Medical Officer (Locum)

Main purpose of the job:

To recruit, screen and provide health care to patients participating in clinical trials according to study protocols.

Location:

Wits RHI – 7 Esselen Street, Hillbrow, Research Centre. On the 3rd ,4th, and 5th Floor

Key performance areas:

• Screen and enroll eligible patients in accordance with the study protocol and ethical guidelines.
• Study the full history of the patient and discuss the relevant risk factors.
• Review vital signs, perform a physical examination and make an appropriate assessment.
• Clinical Management of participants according to standard or care, and/or protocol guidelines.
• Appropriate treatment of participants.
• Report adverse events and follow up with patients according to the standard of care guidelines and/or protocol.
• Proactively resolve protocol queries and missing data with the research team with attention to detail.
• Completes patient logs.
• Attend meetings as required.
• Engage and meet with sponsors, monitors, and other external stakeholders as required.
• Clinical staff oversight and management (not direct line management).
• Review and act appropriately on results.
• Take ownership and accountability for tasks and demonstrate effective self-management.
• Follow through to ensure that quality and productivity standards of own work are consistently and accurately maintained.
• Maintain a positive attitude and respond openly and proactively to feedback.
• Take ownership of driving your own career development by participating in ongoing training and development activities such as workshops, forums, conferences etc.
• Participate and give input in ad hoc projects and initiatives.
• Identify research questions in specialist areas.
• Write grants, protocols, and ethics applications in order to fund and perform research studies.
• Implement research studies in conjunction with the research teams.
• Assist with clinical duties in research projects.
• Attend and participate in organizational research meetings.

Required minimum education and training:

• MBBCh degree or equivalent.

Required minimum work experience:

• Minimum 2 years of relevant work experience within a clinical research environment.

Desirable additional education, work experience, and personal abilities:

• Research and epidemiology experience.
• Well organized, ordered, systematic and analytical.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office. Assertive, confident, and adaptable.
• Able to work under pressure and adhere to deadlines.
• Self-motivated, and able to work independently and work as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Display concern for patients and willingness to respond to patients’ needs and requirements.
• Able to prioritize own workload, take initiative (pro-active) and work to tight deadlines.
• Self-motivated with high regard for work ethic, values, and integrity.

TO APPLY:

• Only if you do meet the minimum job requirements and experience as mentioned above, you may submit a detailed updated CV. Please Apply Online
• Please take note that the applicants who do not adhere to the above criteria will not be considered for the respective position.
• The closing date for all applications: 14 November 2022.
• Wits Health Consortium will only respond to shortlisted candidates.
• Candidates who have not been contacted within two weeks of the closing date can consider their applications to be unsuccessful.
• 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.
• The organization maintains a Mandatory Covid-19 requirement and as such only Covid-19, Vaccinated incumbents will be considered for positions.

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.