Job Summary

Ifakara Health Institute seeking a Field Worker who will be based at Bagamoyo Branch to support the implementation of the DYNMIA Study by conducting field activities including participant recruitment, data collection, community engagement, and ensuring adherence to study protocols and ethical standards.

Responsibilities

• Conduct follow up of participants in the community to assess their wellbeing after administration of Investigational product.
• Document accurately and completely the adverse events in the electronic case report forms during home visits.
• Ensure study participants are reimbursed as per the protocol requirements.
• Ensure good working relationship in the working environment with colleagues, MOH staff, other partners, participants and community at large.
• Assist in accurate vital sign and anthropometry taking and cleaning of the equipment used for collection of the same.
• Assist with miscellaneous study activities including data entry, data query response, attend training, weekly reporting, etc.
• Communicate with the field coordinator on any issues from the field
• Attend study field briefs and share progress of work with the rest of the team.
• Be courteous, respectful, proactive, conscientious, punctual, honest and hardworking
• Work closely with the study clinicians at the health facilities.
• Must be flexible to work during weekends and public holidays.
• Be responsible for the study supplies and equipment's while in the field.
• Perform any other duties assigned or delegated by the Study Manager.
• Communicate with other study staff regularly at scheduled meeting and active participation in all meeting.
• Adhere to the ICH Guidelines of Good Clinical Practice (GCP) guidelines at all times during the study.
• To assist in processing and maintaining documents and scheduling appointment.
• To perform any other duties assigned by the supervisor.

Required Skills

Good interpersonal skills.

Hard working.

Must be a team player.

Essential Qualification

Minimum of a Secondary School education.

Required Experience

Experience in collection of blood samples is an added advantage.

Experience working with infants.

Must have solid expertise in research environment.

Preffered Language

Good English and Swahili, both spoken and written

Must be able to write brief reports and keep records.

• Conduct follow up of participants in the community to assess their wellbeing after administration of Investigational product.
• Document accurately and completely the adverse events in the electronic case report forms during home visits.
• Ensure study participants are reimbursed as per the protocol requirements.
• Ensure good working relationship in the working environment with colleagues, MOH staff, other partners, participants and community at large.
• Assist in accurate vital sign and anthropometry taking and cleaning of the equipment used for collection of the same.
• Assist with miscellaneous study activities including data entry, data query response, attend training, weekly reporting, etc.
• Communicate with the field coordinator on any issues from the field
• Attend study field briefs and share progress of work with the rest of the team.
• Be courteous, respectful, proactive, conscientious, punctual, honest and hardworking
• Work closely with the study clinicians at the health facilities.
• Must be flexible to work during weekends and public holidays.
• Be responsible for the study supplies and equipment's while in the field.
• Perform any other duties assigned or delegated by the Study Manager.
• Communicate with other study staff regularly at scheduled meeting and active participation in all meeting.
• Adhere to the ICH Guidelines of Good Clinical Practice (GCP) guidelines at all times during the study.
• To assist in processing and maintaining documents and scheduling appointment.
• To perform any other duties assigned by the supervisor.

• Good interpersonal skills.
• Hard working.
• Must be a team player.

• Minimum of a Secondary School education.