Job Description
- Reads, understands and is Informed on updated WHO guidelines of Management of Drug Sensitive and Drug Resistant Tuberculosis alongside National Guidelines for Management of Tuberculsosis. Ensures implementation of these guidelines/SOPs in the trial for patients in the control arm. Discuss and report deviations to National Principal Investigator that meet the definitions outlined in the currently approved research protocols.
- Promptly reporting to the National Principal Investigator any internal or external adverse event that is considered to be unexpected, serious and possibly or definitely related to the study.
- Reporting promptly to the National Principal Investigator following discussions with site clinicians any significant changes in the risk/benefit of study participation.
- Ensuring that in the event a study participant experiences a significant adverse event, every reasonable effort is made to provide the study participant with adequate care to correct or alleviate the consequences of the adverse event to the extent possible.
- Ensuring that the study participants are kept fully informed of any new information that may affect their willingness to continue to participate in the research study.
- Facilitating the ICD Kotri and Civil Hospital endTB Team, for any allied medical services (including but not exclusive to in patient care and hospitalization) required by the study participant due to Co-Morbidities or any other condition that significantly affects the health and treatment of the patient.
- Actively interacts with other local and international stakeholders in coordination with National Principal Investigator to keep them updated about the trials progress.
- Allocate 16 hours per week to support the endTB team in Kotri and Mirpurkhas on the above mentioned requirements.
- Use patients clinical findings, lab results/images to suggest and confirm diagnosis as of other potential diseases
- Ensure work procedures and technical specifications required by hospital are executed according to clinical SOP’s
- Adheres to Infection control policies of Tuberculosis Clinic and Indus Hospital and Health Network
- Perform any other task as assigned by the concerned Head.