Director of Education & Reseach unit at Bugesera District Under Statute: Deadline: Sep 30, 2024

Job responsibilities

To Develop, implement and monitor clinical Education and training program To Implement clinical education and research strategic goals To Manage the education and training plan effectively and efficiently ensuring that accepted standards of education, training, research and ethical behavior are met TO Monitor and Evaluate Clinical research projects and proposals To Continuous Quality management and Improvement To Ensure compliance to quality healthcare standards To Administer the medical education program in accordance with the overall objectives of the organization. • Ensure compliance with nationally accepted accreditation standards and requirements • Participate in various related staff committees and serve on the education, research, CPD and Quality Improvement Committee, where he or she should recommend policies and provide leadership in all phases of the development of the directorate activities.

• Identify the educational needs of the medical staff members and students • Coordinate educational effort with the program coordinators in various departments and record and coordinate data in all areas. • Plan all conference schedules and delegate certain programming responsibilities to department heads, program coordinators, or other key personnel • Supervise activities related to the implementation of the Continuous Professional Development (CPD) Program • Coordinate activities with the Library personnel to ensure effective operation of the medical library and dissemination of medical information and will help to establish library policies. • Continue to strengthen current and develop new partnerships with other learning organizations and universities

• Determine and oversee the infrastructure and facilities needed to support the management and delivery of clinical education. • Seek opportunities to attract and efficiently use various funding streams and initiatives • Ensure that the hospital meets its reporting obligations both internally and externally in relation to undergraduate and post graduate placements • Collaborate with a group of clinical education staff from medical and nursing and allied schools concerning practical skills • Participate in developing, implementing, coordinating, inspecting, and evaluating clinical education programs and curriculum by conducting needs assessments • Direct educational program that promotes professional excellence for all clinical roles • Develop and implement evaluation system to monitor the quality of the training delivery. • Coordinate onsite videos conferences and telemedicine activities through collaboration with Medical schools and hospitals

• Develop and implement education and training policies, procedures, plans and strategies in liaison with other managers • Establish, as part of the management team, priorities, strategies and action plans to achieve stated outcomes, goals and objectives • Designs training plan and selects appropriate learning delivery method • Monitor, and evaluate methods to ensure effective and efficient use of education and training funds • Ensure formulation of education and training budget based on Education and training and Training plan • Prepare and consolidate Annual education, research and training plan and budget • Monitor the Implementation of Education, research and training plan and budget • Prepare and submit regularly Education, research and training progress or completion report

• Work collaboratively with other departments and schools on the use and interpretation of clinical data; • Provide in-service research training to clinical and administration staff as requested. • Build and provide sufficient support for, a community of innovative researchers to enhance research capacity at the hospital • Increase internal and external research opportunities for the staff and graduate students. • Develop networks between the directorate and researchers in the field in the public and private sectors, locally, nationally and internationally • Supervise the researches for staff and students • Ensure adherence to professional standards and ethics of prospect research. • Implement policies and procedures for the Research Directorate • Develop and implement research policies, procedures, plans and strategies in liaison with other managers

• Monitor, and evaluate methods to ensure effective and efficient use of research funds • Ensure formulation of research budget based on Research and Training plan • Prepare and submit regularly Research progress or completion report • Organize education sessions for staff on continuous quality improvement • Assisting and encouraging staff to continuously review work practices • Ensure appropriate mechanisms exist to allow for Client feedback on service provision • Promote a multidisciplinary approach to the provision of quality improvement activities facilitating effective lateral communication with all staff across Health Units • Oversee the implementation and maintenance of accepted health care standards for improving performance • Coordinate the process of follow-up of recommendations from Survey to ensure requirements are met • Maintain records of proceedings and actions • Assures that improvement activities are documented and reported within the organization and externally as appropriate • Designs schedules to conduct internal audits to identify discrepancies and areas of improvement

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    Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health

    5 Years of relevant experience

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    Master’s Degree in Public Health

    3 Years of relevant experience

• • 3

    Bachelor’s Degree in Clinical Medicine

    5 Years of relevant experience

• • 4

    Bachelor’s Degree in General Nursing

    5 Years of relevant experience

• • 5

    Bachelor’s Degree in Community Health

    5 Years of relevant experience

• • 6

    Bachelor’s Degree in Mental Health

    5 Years of relevant experience

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    Master’s Degree in Mental Health

    3 Years of relevant experience

• • 8

    Bachelor’s Degree Quality Management

    5 Years of relevant experience

• • 9

    Master’s degree in Epidemiology

    3 Years of relevant experience

• • 10

    Bachelor’s degree in Epidemiology

    5 Years of relevant experience

• • 11

    Bachelor’s degree in Global Health

    5 Years of relevant experience

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    Master’s degree in Global Health

    3 Years of relevant experience

• • 13

    Master’s degree of Nursing

    3 Years of relevant experience

• • 14

    Bachelor’s degree in Infection Control and Prevention

    5 Years of relevant experience

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    Master’s degree in Forensic Medicine

    3 Years of relevant experience

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  Master’s Degree in International Health

  3 Years of relevant experience
  
  
  

Required competencies and key technical skills

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    Integrity

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    Strong critical thinking skills and excellent problem solving skills.

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    Accountability

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    Teamwork

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    Analytical skills

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    Problem solving skills

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    Decision making skills

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    Networking skills

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    Leadership skills

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    Time management skills

• • 11
    Risk management skills

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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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