About the role

The Research Medical Officer is a clinically autonomous role responsible for delivering direct patient care while supporting the safe and compliant execution of clinical research studies. The role combines hands-on clinical work with medical oversight within multidisciplinary research teams.

Key Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide direct clinical care, assessments, and medical decision-making for study participants
• Monitor participant safety and manage adverse and serious adverse events
• Maintain accurate, timely, and legally sound clinical and research documentation
• Support protocol implementation, including screening, enrolment, and follow-up
• Provide medical input to investigators and study teams on clinical issues
• Contribute to audit, inspection, and quality readiness activities

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB)
• Valid practicing certificate
• Strong documentation and record-keeping discipline
• Ability to work effectively within multidisciplinary research teams
• Risk awareness and safety-focused clinical decision-making
• Professional communication and collaboration skills
• Confident use of electronic clinical and research systems
• Willingness to rapidly learn new tools, SOPs, and regulatory requirements
• Detail-oriented, curious, and adaptable
• Participant safety is consistently protected and well-documented
• Clinical records are inspection-ready with minimal findings
• Study teams rely on your clinical input and judgment

What success looks like in 6-12 Months

Participant safety is consistently protected and well-documented

Clinical records are inspection-ready with minimal findings

Study teams rely on your clinical input and judgment

Africa Clinical Research Network (ACRN) is an African-led clinical research organization building the next generation of trial capacity across the continent. We work with existing hospitals, research units, and investigators to enable high-quality clinical research—from investigator-initiated studies to late-phase and registration trials—while strengthening local systems, skills, and infrastructure.

ACRN operates as a pan-African site management and research delivery platform, combining strong clinical operations, regulatory expertise, data and digital systems, and quality management. Our model is practical and embedded: we focus on making trials work in real settings, reducing friction for sites, sponsors, and regulators, and delivering reliable, audit-ready data.

We partner closely with governments, regulators, academic institutions, and industry to expand Africa’s role in global clinical research, while ensuring that studies generate local value—through workforce development, institutional strengthening, and improved patient care.

At ACRN, you’ll work on meaningful, complex projects with global impact, alongside a multidisciplinary team that values rigor, accountability, and innovation. We are building something durable, ambitious, and distinctly African—and we are looking for people who want to help shape it.

Application Deadline: 11 September 2026