What is the Global Health Corps Fellowship?

GHC recruits and selects highly qualified applicants with diverse skill sets and backgrounds to be placed in high-impact organizations for a 13-month fellowship. During their fellowship year, fellows make significant contributions to their placement organizations and the communities they serve. They also engage in robust leadership training and integrate into GHC’s global network.

Rwandan citizens are eligible to apply for positions in Rwanda, Malawi, Uganda, and Zambia

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 Job position available in Rwanda

• Quality Improvement And Clinical Associate at Health Builders

Role Overview

The Quality Improvement and Clinical Associate will support the Primary Healthcare (PHC) centers where Health Builders operates to improve the quality of health care services provided to patients. They will assist in designing, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating key priority clinical and health promotion programs. Specifically, they will develop, adapt and implement guidelines and tools to be integrated in training and mentorship approaches, ensuring that patients receive an acceptable standard of care. The Quality Improvement and Clinical Associate will work closely with the Quality Improvement and Clinical Officer and the Director of Programs and Development.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the coordination and management of clinical and health promotion projects
• Assess and apply mechanisms, guidelines, and standards that are relevant to the quality of health care services in Rwanda
• Develop and adapt quality improvement tools and support health centers to develop quality improvement plans
• Support PHC centers in the regular assessment of health care staffing and training needs and develop strategies to address these needs
• Develop new methodologies and enhance existing methodologies for assessing and improving quality of healthcare in PHC centers
• Support the creation and adaptation of data collection tools, collect and analyze programs data, and improve the use of data to inform health facilities improvement
• Prepare concept notes and budgets for clinical and health promotion project activities
• Support in reporting of clinical and health promotion program activities
• Maintain a good working relationship with Health Builders’ partners, including the Ministry of Health and district and community health facilities, ensuring programs are effectively implemented
• Perform any other duties assigned by the supervisor

Skills and Experience

Items indicated with an asterisk (*) are required

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing sciences, medicine, or a related field*
• Prior experience working in the healthcare system of Rwanda with exposure to Primary Healthcare facilities*
• Experience in designing and/or implementing quality improvement tools*
• Good writing skills demonstrated through reports or other materials that summarize key findings*
• Professional proficiency in Kinyarwanda and French*
• Master’s degree in public health
• Demonstrated understanding of quality of healthcare improvement methodologies
• Experience in project monitoring and evaluation
• Demonstrated project management skills with the ability to ensure effective coordination with internal and external collaborators
• Experience facilitating staff capacity building
• Experience working at the community level, particularly with Community Health Workers

About the Organization

Health Builders strengthens management, improves clinical care, and builds health care infrastructure so that all people have access to high quality healthcare, allowing them to live dignified, healthy, and prosperous lives. Through a close and collaborative partnership with the Rwanda Ministry of Health (MOH) and the local districts, Health Builders focuses on three issues that fundamentally change health care delivery:

• Mentoring and Education – Coaching and mentoring health care workers leads to better management of their health systems, provides quality health care, and helps to educate and empower their communities
• Infrastructure – To ensure that all communities have access to health care services, Health Builders constructs health facilities that are easily accessible for even the most remote communities
• Technology and Equipment – With appropriate, simple and affordable equipment and technology, health care workers can better track data and make accurate diagnoses, ultimately saving lives

Health Builders focuses on primary health care (PHC) facilities where 90% of Rwandan patients’ consultation visits occur. Our aim is to provide health care providers with the knowledge, skills and resources needed to give patients a high-quality standard of care. We are currently supporting 52 PHC centers in three rural districts with a total catchment population of 1,039,451. Health Builders’ programs are led and implemented by Rwandans, allowing us to be agile and cost effective, and implement evidence-based solutions tailored to Rwandan communities.

Role Function: Health Promotion / Education, Monitoring and Evaluation / Quality Improvement, Program Design / Program Planning

Issue Area: Health System Strengthening, Primary Health Care, Technology for Health

ELIGIBILITY
By the start of the fellowship, fellows must:

• Be 30 years of age or younger.
• Hold a bachelor’s or undergraduate university degree.
• Be proficient in English.

Stipend, Benefits, and Logistics

Click here to learn about the stipend, benefits, and logistics associated with the GHC fellowship.

Note: these vary depending on placement country and citizenship.