Quality Assurance Officer Job Careers - Mengo Hospital

Organisation: Global Health Corps (GHC)

Placement Organisation: Mengo Hospital

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

Salary: Monthly Stipend of 550 dollars per month

Global Health Corps pairs intelligent and

passionate fellows with organizations that require new thinking and innovative

solutions. We provide these young leaders with the tools to remain connected

after their fellowship year finishes, deepening their ability to enact change

through heightened skills and strong partnerships. We currently place fellows

in Malawi, Rwanda, Uganda, the United States, and Zambia.

Mengo Hospital was founded in 1897 in

Kampala, and is the oldest hospital in Uganda. It currently serves as an urban

community hospital that provides modern medical care. Mengo Hospital provides

comprehensive care including radiology, obstetrics, dentistry, orthopedics, and

surgery. Additionally, Mengo Hospital provides critical training and education

to health professionals through its various programs in midwifery and nursing,

health sciences, and laboratory technology. Mengo Hospital also has a dedicated

research and development team that works to find new solutions to health issues

in Uganda.

Job Summary: The Quality Assurance Coordinator will mainly

be responsible for conducting hospital reviews and developing patient care

protocols. The fellow will coordinate performance reviews, document best

practices and lessons learned, and continuously suggest improvements to patient

care protocols. Additionally, the Quality Assurance Coordinator will actively monitor

the implementation of systems and strategies for managing quality improvement

(QI) initiatives impacting core clinical processes and critical patient care

functions in line with Ministry of Health (MoH) policy for continuous quality

improvement (CQI).

Key Duties and Responsibilities: 

1.

Quality Improvement Systems and Strategies:

·        
Develop

hospital quality improvement strategy and budget

·        
Develop

and monitor the implementation of CQI work plans and manage the CQI budget

·        
Establish

and train functional departmental quality improvement teams

·        
Implement

continuous quality improvement initiatives in accordance with the guidance from

the Health Sector Quality Improvement Framework and Strategic Plan (2010/11 –

2014/15)

·        
Manage

quarterly quality improvement planning to set CQI targets and projects for the

hospital and performance review meetings by QI teams in different departments

·        
Develop

and strengthen the system for monitoring quarterly quality assessment exercises

in the hospital, monthly investigations of incidents by QI teams, and the

feedback process from QI teams in line with MoH guidelines for QI

·        
Build

the capacity of Mengo Hospital health professionals in CQI to promote QI

awareness through trainings, mentorships and support supervision in line with

the CQI training manual of MoH

·        
Carry

out operational CQI research based on documented lessons learned and organize

periodic workshops for key stakeholders to share experiences in line with

research guidelines

·        
Write

and send regular reports on hospital QI initiatives

·        
Keenly

analyze clinical audits and data to direct prioritization of quality

improvement initiatives

·        
Analyze

client satisfaction surveys to inform the design of content and care processes

·        
Design

tools for monitoring and evaluation and create systems for data collection and

entry

·        
Plan,

organize and coordinate quality audits in the hospital

·        
Ensure

appropriate maintenance and continuous review of process and policy documents

Qualifications, Skills and

Experience: 

·        
The

ideal candidate for the Global Health Corps job opportunity should hold have a

clinical background (MBCHB, BScN or RN) with additional training in quality improvement/management

in a health care setting, health services management or public health

·        
A background

in statistics or other data gathering methods is highly desired

·        
A

minimum of three years of broad experience and/or understanding of patient care

processes, quality/process improvement or total quality management

·        
Demonstrated

ability to assume responsibility with limited supervision, exercise initiative

and judgment and make decisions within the scope of assigned responsibility

·        
Skills

and experience in data analysis and report writing

·        
Ability

to be self-motivated and take initiative

Job Terms and Conditions: Fellows will be provided with housing,

health insurance and a living stipend of $550/month. Additionally, fellows will

receive an award of $1500 upon successful completion of the fellowship year.

Flights to and from the placement site and all other costs associated with GHC

programming are included, including $600 in professional development funds.

Housing will be arranged in in Kampala, an urban center and capital of Uganda.

Note:

The living stipend and completion award may be paid out in USD or local

currency, as determined by the placement organization.

All applicants who desire to be placed by

the Global Health Corps in the aforementioned organization should express

interest by clearly following the instructions at the web page below.

Deadline: 2^nd February, 2016