Job Title: Technical adviser – quality of medical
care and services, Tanzania
care and services, Tanzania
What does the role involve?
• Providing support to the Medical Director on all clinical services in the
hospital in an advisory capacity
• Supporting the hospital management team on
collaboration with partners in provision of care in the hospital
collaboration with partners in provision of care in the hospital
• Providing
support for department heads to set up a quality assurance system for clinical
services
• Strengthening departmental leadership to offer quality services, mentorship
of junior doctors and supervision of students
• Facilitate the development of treatment guidelines for each main clinical
department
support for department heads to set up a quality assurance system for clinical
services
• Strengthening departmental leadership to offer quality services, mentorship
of junior doctors and supervision of students
• Facilitate the development of treatment guidelines for each main clinical
department
• Facilitate regular workshops for continued education to all care
providers
providers
• Support department heads in improving data collection systems in
their areas of work
their areas of work
• Establish systems to monitor progress indicators and to
report improvements
report improvements
• Support in monitoring and analyzing the progress
indicators in the hospital.
indicators in the hospital.
Skills, qualifications and experience required
You can apply for this role if you are a qualified doctor with 5-10 years of
medical experience especially in hospital quality care and service improvement.
You will have experience in hospital management, training and tropical medicine.
It is desirable but not essential to have worked in Africa. You will need to be
available for the period of project life cycle 3 years or a minimum of 2 years.
We are looking for someone who is a team worker with good social and
interpersonal skills and networking abilities. You should be able to handle
conflicts in a constructive consultative way and have a flexible personality,
adapting easily to new situations, and being able to set realistic expectations
on working in a hospital in the tropics.
You can apply for this role if you are a qualified doctor with 5-10 years of
medical experience especially in hospital quality care and service improvement.
You will have experience in hospital management, training and tropical medicine.
It is desirable but not essential to have worked in Africa. You will need to be
available for the period of project life cycle 3 years or a minimum of 2 years.
We are looking for someone who is a team worker with good social and
interpersonal skills and networking abilities. You should be able to handle
conflicts in a constructive consultative way and have a flexible personality,
adapting easily to new situations, and being able to set realistic expectations
on working in a hospital in the tropics.
Deadline: 13-03-2013
How to apply:
To find out more about volunteering with VSO visit www.vso.org.uk or to apply
go tohttp://www.vso.org.uk/volunteer/
and quote T0785/0005/0001 on your application. On average it takes a minimum of
4 months to go through the application process so apply now for departure as
soon as possible.