Quality Assurance (QA) & Improvement Advisor USAID HSS Project Careers – FHI 360
Job Title: Quality Assurance (QA) & Improvement Advisor
Organization: FHI 360
Project Name: USAID Health Systems Strengthening Activity (HSS)
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About US:
FHI 360 is an international non-profit human development organization dedicated to improving lives in lasting ways by advancing integrated, locally driven solutions. Our professional staff include experts in education, health, nutrition, economic development, civil society and environment as well as cross-cutting experts in gender issues, research, applied science, behavior change and technology giving us the unique mix of capabilities to address today’s diverse and interrelated development challenges. FHI 360 operates from 60 offices with 4,400 staff in the U.S. and around the world.
About USAID Project:
FHI 360 is implementing a five-year, USAID Health Systems Strengthening Activity (HSS). The UHSS activity will focus on systems strengthening interventions at the national level focusing on key government and non-government institutions and actors, and at the subnational level focusing on regional, district and local government structures, all of which impact quality of health service delivery at the health facility and community level. The activity will predominantly work with targeted health sector institutions in the Ministry of Health such as planning department, community health department, human resource department, regional referral hospitals including their governance structures, district health teams and health facility management and staff, as well as the private health sector governance and other key organizations in the health system.
Job Summary: The Quality Assurance (QA) & Improvement Advisor will strengthen targeted community systems critical for quality health services delivery, strengthen hub-and-spoke referral systems between regional referral hospitals and lower level facilities; Contribute in the implementation of Health policies, quality standards and regulations
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Support operationalization of the MOH Ql framework
- Collaborate and build capacity of the regional QA and Ql structures, district, facility down to community level
- Actively contribute in the review, dissemination and implementation of the existing national referral guidelines
- Support the design, implementation, and learning about improvement collaboratives and other QA/QI approaches at the community level
- Support the institutionalization of QA/QI for community health activities within district health systems
- Build capacity of Community Health Extension Workers (CHEWs) and other health providers in quality assurance and quality improvement
- Analyze trends of the Ql collaboratives results and facilitate the learning sessions
- Document programs’ QA and Ql efforts and write improvement stories for dissemination
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The applicant for the Quality Assurance (QA) & Improvement Advisor USAID Project job placement must hold a Master’s degree/BS/BA in Public Health or related field, and 9-12 years relevant experience with international development programs.
- Clinical background (Md, RN, etc.), is not mandatory but would be a plus.
- Experience and understanding of health system in Uganda.
- Experience of Quality Assurance/Quality Improvement in developing countries settings with applications to health priorities required.
- Experience developing training material for capacity- building in QA/QI preferred.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified candidates who wish to join the CHC Project should send a cover letter, copies of their updated CVs, academic transcripts/testimonials and three professional referees to: The Human Resource Manager, FHI 360, Plot 15 Kitante Close, P.O. Box 5768 Kampala, Uganda or by email to: fhi360_uganda-info@fhi360.org
Deadline: 12th March 2018
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