STUDY PHYSICIAN – Botswana Harvard Aids Institute Partnership

STUDY PHYSICIAN

Job description

The incumbent will report to the Physician Coordinator and will be responsible for providing medical leadership in developing, coordinating and managing project teams and oversee clinical research trial processes.

Requirements

Duties

• Providing medical consultation to study participants including antenatal care, care for participants with a vast majority of co-morbidities and HIV management
• Laboratory/medical imaging report reviews
• Prescribing and administering study product and assessment for adverse events
• Responsible for developing training materials and coordinate medical training on Study Protocols and Quality Assurance Standards.
• Adhering to Medical Practice Principles and Regulatory Requirements.
• Maintaining accurate record management and quality data management for audits and relevant regulatory boards.
• Supervising and monitoring study research team
• Liaising with sponsors on research outcomes
• Participating in community awareness on research protocols.

Qualifications, competencies and experience

• Bachelor of Medicine and surgery/MBChB with at least 2 years post qualification experience.
• HIV/ARV related training course e.g KITSO training
• Further experience of active management of HIV/AIDS patients HAART prescribing and involvement in HIV clinical research will be added advantage.
• Registration with Botswana Health Professionals Council.

Skills

• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Good Organizational skills
• Excellent time managementComputer Literate
• Quality Report writing.
• Interpersonal skills
• Project Management