Nursing Officer

Nursing Officer
Full time @Global Health Uganda posted 1 hour ago in HealthCare

Kampala District View on Map

Post Date : April 17, 2026

Apply Before : April 30, 2026

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Job ID 19282
Career Level Officer
Experience 3 Years
Gender Both
Industry Healthcare
Qualifications Degree Bachelor
Job Type Full time

Job Description

Global Health Uganda (GHU) is a registered not for profit, limited liability company with the mission to promote child health by conducting and facilitating quality and relevant research in child health, neurodevelopment and interventions. In collaboration with other research consortium partner institutions, including Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Kisumu, Kenya; Training and Research Unit of Excellence (TRUE), Blantyre, Malawi; University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway; University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands; and Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM), UK have been conducting clinical research on Malaria Chemoprevention. This research has focused on Malaria Chemoprevention in vulnerable patient populations, including children with severe anaemia, children with sickle cell anaemia and pregnant women. As an example, two of our recently completed studies are “The post-discharge malaria chemoprevention in children with severe anaemia [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33264546/]and

Malaria chemoprevention in children with sickle cell anaemia [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39718172/]”.

With support from the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), the consortium is expanding these studies to children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM), by conducting a large multi-cente randomized controlled trial on Malaria Chemoprevention in the post-discharge management of children with severe acute malnutrition in Malawi and Uganda [Short title: Post-discharge Malaria Chemoprevention-SAM (PDMC-SAM) study].

The trial aims to determine if 4 months of PDMC with Dihydroartemisinin Piperaquine (DP) compared to placebo is superior in reducing readmissions and death by 6 months in children aged <5 years admitted with severe acute malnutrition who are clinically stable and ready to be discharged through the Out-Patient Therapeutic care (OTC). In Uganda, the study will be conducted at one of their study sites in Jinja Regional Referral Hospital.

Global Health Uganda (GHU) invites applications from suitably qualified individuals to fill the following positions:

2. Title: Nursing Officer (Full Time)

Qualifications: Diploma in Nursing

Years of Experience: minimum of 2 years

Reports to: Study Coordinator

No. of positions: Three (3)

Duty station: (Jinja)

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

Identify and screen children with severe acute malnutrition for possible enrolment into the study according to the protocol.
Obtain informed consent from caregivers of eligible participants as per protocol in accordance with GCP and HSP principles.
Counsel and explain study procedures to the caregivers of study participants.
Work with the study Medical Officer to enroll eligible participants into the study.
Complete all study CRFs correctly and accurately, as guided by the SOPs.
Identify and document/report promptly Adverse Events (AEs) and Serious Adverse Events (SAEs)
Ensure study participants’ safety and privacy, data integrity and confidentiality.
Provide nutritional counseling to caregivers of study participants, including dosing of RUTF
Perform anthropometric measurements and micronutrient deficiency assessment on study participants
Perform cardiac monitoring (ECG) and PK-blood draws in a sub-group of study participants
Provide emergency nursing care for study participants as per protocol.
Participate in collection of appropriate laboratory specimens from study participants as per protocol and SOPs, ensuring that the samples are sent to the appropriate labs
May be required to travel to OTC-clinics affiliated to Jinja RRH to provide care or follow up study participants.
Participate in routine clinical care of non-study participants on the wards.
Carry out any other duties as assigned by superiors in line with your work.

Required qualifications and skills:

Diploma in Nursing (registered Nurse) or its equivalent, and registered with the Uganda Nurses and Midwives Council (UNMC)
Good Clinical Practice (GCP) training and Research
Ethics training, such as human subject protection (HSP) with certificates.

Previous work in a research/clinical trial environment is added advantage

Fluent in verbal and written English, as well as the local language (Lusoga).
Working knowledge and experience with electronic forms is desirable
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (both staff and study participants)
Self-discipline, time management, and organizational skills
Ability to multi-task and working well in a team.
Experience and willingness to live and work in a rural environment.

Application procedure:

If you meet the above criteria, please submit a cover letter, a detailed CV, all necessary academic documents and the contact details of two 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:
hr@globalhealthuganda.org not later than Thursday, 30th April 2026 at 5.00 pm.
We appreciate your application; however, only shortlisted 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.