3 University Research Co., LLC (URC) Job Placements – Quality Improvement Mentor

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Organisation: University Research
Co., LLC (URC)
Duty Station: Uganda
Reports to: Laboratory
Services & Quality Improvement Manager
About US:
University Research Co., LLC (URC) is a global company dedicated to
improving the quality of health care, social services, and health education
worldwide. With a non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services (CHS),
URC manages projects in over 45 countries, including the United States.
About PEPFAR Project:
University Research Co., LLC (URC), a US-based public health
organization working in Uganda since 2005, is seeking suitable candidates to
implement regional project activities on the Soroti Region-TASO Consortium that
is implementing the Accelerating Epidemic control in Soroti Region through
PEPFAR project. The Project supports delivery of quality HIV prevention, care
& treatment, and laboratory services at selected public & private not
for profit health facilities.
Job Summary: The Quality
Improvement Mentor will work in liaison with the Capacity Building Advisor and
the rest of program implementation team to support hospital teams to
effectively implement, document and report Quality Improvement activities, as
per the National QI Framework and Strategic Plan.
Key Duties and
Responsibilities:  
  • Building capacity for QI coaching at project
    supported sites by closely working with the project QI teams and facility
    health workers to plan for and implement activities aimed at
    institutionalizing the use of QI methods to improve service delivery and
    client outcomes through training, on-site caching and support supervision.
  • The incumbent will mentor hospital service
    provider teams in the collection, storage, analyst, use and reporting of
    data that is generated from various improvement projects that the teams
    design and implement
  • Support hospital QI committees synthesize
    QI results from various QI projects and document nuggets for sharing with
    MOH and other stakeholders.
  • Support hospitals to report QI work to MOH
    Quality Assurance Department at regular intervals.
  • Support the project team members and
    hospital service provider teams in documenting, managing and disseminating
    results of their QI work through various mechanisms, including but not
    limited to publications, blogs, Learning sessions and harvest meetings.
  • Perform any other duties assigned by the
    supervisor



Qualifications, Skills and
Experience: 
  • The applicants for the Quality Improvement
    Mentor job vacancies must hold postgraduate qualifications in Public
    Health or a related discipline
  • A minimum of three years of experience of
    working with government healthcare facilities in the area of quality
    improvement
  • Demonstrable knowledge and skills in
    implementation of QI interventions in the context of developing countries,
    and management of QI data and databases
  • Willingness to work upcountry at our
    cluster offices
  • Previous experience in knowledge
    management, specifically in the area of public health/healthcare
  • Good facilitation and writing skills
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified candidates should send their cover letters,
certificate of good conduct, curriculum vitae to:
Human Resource Coordinator,
University Research Co., LLC – Centre for Human Services
Plot 7, Ntinda View Crescent, Naguru Kampala,
Uganda
Deadline: 8th September 2017 by
12:00 pm
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