Medical Officer

Medical Officer
Full time @Global Health Uganda posted 17 minutes ago in HealthCare

Kampala District View on Map

Post Date : April 17, 2026

Apply Before : April 30, 2026

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Job ID 19283
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:

1. Title: Medical Officer (Full Time)

Qualifications: Bachelor in Medicine and Bachelor in Surgery

Years of experience: minimum of 2 years

Reports to: Study Coordinator

No. of positions: One (1)

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.
Recruitment and enrollment of eligible children into the study.
Consent and explain study procedures to caregivers of study participants.
Ensure that study procedures are performed in compliance with SOPs and trail protocol, and in line with GCP principles.
Complete all study CRFs correctly and accurately, as guided by the SOPs.
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 and continuous medical care to study participants.
Collect appropriate laboratory specimens from the study participants and ensure they are delivered to the appropriate labs.
Identify, document and report promptly Adverse Events (AEs) and Serious Adverse Events (SAEs), completing AE & SAE forms & take appropriate actions.
Assess & ensure study participants safety & privacy throughout the study period.
Attend weekly study site meetings and supervise study nurses.
Participate in routine clinical care of non-study participants on the wards.
Perform other duties given by your supervisors.

Required qualifications and skills:

A bachelor’s degree in Medicine and Bachelor’s in Surgery from a recognized university, and fully registered with UMDPC, with an up-to-date APL.
Good clinical skills, and experience in working with children
Previous work in conducting clinical trials, ECG/PK-studies is added advantage
Good Clinical Practice (GP) training and Research
Ethics training, such as human subject protection (HSP) with certificates.

Excellent command of English (written & oral), and the local language (Lusoga).
Working knowledge and experience with electronic forms is desirable

Strong verbal and written communication skills
Excellent interpersonal and professional skills
Experience of living and or working in a rural environment.
Team-working skills to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team
Time management skills, the ability to work under pressure, and multi-task.
Highly organized, detail-oriented and self-motivated

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.