MEDICAL OFFICER (4) Jobs
Work Hours: Full-time, 08 hours per day
Salary:
Attractive
Job Deadline: 02 April 2026
Number of Jobs: 04
Hiring Entity: INFECTIOUS DISEASES INSTITUTE
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| INFECTIOUS DISEASES INSTITUTE |
Location: In Uganda
Job Details:
General Summary
The Medical Officer under the USAID LPHS-TB Activity will ensure delivery of quality TB care and treatment services to clients by providing technical and leadership support to health facility teams.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead mentorship and training efforts to build capacity of facility teams to deliver high quality TB care services.
- Provide leadership to facility based technical team members to ensure timely delivery on key project tasks.
- Provide clinical care to TB patients attending IDI-Supported health facilities in line with standard care and treatment guidelines.
- Coordinate appropriate referral and management of complex patients through liaison with senior care specialists and tertiary treatment centres.
- Lead performance monitoring initiatives and routine data use activities at IDI-supported health facilities to guide implementation of project activities.
- Support the health workers to identify, implement and document continuous quality improvement activities along client care and treatment cascades.
- Coordinate and support facility efforts in follow up of clients to improve linkage, retention among clients in TB care.
- Support health facilities to compile and submit accurate reports according to project, donor and Ministry timelines.
- Any other responsibilities as may be agreed with the supervisor.
Academic Qualifications
- Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery
- Additional training in TB care and opportunistic infections will be an added advantage.
Person Specification
- Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery
- Full and active registration with the Uganda Medical and Dental Practitioners Council.
- Additional training in TB care and opportunistic infections will be an added advantage.
- A minimum of two years of TB Clinical experience
- Demonstrable understanding of current National TB trends and priorities.
- Strong managerial skills to operate independently with limited direct supervision of day-to-day activities and to lead results-driven project teams and work groups.
- Strong oral and written communication skills are required to develop and maintain effective, sustainable working relationships with national and international working partners and to accomplish reporting requirements.
- Detailed knowledge of USAID administrative policies and regulations
- Demonstrated experience in onsite training, mentorship and QI coaching approaches
- Demonstrable capacity in building and maintaining productive working relationships with a wide network of partners and stakeholders
- Demonstrated organizational and supervisory skills and abilities, sound judgement, and high ethical standards; flexible and ability to adapt to changing priorities and deadlines.
- Fluency in English and local languages commonly used in Kampala.
Job Code: MEDX005
No of Position: 4
Station: Various Locations
Classification: Full-time
Duration: 6 Months
Reports to: DR-TB PROGRAM SPECIALIST
Posted Date: 2026-03-20 08:36:09.000
Closing Date: 2026-04-02 23:59:00.000
Application procedure
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Posting Date: 2026-03-24
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