Study Doctor (Tb, Jd-1019-038)

JOB SUMMARY
You will join a dynamic research group running a number of clinical and laboratory based descriptive and intervention studies aiming to improve outcomes from tuberculous meningitis. You will be based at the Oxford University Clinical Research Unit at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City, and will have responsibilities both at that site and at Pham Ngoc Thach hospital.
KEY TASKS & RESPONSIBILITIES
•Understand the study protocols, and work with hospital physicians to recruit and manage study patients
•Communicate with study participants about their illness and its management. Answer questions about the trials, and provide advice about seeking healthcare at study sites or non-study sites as appropriate.
•Collect, co-ordinate and oversee the collection of clinical data and research samples from participants both as inpatients and outpatients at study sites. This will include performing various clinical examinations and procedures, especially lumbar punctures.
•Ensure that clinical case report forms are completed accurately by collaborating with hospital staff.
•Support to report serious advert event happened to the study patients to relevant ethics committees.
•Maintain good communication with research nurses and collaborating hospital staff at each site, to ensure participants’ wellbeing, compliance with study protocols and quality of clinical data.
•Assist with data entry into the electronic databases, data cleaning and validation, and subsequently with data analysis
•Work with other members of the project team to identify future areas for collaboration and research.
•Assist with presenting study progress and findings to collaborators and other audiences.
•Help to develop good relationships with study sites and act as a liaison between OUCRU-VN and the site.
•Implement the monitoring plan by arranging visits with the study site based on study progress.
•Other tasks as required.
DEPARTMENT
Tuberculosis Group
LOCATION
This post is based at the Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, the Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam.
HOURS OF WORK
Full-time
TENURE
Contract for one year on completion of 2-month probation with possibility of extension.
REPORTING TO
Head of Tuberculosis