Overview:
Jhpiego is an international health organization affiliated with Johns Hopkins University (JHU) in Baltimore, Maryland. For over 50 years, Jhpiego has put evidence-based health innovations into everyday practice to improve health care for the world’s most vulnerable populations. Jhpiego empowers front-line health workers by designing and implementing effective, low-cost, hands-on solutions that strengthen the quality of healthcare services, following the household-to-hospital continuum of care. Jhpiego also partners with organizations from the community to the national levels, building sustainable, local capacity through advocacy, policy development, health workforce strengthening, and quality and performance improvement approaches.
In Lesotho in particular, Jhpiego has been operating since 2012 through supporting the government of Lesotho in delivering health services to the Basotho people. Jhpiego’s portfolio currently focuses on HIV/TB and COVID epidemic response and includes a range of HIV and COVID-focused programming and research efforts, HIV (VMMC and PrEP), MOSAIC (biomedical HIV prevention including Dipivefrine Ring Introduction), THEBE (TB Contact Tracing and COVID Response), COVID-focused (COVID Case Management and Vaccine Support), CUT-TB (RCT) and various other small studies.
Jhpiego seeks a Clinical Data Collector to support implementation of the Cabotegravir and Ring Evaluation in Pregnancy (CARE PrEP) study in Lesotho. CARE PrEP is a multi-country clinical research study observing pregnancy outcomes for people that used “pre-exposure prophylaxis”, known as PrEP, during their pregnancy and their infants. Pregnant participants will be recruited from the CATALYST (Catalyzing access to new prevention products to stop HIV) study, which is a study seeking to understand the feasibility and acceptability of providing new options for HIV prevention. CATALYST involves introducing two new PrEP products for HIV prevention (PrEP ring and CAB PrEP) into existing health services.
Working under the general supervision of the CARE PrEP Study Lead and in collaboration with the Clinical Research Officer, the Clinical Data Collector will support recruiting and consenting eligible study participants, conducting study procedures with participants, and following all study operations to ensure accurate data and ethical treatment of study participants. This full-time position will be based at the study site in Maseru District, Lesotho and may require international travel for study-wide coordination. This position is primarily focused on clinical data collection and will provide supplemental support as needed for research operations tasks. The ideal candidate will have an obstetric background with experience in clinical data collection.
Jhpiego is looking for suitable candidate for the below vacant position.
Position: MATRIX Data Collector
Site: Scott- Morija
Duration: 5 Months
Responsibilities
Reporting to the Study Lead, the candidate will be responsible for:
- Participate in study training, and adhere to the study protocol and all study procedures;
- Conduct and document informed consent process; securely store all informed consent documents per
study procedures; - Conduct study visits with participants throughout pregnancy, postpartum and their infants through 6
months of life. Visits to occur at study sites with possible home visits and phone contacts. - Visit procedures include ascertaining medical information from participants, review/interpretation of
medical records, point of care HIV and urine pregnancy testing, blood pressure check, depression screening,
infant feeding assessments, referring for ultrasound as needed, referring for physical exams of infants to
identify birth defects/congenital anomalies, and referring for additional medical care as needed. - Upon learning of any serious adverse event or social harm, complete required forms and study
management notification. - Review health facility registers, and participant records and capture required information according to
operational procedures. - Document clinical and relevant study visit information and data on paper-based and electronic forms as
applicable and maintain all participant information in an organized and confidential manner. - Provide and document participant reimbursement per study protocol.
- Consult and communicate in a timely manner any challenges encountered during data collection.
- Implement quality control process throughout the conduct of the study.
- Participate in regular team meetings;
- Perform any other duties related to the program as assigned by the direct supervisor.
Qualifications, Experience and Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in nursing/Diploma in nursing and midwifery
- A clinical credential such as nurse, nurse practitioner or physician’s assistant, and/or experience working in clinical settings.
- At least 5 years clinical experience, including ultrasound services, in maternal and newborn health; obstetric experience preferred.
- Experience with clinical research required.
- Experience engaging with adolescent girls, young women and pregnant people preferred.
- Must reside near the study site.
- Must be registered with relevant professional body of the Government of Lesotho
Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to navigate electronic data collection systems (experience with ODK, REDCap, KoboCollect, or SurveyCTO)
- Ability to effectively manage and work as part of a team.
- Nonjudgmental attitude, humanitarian values and ethics are absolute preconditions
- Energetic, independent and self-motivated
- Good knowledge of spoken and written English and Sesotho
Jhpiego offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive employee benefits package.
Note: The successful candidate selected for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background investigation. Correspondence will be communicated with shortlisted candidates only.
This role is exclusively open to candidates who are already located in any of the countries where Jhpiego currently operates however, Lesotho Nationals are strongly encouraged to apply.
Total compensation will be based on the country of hire and Jhpiego’s local compensation plan.
Jhpiego is an Equal Opportunity employer and does not discriminate in its selection and employment practices based on race, colour, religion sex, national origin, political affiliation sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, or other non-merit factors.
Interested candidates should submit a cover letter, CVs, certified copies of certificates and transcripts and certified copy of identity document. All applications addressed for the attention of Senior Human Resources Manager must be sent by
email address to: Lesotho.HR@jhpiego.org by 12 pm on Friday, 19 July 2024.