Receptionist job at Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI)
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Receptionist
2025-08-01T07:29:30+00:00
Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI)
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FULL_TIME
 
Kalangala
Kalangala
00256
Uganda
Health Science
Admin & Office
UGX
 
MONTH
2025-08-12T17:00:00+00:00
 
Uganda
8

General Summary

The EXPrESSIVE-10 trial is a phase 3 clinical study assessing the safety and efficacy of MK-8527, an investigational once-monthly oral PrEP medication for adolescent girls and young women at five sites in Uganda: Entebbe, Kalangala, Kampala, Masaka, and Mityana. 

Key Responsibilities

  1. Provide friendly and welcoming customer service.
  2. Have excellent communication skills, coupled with empathy, patience, and the ability to turn a complaint or negative phone call into a positive experience.
  3. Participant registration; welcoming participants, verifying participant identity and their appointment cards.
  4. Handling phone calls: Answering queries, directing calls and taking messages.
  5. Data entry: Accurately entering participant information.
  6. Participant communication: Providing information and responding to queries, as well as referring participants to the relevant areas where they can get further help.
  7. Provide refreshments to participants and make sure they are comfortable.
  8. Provide games and entertainment tools to participants and their children as they wait to be attended to.
  9. Maintain a clean and conducive environment for the participants and their children.
  10. Requisition for participant reimbursement, reimburse participants and account for their reimbursement.
  11. Control participant clinic flow to ensure that participants are worked on time, avoiding delays on site.
  12. Monitor and provide care for the participants’ children.
  13. Maintain full custody of all participant entertainment tools, children’s toys, and any other items in their custody.
  14. Direct study participants and other visitors to the relevant offices in the clinic.
  15. Link pregnant and breastfeeding participants to antenatal and postnatal care at Kalangala Health Centre IV.
  16. Any other duties assigned by the supervisor.

Academic Qualifications

  • Diploma in Comprehensive nursing
  • Nursing registration certificate with the Uganda Nurses and Midwives Council

Person Specification

  • Computer literate
  • Have excellent communication skills, coupled with empathy, patience, and the ability to turn a complaint or negative phone call into a positive experience
  • Good communication and interpersonal skills
  • Ability to work in teams
  • Outgoing and willing to work extra hours
  • Preferably female
Provide friendly and welcoming customer service. Have excellent communication skills, coupled with empathy, patience, and the ability to turn a complaint or negative phone call into a positive experience. Participant registration; welcoming participants, verifying participant identity and their appointment cards. Handling phone calls: Answering queries, directing calls and taking messages. Data entry: Accurately entering participant information. Participant communication: Providing information and responding to queries, as well as referring participants to the relevant areas where they can get further help. Provide refreshments to participants and make sure they are comfortable. Provide games and entertainment tools to participants and their children as they wait to be attended to. Maintain a clean and conducive environment for the participants and their children. Requisition for participant reimbursement, reimburse participants and account for their reimbursement. Control participant clinic flow to ensure that participants are worked on time, avoiding delays on site. Monitor and provide care for the participants’ children. Maintain full custody of all participant entertainment tools, children’s toys, and any other items in their custody. Direct study participants and other visitors to the relevant offices in the clinic. Link pregnant and breastfeeding participants to antenatal and postnatal care at Kalangala Health Centre IV. Any other duties assigned by the supervisor.
 
Diploma in Comprehensive nursing Nursing registration certificate with the Uganda Nurses and Midwives Council
associate degree
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Vacancy title:
Receptionist

[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Health Science, Category: Admin & Office]

Jobs at:
Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI)

Deadline of this Job:
Tuesday, August 12 2025

Duty Station:
Kalangala | Kalangala | Uganda

Summary
Date Posted: Friday, August 1 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:

General Summary

The EXPrESSIVE-10 trial is a phase 3 clinical study assessing the safety and efficacy of MK-8527, an investigational once-monthly oral PrEP medication for adolescent girls and young women at five sites in Uganda: Entebbe, Kalangala, Kampala, Masaka, and Mityana. 

Key Responsibilities

  1. Provide friendly and welcoming customer service.
  2. Have excellent communication skills, coupled with empathy, patience, and the ability to turn a complaint or negative phone call into a positive experience.
  3. Participant registration; welcoming participants, verifying participant identity and their appointment cards.
  4. Handling phone calls: Answering queries, directing calls and taking messages.
  5. Data entry: Accurately entering participant information.
  6. Participant communication: Providing information and responding to queries, as well as referring participants to the relevant areas where they can get further help.
  7. Provide refreshments to participants and make sure they are comfortable.
  8. Provide games and entertainment tools to participants and their children as they wait to be attended to.
  9. Maintain a clean and conducive environment for the participants and their children.
  10. Requisition for participant reimbursement, reimburse participants and account for their reimbursement.
  11. Control participant clinic flow to ensure that participants are worked on time, avoiding delays on site.
  12. Monitor and provide care for the participants’ children.
  13. Maintain full custody of all participant entertainment tools, children’s toys, and any other items in their custody.
  14. Direct study participants and other visitors to the relevant offices in the clinic.
  15. Link pregnant and breastfeeding participants to antenatal and postnatal care at Kalangala Health Centre IV.
  16. Any other duties assigned by the supervisor.

Academic Qualifications

  • Diploma in Comprehensive nursing
  • Nursing registration certificate with the Uganda Nurses and Midwives Council

Person Specification

  • Computer literate
  • Have excellent communication skills, coupled with empathy, patience, and the ability to turn a complaint or negative phone call into a positive experience
  • Good communication and interpersonal skills
  • Ability to work in teams
  • Outgoing and willing to work extra hours
  • Preferably female

 

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 24

Level of Education: associate degree

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Job Info
Job Category: Administrative jobs in Uganda
Job Type: Full-time
Deadline of this Job: Tuesday, August 12 2025
Duty Station: Kalangala | Kalangala | Uganda
Posted: 01-08-2025
No of Jobs: 1
Start Publishing: 01-08-2025
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030): 01-08-2067
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