Makerere University Lung Institute
Makerere University Lung Institute (MLI) is a center of excellence for lung health research in the College of Health Sciences, Makerere University. Our mission is lung health research that integrates disease prevention, clinical care and training in sub-Saharan Africa. The Institute seeks to recruit a pharmacist to support ongoing clinical trials and other research and pharmacy-related activities at the institute.
Position: Pharmacist (1)
Effort Time: Full time
Duration: 12 months, renewable upon satisfactory performance
Primary Location: Lung Institute Offices, New Mulago
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Develop study-specific pharmacy manuals and standard operating procedures
- Dispensing investigational medical products (IMPs) according to specified procedures
- Maintaining IMP accountability and study documents in the pharmacy study binder
- Maintaining proper IMP storage conditions
- Communicating IMP related issues to the study team, distributors, and sponsors
- Inform patients on the correct use of study medication and counsel patients on when they should take the medication
- Sourcing concomitant medicines and medical sundries locally
- Training of study team on IMP and patients or providers on correct use of IMP
- Support calibration of all equipment used during trials
- Ensure compliance with trial medicines storage
- Act as a liaison between NDA and MLI, import drugs & sundries and assist with ethical submissions
- Support supervision of junior pharmacy staff including training of new pharmacy staff and interns
- Provide a weekly report on all pharmacy related activities Qualifications and Requirements:
- A bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy
- Registration with the Pharmacy Board at the Ministry of Health Uganda
- Annual Membership Certificate (AMC) from the Pharmaceutical Society of Uganda
- Good Clinical Practice (GCP) or Human Subjects Protection (HSP) certificate
- At least one years’ experience in a research or clinical trial setting
- Experience using the NDA Management Information System is desirable
- Procurement and supply chain experience is desirable
Desired Skills:
- Good communication and scientific writing skills
- Good computer (Excel, Power point, Word) and IT skills
- Good teamwork and problem-solving skills Submission:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates should submit an application letter with a 3page CV, GCP/HSP Certificate, AMC; relevant academic and registration documents and two reference letters (as one PDF document) by the 15th June 2026, 5:00pm using this link: https://forms.gle/RfteEintr2gcBShv8 Applications should be addressed to the:
The Administrator, HR
Makerere University Lung Institute
Lung Institute Building, New Mulago Hospital Complex,
New Mulago Hill Road
P.O. Box 7749, Kampala (U)
