Medical Officer at University of Cape Town

The University of Cape Town Lung Institute requires applications for a MEDICAL OFFICER* on a Fixed Term Contract in the
Centre for Child and Adolescent Lung Health Unit (CHILD), based.

• The Centre for Child and Adolescent Lung Health Unit aims to foster a strong clinical transactional research group in the area of priority 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 HIV and Tuberculosis
• Experience working on medical research studies
• Previous experience with clinical trials would be advantageous
• Valid GCP Certificate
• Intermediate computer skills including using Microsoft Office, internet browsers and medical databases.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong organizational skills
• Able to work autonomously

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