Post: Project Associate-I (1 post)

Salary: Rs 33,790 per month (Consolidated including 12% HRA)

Duration: Two years

Project Title: Preeclampsia and Role of Metformin in Reducing Its Incidence and Severity of Complications (PROMISE Trial) – Placebo-controlled Randomized Clinical Trial

Funding Agency: Grant-in-aid (GIA) Scheme- Department of Health Research

Project Investigator (PI): Dr. Nivedita

PI’s Department: Obstetrics and Gynecology

Eligibility Criteria:

• Essential:
  1. Female candidate as the job requires working closely with pregnant women.
  2. Master in Public Health, Pharmacology, any science discipline, Biochemistry, Nursing in Obstetrics and Gynecology, or other relevant areas from a recognized university with 1 year of research experience.
  3. Good command of Tamil and English – Reading, speaking & writing, preferably Tamil typing.
  4. Experience working with medical records and quantitative research in a hospital.
• Desirable:
  1. Skill in handling Microsoft Office, Excel, electronic data capture, emails, web conferencing, other relevant internet tools for research.
  2. Publications in indexed journals.
• Maximum Age Limit: 30 years (as on last date of receipt of applications).

Responsibilities:

1. Collect information about patients admitted with preeclampsia, take their consent, and recruit them into the trial.
2. Drug monitoring, blood sampling and storage, coordination of lab work, data collection, record keeping, data entry, and project report writing.
3. Follow up with all babies born to these mothers.
4. Contact the aforementioned people after six weeks to get information as per the proforma.
5. Postnatal blood sampling of the recruited patients may be required on Sundays and holidays too.
6. Executing finance and related administrative tasks of the project.

Terms and Conditions:

1. This position is purely on a contract basis for an externally sponsored project, with no claim to any regular post in JIPMER.
2. The engagement may be extended or curtailed at the discretion of the Project Investigator.
3. Qualification and experience should be in a relevant discipline/field and in a reputed institution/organization.
4. Qualification, experience, other terms, and conditions may be relaxed/altered at the discretion of the Principal Investigator.
5. Valid email ID and mobile number are compulsory.
6. Consolidated salary of the post may vary from time to time.
7. Submission of wrong or false information at any stage during the process of selection or canvassing of any kind will lead to disqualification or termination if detected after engagement.
8. Only shortlisted candidates will be called for a written test and/or interview.
9. No TA/DA will be paid for attending the interview.
10. Incomplete applications and applications not in the prescribed format will be summarily rejected.

Application Instructions:

1. Applications not in the prescribed format will not be processed or accepted.
2. Mention the name of the post applied for in the email subject line.
3. The PDF file should be named as: “Candidate name_Post-name_year_application”. e.g., “James_DEO_2023_application”.
4. The last date for sending complete applications by email is 5:00 p.m. on 29th July 2024.
5. Email the filled application form (attached), along with CV and supporting documents (scanned in one PDF) to the Email ID: whodvproject@gmail.com.

Evaluation Criteria:

• Written test: Biostatistics, Analytical, logical reasoning, clinical research, and analysis.
• Interview: Biostatistics, Analytical, logical reasoning, clinical research, and analysis, administering of the consent, and preeclampsia-related knowledge.

Interview Date and Time: 2nd August 2024 at 8:00 a.m. at Skill lab, first floor, WCH building, JIPMER, Puducherry.

Application Link