Job responsibilities
I. Summary of Overall Role and Responsibilities The Quality Improvement Officer is responsible of the formulation, review, and dissemination of hospital standards. II. Key Duties and Tasks Assist and follow departments in the development and Monitoring the Implementation of Quality Improvement plans Assure that Departmental have ongoing quality assurance projects Assure that improvement activities are documented and reported within the organization and externally as appropriate Coordinate the development and implementation of quality healthcare guidelines Design schedules to conduct internal audits to identify discrepancies and areas of improvement Distributes copies of policies and procedures to all clinical and administrative units Ensure compliance to quality healthcare standards Ensure overall coordination of quality assurance quality committee members Ensure that all quality improvement documents are well filed and accessible only to authorized staff Lead the development of quality improvements projects Maintain records of proceedings and actions Monitor and measure results from quality improvement projects Monitor support Quality Improvement activities Monitor the documentation and implementation of policies and procedures Provide monitoring and evaluation support to units. Monitor the Implementation of performance based monitoring system Monitoring and evaluation of quality healthcare services Prepares a list of discrepancies to be presented during management review meetings Review and evaluate patients’ medical records, applying quality assurance criteria Supervise and lead the development and implementation of policies and procedures III. Traits Respecting & individual & cult Encourages colleagues and team members to meet challenges and achieve objectives, Fluent in Kinyarwanda, English and/ or French; knowledge of all is an advantage IV. Key Performance Indicators Annual accreditation evaluation score (more than 80%) Health safety committees are full functional
Qualifications
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Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Health Sciences
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Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health
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Bachelor’s Degree in Global Health
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Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing
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Bachelor’s degree in Community Health
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Bachelor’s Degree in Clinical Medicine and Community Health
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Bachelor’s Degree in Paramedical
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Strong critical thinking skills and excellent problem solving skills
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Resource management skills
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Time management skills
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Results oriented
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Digital literacy skills
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Fluency in Kinyarwanda, English and/or French. Knowledge of all is an added advantage.
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Knowledge of planning, Monitoring and Evaluation concepts
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Knowledge of Rwanda Health System
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Proven experience managing and being accountable for continuous quality improvement; mentorship in biomedical services
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Ability to plan, analyze and implement sound practices and procedures
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Ability to apply Quality Improvement methods to identify gaps, implement interventions to improve quality of health services
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Ability to facilitate training and organizing teams
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Ability to seek and synthesize information from a variety of sources and draw solid conclusion based on in depth analysis
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English
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Problem solving
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Decision making
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Analytical skills
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Time management
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