Partners In Health (PIH)/Inshuti Mu Buzima (IMB) ,All Babies Count (ABC) Quality Improvement Advisor Jobs in Rwanda

acement Sites (Gakenke, Rulindo, Rusizi, and Gisagara Districts)

• Training
  of health center providers in Helping Babies Breathe, kangaroo mother
  care, and routine newborn care (elements of Essential Newborn Care)
• Training
  of hospital providers on the National Neonatal Protocol in coordination
  with National Neonatal Trainers
• Leadership
  of additional health provider trainings in neonatal care as needs arise
  throughout intervention time period.
• Clinical
  mentorship in neonatal care with health center staff through visits to
  each facility every 4-6 weeks. Visits will include:
• Coaching
  of health center staff in antenatal care, maternity, and post-partum
  care, and any other related services, to address any identified gaps and
  continue to strengthen quality to prevent neonatal deaths
• Close
  coordination with existing Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (MCH) Supervisors
  at the district hospital for mentorship and register/chart reviews for
  data validation and feedback
• Clinical
  mentorship in neonatal care with hospital maternity and neonatology staff
• Coaching
  to address any identified gaps and continue to strengthen quality to
  prevent neonatal deaths
• Close
  coordination with existing Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (MCH)
  Supervisors at the district hospital, national neonatal trainers, and
  heads of departments
• Conduct
  on the job training  and simulations 

• Participate
  in Advanced QI training by PIH/IMB Mentorship and Quality Improvement
  Manager and ABC Managers to become an expert QI facilitator.
• Lead
  District Learning Collaborative focused on neonatal mortality reduction.
  This includes the following primary tasks:
• Leading
  quarterly learning sessions for QI teams from each facility (all health
  centers in district and hospital team). Each QI team will include a
  clinical provider, data officer and community health nurse/liaison.
• Site
  visits for QI coaching during routine mentorship/coaching visits as
  described above
• Ongoing
  communication between site visits and learning sessions (phone calls,
  SMS, emails) to health center and hospital teams between learning
  sessions to support QI projects, help identify quality gaps, help the
  site to overcome challenges in improvement, and monitor team progress in
  implementing the need package to reduce neonatal mortality.
• Coordinate
  with and provide support for hospital’s MCH Supervisor and Quality
  Improvement Committees when appropriate.
• Coordination
  with hospital and PIH/IMB monitoring and evaluation (M/E) staff to
  compile HMIS indicators on maternal and newborn care to be tracked by the
  District Learning Collaborative.
• Support
  interventions that are generated through District Learning Collaborative
  to improve communication and coordination across all levels of health
  system (community, health center, district hospital).

• Management
  and logistical support for all aspects of ABC (10% time) including:
• Training
  preparation and logistics, including drafting training concept notes
• Logistics
  for District Learning Collaborative learning sessions
• Routine
  reporting to district hospital focal person on mentorship and QI
  activities
• Effective
  and professional communication with hospital directors and ABC leadership
  as needed
• Routine
  reporting to Hospital and ABC leadership (Associate Director of Pediatrics,
  MOH MCH Specialist, and ABC Managers) on ABC progress in placement
  district
• Insure
  the availability of all essential newborn equipment/advocate to
  leadership for availing essential supplies and equipment
• Quarterly
  update of the status of MNCH equipment

• A0
  level nurse
• Experience
  with data interpretation, collection and usage either through academic,
  quality improvement, or research experience
• Clinical
  experience in neonatal/newborn care either through maternity or
  pediatric/neonatal ward assignments
• Experience
  in clinical mentorship and teaching, especially in neonatal reanimation
  and care
• Preference
  for those with hospital and health center experience, experience with
  Helping Babies Breathe and/or those with training in comprehensive or
  basic SONU/EmONC and/or IMCI and/or other maternal and child health
  related domains.
• Management
  experience (ie. leadership in hospital/health center staff, project
  management experience, etc)
• Experience
  with facilitation, training, and mentorship (rather than direct clinical
  practice only)
• Fluency
  in Kinyarwanda and English required
• French
  fluency strongly preferred