, IDI is recruiting as follows:

Job Title: Sample Runner/Lab Clerk (1 Position)
Duration: 12 months, full time, renewable
Responsible to: Microbiologist (in-charge of microbiology lab)

Educational requirements:

• Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education, ‘A’ level
  
• Additional qualification: Certificate in Microsoft office or similar disciple will be an added advantage

Working Experience:

• Previous office experience,
  
• Minimum of three years’ experience working with health systems strengthening projects
  
• Competent computer skills including MS office or equivalent
  
• Numeracy and literacy skills
  
• Participation in a Viral Hemorrhagic Fever ((VHF) outbreak investigation and response in Uganda will be an added advantage

Essential personal qualities:

• Flexibility to work long hours which may occasionally extend beyond normal working hours or on-call duty
  
• Demonstration of full understanding of team dynamics and systems thinking
  
• Speed and accuracy at performing tasks.
  
• Demonstrated ability to work in a team
  
• Good communication skills
  
• Flexibility to work long hours which may 1 occasionally extend beyond normal working hours in order to complete critical tasks.
  
• Ability to speak local language

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Assist patients who need to go for study related investigations
  
• Assist very sick study participants who are returning to the clinic to navigate the clinical process smoothly.
  
• Assist in the organization and arranging of study rooms and offices.
  
• Participate in and conducts all relevant Continuous Medical Education and trainings
  
• Any other reasonable duties that may be assigned.
  
• Attend all study team meetings

Job application procedure
Qualified and interested persons who wish to apply may hand deliver, an application letter with a detailed CV, naming at least two professional referees, to:

The Manager, Human Resources
Infectious Diseases Institute
P. O. Box 22418, Kampala.
hr@idi.co.ug

Deadline for receipt of applications is Friday, 10 March 2017. Only shortlisted candidates will be invited for interviews.

IDI is an equal employment organization and does not solicit for any fees at any stage of the recruitment process.