Medical Officer

The Centre for Child and Adolescent Lung Health Unit aims to foster a strong clinical transactional research group addressing childhood respiratory illnesses in Africa.

**Minimum Requirements**:

- MBChB
- Registered as an independent medical practitioner with the HPCSA (Health Professional Council of South Africa)
- Experience with Paediatric Tuberculosis
- Experience working on medical research studies is advantageous
- Previous experience with clinical trials would be advantageous
- Valid GCP Certificate (advantageous)
- Intermediate computer skills including using Microsoft Office, internet browsers and medical databases.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Strong organizational skills
- Able to work autonomously and as part of a team

**Responsibilities include (but not limited to)**:

- Clinical management of study participants
- Initiating patients on TB treatment when required
- Clinical follow-up of patients to establish well documented clinical outcomes
- Management of lab results including referrals
- Operationalise and plan clinical processes at site to ensure procedures are completed per study protocols and to ensure a high quality of study clinical data collection
- Oversee and manage the clinical team at site
- Ensure that all study participants are assessed according to protocol requirements
- Monitoring clinical health of participants in the study (per study visit requirements)
- Safety reporting linked to adverse events, serious unexpected events, adverse events of special interest & serious adverse events to study sponsor and safety monitoring board.
- Compiling monthly statistics as needed for operational reporting and investigators
- Responsible for quality control processes at site
- Responsible for resolving clinical queries raised by study monitor or data team
- Data quality control (including) of case report forms
- Contribute to academic outputs, such as data analysis, conference presentations, and prepare and write manuscripts for publication in peer-reviewed journals

**Additional Information**:

- This position will be based at the Red Cross Children’s Hospital, Rondebosch
- Working hours: 25-40 hours per week (negotiable) Monday to Friday
- The University of Cape Town Lung Institute is committed to equity in our employment practices and reserves the right not to appoint._

**Please Note: This Position is not on UCT Conditions of Service.