Job Description

Main purpose of the job:

• To assist Medical Officers with Clinical Research activities

Location:

• Wits Vaccines & Infectious Diseases Analytics (VIDA) Research Unit, Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, Soweto - Johannesburg

Key performance areas:

Recruitment & retention

• Screening and consenting of participants, as and when needed (particularly escalated cases)
• Establish a relationship of trust and respect with participants

MITS

• Perform MITS procedure at different sites
• Collect samples using MITS as per the SOPs
• Deliver samples to the local lab
• Carryout verbal autopsy interviews according to SOPs
• Give result feedback to the family

Administration

• Completing of all relevant CRFs of the study
• Accurately abstract information from the clinical notes and antemortem lab results to the database
• Make sure that all the MITS results have been received and captured in the database
• Relaying interim or final findings to the study participants
• Accurately recording the DeCoDe panel causality of death sequence for each participant during the DeCoDe meetings and Capturing onto the database
• Administrative duties including procurement of consumables and supervision of Research Study Participants
• Completion and coding (basic and advanced) of the discharge summaries
• Verification of logs
• Generating and completing missing deaths summaries list
• Cleaning of duplicate lists weekly
• Communicate with donor representatives around compliance issues as and when required
• Train Admin Staff on all financial requirements i.e. Recons, compliance with donor rules

Customer Service

• Act in a professional and friendly manner in all dealings with internal stakeholders
• Show a high level of customer centricity at all times
• Communicate with donor representatives around compliance issues as and when required
• Train admin staff on all financial requirements. i.e Recons, compliance with donor rules
• Build and maintain authentic relationships with all stakeholders ensuring that all interactions are professional
• Effectively manage work processes to maintain high levels of productivity

Effective self-management and performance ownership

• 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 to feedback
• Take ownership of driving your career development by participating in ongoing training and
• development activities such as workshops, forums, conferences, etc.

Required minimum education and training:

• Bachelor of Clinical Medical Practice or equivalent

Required minimum work experience:

• 1-2 years Research experience

Desirable additional education, work experience, and personal abilities:

• Clinical trials experience
• Good Clinical Practice
• Excellent clinical skills
• Computer literacy in MS Word and Excel
• Good interpersonal skills and ability to work in a team
• Attention to detail
• Motivate
• Organized
• Friendly
• Professional
• Ability to perform minimal invasive autopsies on children
• Willing to work on weekends if required

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: 15 January 2024.
• 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.
• 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.
• AJ Personnel does not have any salary or other information regarding the position.

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