Research Assistant

Vacancy title:

Research Assistant HEP-MEC

[ Type: FULL TIME , Industry: Consulting , Category: Media, Communications & Writing ]

Jobs at:

CIDRZ

Deadline of this Job:

Monday, April 08 2024

Duty Station:

Within Zambia , Lusaka, South – Central Africa

JOB DETAILS:

Job summary

Recruits and retains participants living with hepatitis B, provides hepatitis B counseling and health education, trains community health workers in hepatitis, and adheres to procedural and international guidelines for research conduct.

Main duties

• Trains and supervises a network of community health workers who provide hepatitis B testing, counseling, and referrals.
• Performs hepatitis counseling and testing in hospital and community venues.
• Welcomes potential participants and/or enrolled participants to the clinic
• Obtains participant informed consent and locator information
• Collects relevant participant data
• Navigates study participants with hepatitis B to have specific laboratory and radiology tests as required by the study and national guidelines.
• Provides back up for CRF/data entry
• Ensures specimens transport and retrieval
• Follows up on participants who require interim visits of who have missed appointments
• Performs self quality checks (QC) in a timely manner
• Maintains strict participant confidentiality and privacy at all times.
• Accountable and responsible for study resources and supplies, such as data collection forms, participant files, study equipment, and facilities.
• Communicates with fellow staff members openly and honestly about study progress, issues, and/or problems that may arise.
• Actively participates in problem solving and works collegially as part of the study team.
• Effectively collaborates with the community and district staff as necessary.
• Reports all community misconceptions about research and address any concerns in an expeditious manner to the study nurse or PI
• Provides high quality service to participants by maintaining pleasant relationships at all times and attending to participants in a timely manner.
• Acquire and maintain an in-depth knowledge of the study protocol.

Qualifications

• Grade 12 completion with at least 1 year experience in research and/or community education.
• At least 1 year prior experience working in hepatitis B research or programs
• Certificate in counseling or related field.
• Fluent in at least one local language of Nyanja or Bemba, preferable both.
• Able to organize and schedule multiple work-related tasks efficiently.

Suitably qualified candidates are invited to apply. However, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 12

Level of Education: High School

Interested candidates should send their CVs