Medical Officer at Stellenbosch University

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.