Research Scientist at EHA Clinics

EHA Clinics, a subsidiary of eHealth Africa, is a health care network operating across Nigeria that provides high-quality, innovative, data-driven, and technology-enabled services. EHA Clinics delivers a comprehensive range of state of the art health care services in each location, e.g,  general consultations, laboratory investigations, pharmaceuticals, annual medical checks, child wellness checks, ultrasonography, and specialized services (urgent care, telemedicine, home care, dental care, and ophthalmology).

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Research Scientist

Location: Kano
Employment Type: Full-time

Mission Objective

• Research is a core component of EHA Clinics dedication to enhancing health care.
• Our Research team is on a mission to lead the way in medical research within Nigeria, aiming to significantly improve the health of Nigerians.
• We are committed to conducting pioneering research and translating these findings into practical benefits that enhance the daily lives of individuals.
• As an integral part of EHA Clinics, our team works to uncover new insights and solutions, ensuring that our research directly contributes to the organization’s overarching mission of delivering quality, accessible, and affordable health care.
• The research scientist researches critical information/data on project performance and provides monitoring of project execution essential to sustaining program delivery in (name the program area).
• The support to monitoring project activities is key to sustaining the monitoring and evaluation and ensuring project  activities conform with overall organisation standards.

Duties And Responsibilities 
Ensure Process Integrity:
Purpose:

• Draft grant applications and study proposals after reviewing RFPs and background literature. Identify and develop data collection and data analysis strategies 
• Prepare draft reports and manuscripts for publication. 
• Design research protocols and experiments to test hypotheses and objectives, and code data collection tools in REDCap and 
• Survey CTO. Design and code data collection tools in REDCap and SurveyCTO. Collect research data.
• Independently write open letters/commentaries/opinions on varied research topics to inform and influence the scientific community.

Advise:
Engagement:

• Work closely with intramural and extramural colleagues to identify new research topics and funding opportunities 
• Support principal investigators in analysing and interpreting results and writing discussion sections of manuscripts 
• Meet with funders and investigators to prepare research implementation plans and protocols. Advise and coordinate with external consultants as needed on projects
•  Conduct outreach activities at universities and other suitable organisations to solicit new projects and staff.

Sustain Standards
Delivery:

• Create, test and refine study protocols, workflow and related training material 
• Regularly create social media posts and stories to increase the visibility of the department in the local and professional community. 
• Prepare informed consent and ethics committee applications.
• Analyse and reconcile data using statistical programming languages (R, Stata)

Job Requirements
Targeted Specialized Knowledge:

• Bachelor’s degree with honours in science, medicine or public health from a leading
• Accredited university; a master’s degree in public health, biological science or a similar field is preferred 
• A minimum of one year of outstanding work experience as a research associate or support staff in a nationally recognized organisation is essential. 
• Experience applying sound scientific principles and practices to a wide range of fields. 
• Authorship of peer-reviewed publications in high-quality journals.
• Data analysis proficiency in R, Stata. Proficiency in data collection tools such as ReDCAP, SurveyCTO. Good documentation and analytical skills. 
• Strong organisational and time-management skills. 
• Willingness to travel up to 30% of the time as required.
• Written and spoken language proficiency in applicable languages. Good interpersonal skills and communication with a wide variety of patients, medical staff, and caregivers.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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