This position is a
Global Health Corps (GHC) fellowship role. GHC is a leadership development
organization focused on building the next generation of diverse, disruptive
global health leaders. Founded in 2009, we competitively recruit talented
professionals (ages 21-30) from a range of sectors and backgrounds and place
them in high-impact roles within partner organizations working on the front
lines of health equity in Malawi, Rwanda, Uganda, the US
, and Zambia.
The Integrated
Non-communicable Disease (INCD) Quality Improvement Coordinator will be
responsible for leading the ground implementation, monitoring, and evaluation
of INCD quality improvement projects at local health centers and district
hospitals, designed to raise the quality of processes for INCD healthcare
provided to patients. Under the supervision of the INCD Associate Director, the
coordinator will work directly with teams in the INCD, Mentorship and Enhanced
Supervision – Quality Improvement (MESH-QI,) Health Information System (HIS),
and Ministry of Health (MOH) programs, at both the district hospital and health
center levels, to implement selected QI projects and regularly disseminate the
findings to this forum.
At the end of the
fellowship period, the findings will be leveraged to develop a quality
improvement framework for INCD that can be applied to other health facilities
in the Partners
In Health (PIH)-supported districts and throughout the country.
About
Partners In
Health/Inshuti Mu Buzima (PIH/IMB) is a health and social justice organization
that works to comprehensively support the Rwanda public health system in three
rural districts and to create service delivery models that can influence
national policy and scale-up. Over the past nine years, we have delivered
integrated non-communicable disease (INCD) services in the PIH supported
districts health centers. Today three district hospitals and 43 health centers
are scheduled to open INCD clinics, which will require a high volume of related
quality improvement (QI) support. INCD priorities include early detection and
management of diabetes, heart failure, hypertension, and chronic respiratory
diseases using specific protocols. Past experience shows significant
documentation and reporting errors in various aspects of the treatment process.
The INCD Quality Improvement Coordinator will assist in the intensive and
coordinated efforts to address errors and improve the quality of treatment
across the full spectrum of NCD services.
Responsibilities
- Collect,
summarize, and distill data related to the QI projects under
implementation; leverage findings to support program enhancements and
larger growth strategy - Support
the program in any required duty surrounding QI - Travel
to health centers in the three district hospitals and supervise the use of
clinical quality forms - Design
and supervise the filing system for INCD health centers - Collaborate
with the INCD Electronic Medical Records program assistant to organize
periodic workshops to share the findings of screening and quality
improvement with relevant teams - Participate
in the MESH and screening debriefing meetings - Receive
QI mentorship oriented to INCDs
Skills and
Experience
Items indicated with
an asterisk (*) are required
- Master’s
degree in public health, nursing, or paramedical discipline* - Strong
qualitative and quantitative data analysis skills* - Demonstrated
experience with quality improvement and/or monitoring and evaluation
projects* - Strong
facility with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint* - Experience
working with multidisciplinary team to achieve shared goals and
objectives* - Professional
proficiency in English (knowledge of French is an advantage) - Public
speaking skills, including trainings or presentations - Enthusiasm
for global health - Strong
organizational skills and detail orientation - Demonstrated
maturity and good judgment
to apply:
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