6 NGO Jobs – Registered Comprehensive Nurse / Registered Nurse at Rakai Health Sciences Program (RHSP)

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Organisation: Rakai Health Sciences Program (RHSP)
Reports to: Study or Services
Supervisor
Duty Station: Uganda



About
RHSP:
Rakai Health Sciences
Program is a collaborative Bio-medical research and service delivery
organization. It strives to improve the quality of life of the local population
through a combination of community based research, curative services and
prevention strategies in the district of Rakai, South Western Uganda. It is
based at the Uganda Virus Research Institute – Entebbe and Kalisizo in Rakai
District.
Job
Summary: The Registered
Comprehensive Nurse / Registered Nurse will provide support to the study
services supervisor in medical assessment of participants, collecting important
clinical details, performing clinical examinations and relevant tests and
performing follow up data collection in the clinic/field.



Key
Duties and Responsibilities:
  • Conduct
    clinical assessments for respondents and completing the form (as per SOPs)
  • Provision
    of health education to potential study participants.
  • Seeking
    informed consent from potential study participants
  • Collection
    of data and biological specimens as well as proper labelling and handling
    of data forms and specimens as pertinent SOPs.
  • Collection
    of quantitative and qualitative data by use of an administered
    questionnaires
  • Collection
    for biological samples for lab tests and analysis.
  • Conduct
    a census of all study participants in all study communities
  • Providing
    treatment to respondents.
  • Clinical
    evaluation and care of participants in consultation with study physicians.
  • Follow
    up study participants.

Qualifications,
Skills and Experience:
  • A
    Diploma in General Nursing/Diploma in Comprehensive Nursing from a
    reputable institution
  • Experience
    of at least 2 years in a reputable health organization
  • Certificates
    in Good clinical practice and Human subjects Protection, plus experience
    doing research related work is an advantage but not a requirement.
  • Willingness
    to work and reside in a rural setting – Rakai District.
 How
to apply:

All those willing to work with Rakai Health Sciences Program (RHSP) should
submit their applications including an application letter, valid academic
documents and detailed resume (C.V) with three recognizable referees  to:

The Human Resource Manager

Rakai Health Sciences Program,

P.O. Box 279, Kalisizo, Uganda
E-mail: info@rhsp.org
Deadline:
14th June, 2013

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