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• Provide
  technical oversight for quality improvement and assurance plans at all
  levels including district health offices.
• Work
  closely with the Districts, Ministry of Health and other stakeholders to
  continuously document and improve implementation of quality improvement
  and assurance processes for People Living with HIV in line with MoH
  standards.
• Assist
  in conducting capacity building and technical assistance
  initiatives for quality improvement and assurance. He/she will also
  coordinate trainings and on site mentorships on quality improvement and
  assurance.
• Identify
  primary service delivery indicators and outcome measures to
  evaluate effectiveness of applied standards.
• Keenly
  review quality improvement findings, and formulate recommendations to
  improve the quality of local standards of care.
• Guide
  quality improvement and assurance team meetings
• Mentor
  technical support teams (TSTs) and district health teams to
  integrate quality improvement and assurance within the health care
  services for people living with HIV across supported districts.
• Support
  the DHTs and health facilities to generate standard operating procedures
  for facility processes. He/she will support the districts to achieve the
  required standards for both site and above site level activities.
• Support
  data use at the districts to inform planning and activity implementation
  at the districts.
• Support
  and participate in technical support supervision by the district, MoH or
  regional performance teams for Health facilities in the district.
• Prepare
  and send the required reports in regard to quality improvement and
  assurance
• Perform
  any other duties as may reasonably be assigned from time to time.

• The ideal candidate for the Infectious
  Diseases Institute (IDI) Quality Assurance Officer employment opportunity
  should preferably hold a Bachelor’s
  degree in Medicine and Surgery
• A
  minimum of two years’ experience providing QA support in a busy health
  care setting
• Possession
  of a post graduate training in Public Health is an added advantage
• Specialized
  training in HIV/AIDS
• Active
  Registration with the Uganda Medical and Dental Practitioners
  Council required
• Previous exposure and experience in
  implementing quality improvement and assurance in HIV/AIDS health care.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal
  skills.
• Comprehensive knowledge and experience in
  clinical HIV/AIDS with emphasis on planning and implementation of quality
  assurance in public health care settings.
• Good working knowledge of HIV/AIDS public
  health programs, strategies, methods, processes and techniques used to
  plan, develop, implement and evaluate results related to quality
  improvement.
• Broad knowledge of US Government
  programming policies and regulations, procedures and practices.
• Ability to understand public health
  systems and willingness to develop and link the project to existing
  quality assurance mechanisms and implementing partners.

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