Clinical Quality Improvement Officer NGO Jobs – Save the Children International
Job Title: Clinical Quality Improvement Officer
Organisation: Save the Children International
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About US:
Save the Children is the world’s leading independent organization for children and has program presence in over 120 countries in the world and has been implementing programs for over 90 years. Save the Children envisions a Uganda in which every child attains the right to survival, protection, development and participation. Our mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children, and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives. We strive to create impact for children by delivering our Programmes through partnerships, by being innovative, by acting as the voice for and of children, and by achieving results at scale.
Job Summary: The Clinical Quality Improvement Officer is responsible for working with the transition manager and the health facility-in charge to develop, maintain, and implement plans to achieve quality improvement goals and ensuring that staff members conform to government regulations and institutional policy for healthcare standards. The officer will oversee and monitor a formal quality improvement program and develop performance improvement targets. The officer must use clinical experience and education to manage data collection, analysis and measurement skills to set key performance indicators and measure progress. Will prepare written reports, assemble data, and must also be experienced in developing charts and graphs representing key performance indicators and other data.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The ideal applicant must hold a Diploma or Bachelor’s degree in nursing, midwifery or health care management
- The ideal candidate will have a particular experience or interest in patient safety issues, QI/QA project management knowledge of recognized QI/QA standards, data analysis and reporting, and clinical quality improvement.
- At least three years work experience in a clinical /service delivery setting.
- Strong understanding of strengthening quality of service delivery programs at the facility level
- Decision-making and leadership skills and excellent time management capacities
- Highly developed interpersonal communication skills
- Ability to work under pressure, independently and with limited supervision
- Creative problem-solving skills
- Willingness to learn new skills and methodologies
- Strong verbal and written communications skills
- Computer literate in word processing and excel packages
- An understanding of programming in emergency context desirable
- Willingness to travel and work in hard-to-reach areas, occasionally under strenuous conditions.
How to Apply:
All interested and suitably qualified candidates should apply online at the link below