Home Visitor

Home Visitor
Full time @Global Health Uganda posted 33 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 19278
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:

Title: Home Visitor (Full Time)

Qualifications: Diploma in social works, social sciences or community psychology, or its equivalent.

Years of Experience: minimum of 2 years

Reports to: Study Coordinator

No. of positions: Two (2)

Duty station: (Jinja)

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

Work with the site study staff (as a team) to:-

1. Conduct community home visits to study participants and deliver study medications – including offering directly observed therapy, and review study participants as per protocol and SOPs.
2. Counsel and re-explain study procedures to the caregivers of study participants.
3. Access adherence to study medication, including pill counts.
4. Provide adherence counseling and support to caregivers of study participants.
5. Ensure study participants are given their medications including the intervention medicines appropriately as per protocol and SOPs
6. Complete the relevant home visit CRFs, logs and other related forms, accurately and completely as per protocol and SOPs.
7. Document physical/Home locations/addresses of study participants for purposes of follow up.
8. Responsible for reminding caretakers of study participants about study appointments and trace those who miss their appointments.
9. Ensure study participants’ safety, privacy and confidentiality.
10. Schedule/re-schedule study visits for study participants as per protocol and SOPs.
11. Responsible for maintenance (mechanical), and safety of the study motorcycle(s).
12. Provide psychosocial, counseling and nursing support to caregivers of study participants.
13. Carry out any other duties as assigned by your supervisors.

Required qualifications and skills:

MUST be able to ride a motorcycle and possess a valid riding permit (class A).
Good Clinical Practice (GCP) training and Research ethics training, such as human subject protection (HSP) – with certificates.
Previous work in research setting in the community is added advantage
Fluent in verbal and written English, as well as the local language – Lusoga.

Excellent interpersonal communication skills and team-working skills
Working knowledge and experience with electronic forms is desirable
Self-discipline, time management, and organizational skills
Willingness to work in a rural setting.
Ability to engage easily and interact with local community members.
Other attributes, such as honesty, kindness, responsibility, etc., are desirable.

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.