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Quality Improvement (QI) Specialist at EGPAF,
Kigali, Rwanda
Responsibilities
- Serve as the focal point for quality for the
project and will be required to provide technical leadership on all
aspects of quality improvement.
- Work in close collaboration with the Rwanda
Family Health Project team, government entities, selected local NGOs and
USAID technical staff to assure effective implementation of innovative
and applicable quality interventions.
- Represent the project to the Ministry of Health
and other technical meetings related to improving quality of care.
- Lead the development, implementation and
monitoring of the annual Quality Management work plans to assure
activities reflect the priorities of the Ministry of Health and that
donor targets and deliverables are achieved in a timely, quality and
cost effective manner.
- Work with districts, sites and community
actors to optimize effectiveness of QI approaches including but not
limited to:
- â—¦Development and distribution as necessary
of standards & guidelines to improve programs
- â—¦Implement local quality collaborative,
- â—¦Ensure data use for program improvement
purposes,
- â—¦Implement evidence-based quality
improvement methodologies,
- â—¦Implement rapid problem-solving, and
- â—¦Replication of solutions or best
practices to spread improvement efforts.
- Collaborate with Family Health Project team
to improve supervision and mentorship programs by building the sites
capacity to own those programs
- Ensure use of national quality indicators to
assess overall quality of care and guide program implementation.
- Stay abreast of new technical developments
and serve as a technical resource for quality management among project
staff, MOH, USAID and other stakeholders.
- Participate actively in national technical
working groups, technical meetings with donors, the Ministry of Health
and its relevant institutions, the project team, partners, regional,
district and facility health staff, local implementing and community
partners and other stakeholders.
- Integrate quality management activities in
all facility and District programs ensuring quality management of
clinical, laboratory, & management functions.
- Ensure that the required ethical approvals
are in place for quality management activities.
- Support implementation research to identify,
inform and evaluate best practices for improving quality of care through
integrated facility and community service models.
- Contribute to and provide recommendations
for policy improvements for delivery of quality facility- and community
based health services.
- Lead the evaluation, documentation and
dissemination of best practices.
Qualifications, knowledge, skills & abilities
- Degree in medicine, nursing or other
relevant field with health services delivery experience.
- At least seven years of experience in a
senior-level technical position in a public health or donor funded
setting with responsibility for leadership technical oversight of
Quality Improvement activities, preferably in developing countries.
- Demonstrated experience in program design,
assessment, capacity building and implementation of quality assurance
and improvement approaches including provider-community QM approaches
and quality collaborative.
- Proven ability to manage data and
familiarity with computer data analysis software.
- Strong leadership, technical program
management, organizational and interpersonal skills.
- Excellent written and oral communications
skills; fluency in English, proficiency in Kinyarwanda preferred.
Working knowledge of French is an added advantage.
- Familiarity with all levels of the Rwandan
health sector and experience working with USAID-funded health projects
and their reporting requirements will be an added advantage.
How to apply:
To Apply
To apply, please submit by email only your letter
of interest, updated CV and 3 professional references to the HR Manager at rwandarecruitment@pedaids.org
with the position title in the subject line.
Closing date: 17h00 on 25th of January 2013
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