Quality Assurance / Quality Control Officer - Nakasero

Technical Skills and Abilities:

• Good writing and presentation and interpersonal skills

• Highly organized, detail-oriented and self-motivated/driven.

• Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously.

• Have a fair working knowledge of quality assurance and control procedures, regulations as they relate to medical research.

• Possesses the ability to train all levels of staff in Quality Control/Assurance

• Ability to work in teams, motivate, influence data staff and manage time and projects.

• Organizational, planning, research and problem-solving skills.

• Must be detail-oriented and understand the importance and benefits of data quality.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills to present findings and recommendations

• Ability to work as a part of a team and interact with data users and managers.

• Strong statistical and numerical ability

• Possess technical skills necessary to work with computer systems such as knowledge of office software such as Microsoft word, excel and access.

Technical Skills and Abilities:

• Good writing and presentation and interpersonal skills

• Highly organized, detail-oriented and self-motivated/driven.

• Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously.

• Have a fair working knowledge of quality assurance and control procedures, regulations as they relate to medical research.

• Possesses the ability to train all levels of staff in Quality Control/Assurance

• Ability to work in teams, motivate, influence data staff and manage time and projects.

• Organizational, planning, research and problem-solving skills.

• Must be detail-oriented and understand the importance and benefits of data quality.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills to present findings and recommendations

• Ability to work as a part of a team and interact with data users and managers.

• Strong statistical and numerical ability

• Possess technical skills necessary to work with computer systems such as knowledge of office software such as Microsoft word, excel and access.

• Work with the Study coordinator, Medical Officer and the PI to ensure that study activities and processes are conducted as per protocol and related SOPs.

• Ensure that CRFs are correctly, accurately and promptly filled by the clinic research team before presentation for data entry.

• Evaluate and respond to quality events, incidents, queries, and complaints as they arise in real time.

• Keep up to date with all related quality and research ethics legislation and compliance issues.

• Work with the Study Coordinator to compile and prepare materials for submission to regulatory agencies.

• Establish and document internal quality assurance and quality control processes/procedures.

• Utilize guidance documents (SOPs, MOPs, research protocol, etc), local and international standards, or consensus standards to support the research teams to conduct all research procedures as expected.

• Conduct the day-to-day quality control audits and promptly communicate the findings to the appropriate stakeholders.

• Communicate any critical compliance risks noted from these activities to the Principal Investigator and or senior management.

• Prepare a weekly QC/QA updates for discussion in the weekly research meetings.

• Identify and coordinate the resolution of data queries as they happen.

• Determine relevant data quality training requirements and assist with staff training.

• Work with the Ministry of Health In charges of to ensure quality data for all conducted research and address any queries or data anomalies with relevant staff.

• Any other duties as assigned by the supervisor/designee.