Job Title: Locum Clinical Officer (1 position)
Report to: Clinic Manager
Supervises: None
Duty Station: Mulago ISS Clinic
Job summary: To provide comprehensive TB/HIV care services to patients according to MJAP HIV treatment and MoH HIV treatment guidelines
Roles and responsibilities:
- Diagnosis of opportunistic infections & other illnesses in HIV patients according to the Care & treatment guidelines.
- Examine and prescribe medication for treatment of patients’ illnesses
- Reviewing of patients’ response to treatment.
- Early detection & and treatment of TB infection among HIV patients
- Identifying patients for referrals & linkages to other care and treatment provision centers.
- Provision of PMTCT & EID services to HIV positive mothers and their infants respectively
- Provision of SGBV & post exposure prophylaxis (PEP) services to survivors, perpetrators and victims.
- Participate in continuous quality improvement projects initiated at the clinic and other support sites
- Provision of comprehensive HIV services for priority and key population
- Timely and complete documentation of services offered to clients
Qualifications & job specifications:
- Diploma in Clinical Medicine or Community Health from a recognized Institution
- At least 2 years of professional experience after qualification
- Valid medical practicing license
- Registered under the Allied Health Professionals’ Council
- Training in current HIV/AIDS Prevention, care and Treatment
- High level of Integrity and confidentiality empathy
- Proficient in management of HIV/AIDS complications
Key personal competences
- Good counseling and health education skills with good interpersonal and communication skills
- Self-driven and ability to timely accomplish planned targets in service provision
- Emotional control
MJAP is dedicated to inclusion and diversity, evaluating all job applicants solely based on merit, regardless of race,
gender, color, national origin, religion, age, marital status, or disability. As an equal opportunity employer, MJAP
does not charge applicants at any stage and is not responsible for losses from fraudulent recruitment activities. All suitably qualified candidates are encouraged to apply by clearly stating the position applied for in the Subject line.
Combine all your application documentation, i.e. cover letter, CV & academic documents, into one PDF with
names/contact details of three referees including the immediate Supervisor addressed to: The Human
Resources Manager, Makerere University Joint AIDS Program (MJAP). Email: recruitment@mjap.mak.ac.ug NOT later than Thursday, 19th November 2026, at 3:00 pm. For details about advertised position, please visit the website of Makerere University Joint AIDS Program. Consider your application unsuccessful if you don’t hear from us by 15th December 2026. Offer of employment will be subject to satisfactory references including but not limited to appropriate background checks, criminal records, and previous employment findings of fraud, corruption, sexual exploitation, abuse or harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By applying, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures. Please ensure that your attachments do not exceed 25 MB. We do appreciate your interest in working with MJAP, however, we regret that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interview
