Medical Officer

5 months ago

Soweto, South Africa AJ Personnel Full time

**Main purpose of the job**:

- To provide comprehensive medical care/clinical support to patients enrolled in treatment programs and participants enrolled in clinical trials at PHRU

**Location**:

- **Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, Soweto - Johannesburg**

**Key performance areas**:

- Prescribe medication/s as necessary ensuring protocol adherence
- Perform surgical and/or medical procedures as scheduled and required
- Follow up on any previous outstanding health issues to resolution or stabilization and referral if required
- Provide participant education and as required, inclusive of counseling, and where applicable refer participants to other health care providers such as clinics and the hospital as necessary
- Discuss referrals with the appropriate hospital doctors in charge and ensure follow-up of participants that have been admitted to the hospital ensuring that participants referred to receive the required care e.g. referral for treatment to clinic or pharmacy is received
- Request phlebotomy and other procedures that are to be conducted per participant visit
- SOP development and reviews
- Ensure cost-effectiveness in the operations at PHRU
- Contribute to publications/manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals as author, co-author
- Develop strategies for each project to achieve its objectives within the given time frames
- Participate in strategy development for the PHRU organization
- Assist and support senior leadership with any other duties as required
- Prepare and review budgets for each project in consultation with the respective finance and/or grants management department
- Evaluate expenditure in each project according to the variance reports provided and if necessary realign budget line item allocations
- Ensure correct billing for each specific project-related activity and purchasing
- Facilitate timeous and accurate compilation of financial reports to the sponsors
- Review status reports of applicable projects with Project Teams, address issues as appropriate, and provide leadership
- Create and maintain channels of regular communication (reports, meetings, social media) with the respective managers, the CEO, and other stakeholders
- Enforce standard policies and procedures of PHRU in all operations as well as Ethical guidelines and principles of Good Clinical Practice, and ensure compliance
- Identify quality improvement areas in each project and ensure appropriate strategy and quality improvement initiatives are developed and measured
- Delegate decision-making, authority, tasks, and responsibility to appropriate persons to maximize organization and employee effectiveness
- Work effectively and cooperatively with others to establish and maintain good working relationships that are mutually beneficial with the various stakeholders such as Hospital Management, District and Provincial Departments of Health, Universities, etc.
- Provide regular reports to the sponsors and other stakeholders as required
- Community engagement to identify any misinterpretations and improve the community’s understanding of the role of PHRU, research, and how they can participate
- Enforce the principles of Good Customer Service in each project/study and review the mechanisms in place to encourage and review customer complaints

**Required minimum education and training**:

- **MBChB Degree**

**Required minimum work experience**:

- **At least 2 years of experience in a clinical environment (can be inclusive of internship/community service time)**:

- **Being able to start work immediately will be an advantage**

**Professional body registration**:

- HPCSA registration

**Desirable additional education, work experience, and personal abilities**:

- Experience in a clinical research environment will be an advantage
- Registered with MPS
- Excellent clinical skills
- Good Clinical Practice (GCP) Certification
- Research experience or willingness to learn
- Computer literacy

**TO APPLY**:

- Only if you do meet the minimum job requirements and experience as mentioned above, you may submit a detailed updated CV.
- Please take note that the applicants who do not adhere to the above criteria will not be considered for the respective position.
- Note AJ Personnel is fully POPI compliant.
- Note WHC, in accordance with their Employment Equity goals and plan, will give preference to suitable applicants from designated groups as defined in the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998 and subsequent amendments thereto.

**Please note**:

- **AJ PERSONNEL is only responsible for the advertising of the advertisement on behalf of their client Wits Health Consortium.**:

- **AJ Personnel does not have any salary or other information regarding the position.

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