date: 25 Nov 2016
The Global Health Service Partnership (GHSP)
is a joint initiative with the Peace Corps, U.S. President’s Plan for AIDS
Relief (PEPFAR), and Seed Global Health that partners with countries to help
them overcome critical shortages of health providers and build strong,
sustainable health systems. GHSP places nurses and physicians as visiting
faculty in nursing and medical schools in Liberia,
Malawi, Swaziland, Tanzania,
and Uganda.
GHSP Nurse Educators are posted
overseas as Peace Corps Response Volunteers to serve as visiting faculty; they
teach and work alongside local faculty to expand capacity, strengthen the
quality and breadth of nursing education, provide improved health professional
development opportunities, and importantly, improve care for vulnerable
patients.
To assure cultural integration,
GHSP Nurse Educators are paired with a host country counterpart. Together with
their counterparts and other faculty colleagues, GHSP Nurse Educators develop
or refine locally tailored best practice approaches to nursing education and
encourage a continuous culture of excellence, responsibility, and accountability
in the delivery of health care.
Depending on the GHSP Nurse
Educator’s educational preparation and clinical expertise, the role they serve
will vary. Typically, Bachelors prepared volunteers with clinical instruction
or precepting expertise serve as clinical instructors in the clinical arena and
may be called upon to assist in the classroom or skills lab. Masters prepared
advanced practice nurses teach in the classroom and clinical area and may
participate in curriculum and program development. Doctoral-prepared (PhD or
DNP) volunteers serve across the teaching, research, service and policy
domains, as needed.
In partnership with host country
faculty, local nurse leaders and Seed Global Health nursing staff, key
volunteer tasks may include (but are not limited to):
- Serving as classroom faculty,
- Serving as a clinical instructor utilizing both
simulation and clinical settings, - Participating in the development or refinement of
locally tailored curriculum that integrates educational best practices in
the context of country and partner institution specific regulations,
mission and need, - Facilitating academic-clinical partnerships to develop
practice improvement projects that strengthen care at the point of
service, - Participating in professional development activities
with partner-country faculty and clinicians, - Working closely with nursing mentors to foster a model
of integrated education and practice among medical, nursing and midwifery
students, and - If appropriate, working with national nursing
organizations to assist in the establishment of policies that support the
enhanced role of the nurse.
GHSP recruits in programmatic
areas that strive to meet the needs of partner nursing schools; this has included
community health, graduate studies, medical/surgical, mental health, midwifery,
pediatrics, advanced practice and sub-specialties such as anesthesia and
critical care.
ELIGIBILITY Volunteers are deployed for one-year
assignments beginning in July 2017. Nurse applicants must have a BSN with a
minimum of three years clinical experience (advanced degrees and specialized
board certification are preferred).
BENEFITS GHSP is a Peace Corps Response program,
which offers high-impact assignments for qualified professionals. Benefits for
volunteers include monthly living stipends, transportation to and from their
country of service, comprehensive medical care, a readjustment allowance, and
paid vacation days. Seed Global Health offers debt assistance up to $30,000 for
qualified volunteers.
APPLY For more information about requirements,
qualifications, benefits, financial assistance, and the application process,
please visit: http://seedglobalhealth.org/apply.
The deadline for applications is November 25, 2016.