Clinical Quality Improvement Officer – Save the Children

Clinical Quality Improvement Officer (Yumbe)

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.

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

Essential:

 

• 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 3 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

 

Desirable

• Willingness to travel and work in hard-to-reach areas, occasionally under strenuous conditions.

 

The Organization

We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realize the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.

We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:

• No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
• All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
• Violence against children is no longer tolerated

 

We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children. We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive workplace where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.

Application Information:

Please apply using a cover letter and up-to-date CV as a single document. Please also include details of your current remuneration and salary expectations. A copy of the full role profile can be found at www.uganda.savethechildren.net/careers

We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

Application closes on 10th September 2021 at midnight Uganda time.

Save the Children is an equal opportunity employer and seeks to employ and assign the best qualified talent, persons with disabilities and female candidates are encouraged to apply.

Disclaimer: Save the Children International does not charge any kind of fee at whichever stage of the recruitment process and does not act through recruitment agents

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