Pharmacist
Makerere University Lung Institute (MLI) is hiring a Pharmacist with the following abilities;
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)
