JOB SUMMARY:

The Quality Improvement (QI) Coordinator will work under the supervision of the EQHA’s QI Manager. S/he will be responsible for the overall implementation of EQHA’s Objective 2 workplan plan with the support from QI consultants, including taking the lead and oversee the QI work activities in the six EQHA target provinces, monitoring, coaching, budgeting, coordinating, collaborating, and communicating with government agencies and all stakeholders (both public and private sector) at sub-national level. S/he will support particularly the hospitals to achievement the hospital wide QI/patient safety (PS) plan by working closely and collaboratively with provincial and district NQEM 2’s assessors, stakeholders, and providers to ensure the hospital wide QI/PS plan is created and smoothly implemented. S/he will work collaboratively with objective 1 and objective 3 of the EQHA project to ensures successful implementation of the provincial and district level quality improvement collaborative at public and private healthcare facilities. S/he will closely with NQEM’s assessors/coaches to support health facilities at the sub-national level in data management, data analysis and visualization with the technical support from FHI360’s EQHA monitoring, evaluation, learning (MEL)’s advisor and QI manager, and QI Technical Advisor.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND CONTRIBUTIONS:

Technical activities:

  • Apply creative shared learning approaches to engage public and private providers​ in QI effort over the course of program.
  • Prepare training materials and equipment needed for the training/coaching visits addressing the need to improve healthcare processes and outcomes especially within hospital NQEM 2 scores.
  • Support QI manager and PHD assessors to prioritize gaps found by self-assessment of NQEM-2 in public hospitals and develop plan for quality improvement/change.
  • Together with coaches/assessors of PHD and/or OD QI team, conduct regular coaching visits and mentor the team of public and private providers to improve quality of services through the development of hospital-wide QI plan and implementation.
  • Assess the performance/functionality of the QI team of public hospital in relation to QI effort.
  • Support QI manager in continuing to build capacity of QI coaches who will continue the support t​o​ ​private and public providers to implement change ideas in the areas of MCH, TB, HIV, and FP through the Model for Improvement approach (including Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) cycle for testing and implementing changes).
  • Support EQHA activities at provincial and district level to roll out key activities such as the QI e-learning, minimum licensing standards, and accreditation process.
  • Support the PPQI-FP and NMCHC with exchange visits on QIC-FP support between private health facilities.
  • Together with coaches/assessors of PHD and/or OD QI team to ensure the functioning of Patient Satisfaction Feedback system at hospitals and to QI manager to gather the learnings on system for Department of Hospital Services.
  • Work with the team of public and private providers to validate the data and analyze QI measures using run charts.

    Coordination activities:

    • Co-facilitate the QI methods and tools trainings, reflection meetings, and follow-on coaching visits to support Private Health Service Providers Association of Cambodia (PHSAC)’s members and other private hospital associations in the implementation of these tools and methods after training, as well as develop job aids for their training needs.
    • Support the NMCHC by building the connection between NMCHC, MCH at provincial and district level and Private providers Quality Improvement (PPQI) for FP team in application of digital FP competency assessment tool at private and public health facilities.
    • Document lessons learned and best practices of the interventions at private health facilities, make recommendations for future scale-up and present them to relevant stakeholders (NMCHC, DHS, etc.)
    • Support data entry​ support officer in collecting project indicators data and improving data validation, data analysis, data accessibility, data utilization, and QI dashboard.
    • Maintain regular communication on QI activities via meetings, emails, telegram App, or phone.
    • Participate in technical and clinical meetings and events at the sub-national level (provincial and district levels)
    • Help teams of public and private providers to prepare presentation of their results (storyboards or PowerPoint presentations) for sharing at particular events such as learning sessions, exchange visit and other relevant forums.

      Others:

      • Develop monthly/quarterly plan/schedule for training/coaching visits.
        • Performs any other jobs as requested by the senior management team, or the Chief of party (COP), or Deputy Chief of Party (DCOP).
        • Willing to learn on the job and work in flexible hours when necessary.
        • Represent USAID-EQHA at sub-national level, designated forums, meetings or workshop if needed.

          TYPE AND NATURE OF CONTACTS:

          • National Local Regular (NLR)

            SUPERVISORY AND BUDGET RESPONSIBILITY

            • N/A

              QUALIFICATION:

              • Bachelor's Degree in medicine, Public Health, Healthcare Management, and/or any other relevant fields.
              • Certificates in Quality improvement course, hospital accreditation standards (preferrable)

                EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:

                • Bachelor's Degree in medicine, Public Health, Healthcare Management, and/or any other relevant fields.
                • At least 4 years work experience in a job which required project management responsibilities.
                • Experience working with MoH in some capacity with positive relationships, either at national or provincial level.
                • Understanding the HEQUIP II/National Quality Enhancing Monitoring program is an asset.
                • Experience working with private healthcare sector is an asset.
                • Program management skills –planning, monitoring, work plan development and management, budget management using excel.
                • Capacity building, offering feedback, coaching, and mentoring skills.
                • Facilitation and presentation skills, good coordination and interpersonal communication skills.
                • Able to understand and monitor project indicators.
                • Highly organized, comfortable working on multiple simultaneous projects and government agencies (national and sub-national); ability to complete reports for ontime submission and always meeting deadlines. Ability to bring concerns or adjustments needed to supervisor or SMT.
                • A desire to learn new skills.
                • Respectful and caring for the others.
                • Enthusiasm, open-minded, out of the box thinking, and a desire to make a positive impact as a team player.
                • Highly self-motivated, solution- and results-oriented personalities.
                • Demonstrated proficiency with using Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams SharePoint); digital communication platform (Zoom, Google meet)
                • Ability to work well with others and to develop and maintain positive working relationships that get results among project staff, consultants, and stakeholders.
                • Ability to take initiative and ownership, make data-driven decisions, work proactively and independently, manage activities, set realistic priorities and plan for the successful implementation of programs.
                • Adaptable and flexible in a variety of tasks contributing to work even outside of JD as required.
                • Well-developed written and oral communication skills in Khmer and English.

                  TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS:

                  • 60% - 70%

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