The Armauer Hansen Research Institute (AHRI) was founded in 1970 through the initiative of the Norwegian and Swedish Save the Children organizations seconded by the Ministry of Health of Ethiopia. The Institute got its name from the Norwegian physician, Gerhard Henrik Armauer Hansen, who first described the leprosy bacillus (Mycobacterium leprae). AHRI is a biomedical research institute that works in developing tools for prevention, control and treatment of mycobacterium and other diseases of public healthy importance through applied and basic biomedical research and training.
AHRI would like to hire qualified candidate in the position of Junior Researcher - Research Nurse for Micro-LTBI Project.
Key responsibilities:
· Together with the PI conduct and lead recruitment of study participants.
· Assist the PI in the screening of study participants and obtain participants informed consents.
· Conduct and coordinate clinical procedures required in the study protocol
· Together with the PI, collect, compile, verify and review clinical data and ensures proper data transfer to Data Management Unit.
· Assist the PI and investigators with any clinical procedures as necessary.
· Perform any nursing activates and clinical study procedures as necessary.
· Provide counseling services to study participants.
· Protect and care the study participants and ensures their retention in the study.
· Perform supervision to patient’s house as required.
· Cooperate in ensuring quality control activities in the conduct of the studies.
· Perform miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned by the principal investigator and/or the team leader.
Required Qualifications
Education: - BSc in Nursing from recognized college/university.
- Minimum GPA 3.00 for male and 2.75 for female
Certificate Training:
1. Registered professional nurse
2. Training in GCP and or research ethics in an advantage
3. Training in programmatic and clinical management of TB is an advantage
4. Training in voluntary HIV counseling and testing is an advantage.
Experience:
0 year experience
Other Competencies:
1. Knowledge of medical and scientific terminologies and strong interpersonal communication skills.
2. Ability to maintain study confidentiality
3. Willingness to work with potentially infection risk environment.
4. Ability to HIV counseling
5. Phlebotomy and other clinical/technical skills.
6. Computer competency including proficiency in Microsoft Word and Excel.
No. Required: 03 (Three)