Research Associate Paediatrics And Child Health -MC

Introduction

The Outreach and Research Programme of the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health has ten community-based field sites across Pakistan (including four in Karachi) and focuses on research for betterment of women and child health. The Department has a Nutritional Research Laboratory as well as an Infectious Disease Research Laboratory that cater to the needs of its research projects. It has well-acclaimed work to its credit both at the national and international level.

As an equal opportunity employer, AKU believes in promoting a diverse and inclusive culture and is committed to adopt appropriate standards for safeguarding and promoting a respectful relationship with and between diverse workforce of its faculty, staff, trainees, volunteers, beneficiaries, wider communities, and other stakeholders with whom it works, including children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees/trainees and partners to share this commitment.

Responsibilities

you will be responsible to:

• screen, head to toe assessment of newborn, identify sepsis episode and eligibility of newborn to the trial. Provide support in clinical care for the patients
• take consent and enrolment of potential participants in coordination with attending physician
• complete all CRFs to maintain all study related data on worksheets and online data capture records system
• maintain study patient file, making sure all worksheets and source documents, lab reports are duly filed
• monitor culture positive samples and liaison with Pathology lab to assure participant lab samples/cultures/ CSF/Urine/ blood cultures are stored in the designated research lab
• coordinate with pharmacist for preparation, dosage and timely dispensing of IMP
• complete assessment and re-assessment of study participants to identify their care needs and resolve their day-to-day health related issues
• maintain a daily log sheet and share with the supervisor. Report day-to-day issues to study supervisor
• notify of any adverse events to the Site supervisor and Project manager
• provide consultation (in person/ telephonic) to enrolled participants for study related concerns
• liaison with multi-disciplinary team/other hospital staff and administration and follow hospital rules and regulations.

Requirement

You should have:

• MBBS degree 
• at least two years of neonatal ICU experience
• ability to manage time and prioritize tasks effectively
• excellent teamwork and collaboration skills
• strong communication and interpersonal skills
• resilience and the ability to work effectively under pressure
• willingness to do shift duties (morning and night, our study site is the main AKU stadium road).