Integrated Health / Quality Improvement Service Optimizer

Details

• We invite applications from suitably qualified and interested candidates for the position under the BRIDGE-N Project in Kano, Jigawa, Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara States. Successful candidates will support health facilities and community teams in the integrated delivery of HIV, Tuberculosis (TB), Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (MNCH), and malaria interventions to strengthen service quality, continuity of care, and overall health outcomes.
• BRIDGE-N stands for Building Resilient Integrated Delivery of HIV, TB, Malaria and MNCH Services for Government-led Effective Health System in Nigeria. The project works with government and facility structures to support continuity and quality of services across HIV, tuberculosis (TB), malaria, and maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH).

Key Responsibilities

• Support facilities to integrate HIV, TB, malaria and MNCH services (including ANC/PMTCT, child health and TB/HIV), and to apply continuous quality improvement approaches to improve service delivery and client outcomes.
• Provide on-the-job mentorship to healthcare workers;
• Facilitate quality improvement team meetings;
• Identify service-delivery gaps through data and client feedback;
• Support root-cause analysis, improvement plans and the testing of change ideas;
• Monitor results
• Promote integrated, client-centred care and document and share effective practices.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree or HND in Public Health, Nursing, Midwifery, Medicine, Health Administration, or another relevant health-related field.
• Experience in quality improvement, clinical mentoring, HIV / TB / MNCH or other public health programs, and facility-level performance monitoring is desirable.
• Training or certification in quality improvement methods is an advantage.

General Requirements:

• Ability to work collaboratively with facility and community teams in the assigned location.
• Commitment to continuity and quality of integrated health services.
• Willingness to comply with approved project, government and facility procedures, including confidentiality and relevant safety requirements.
• Ability to communicate fluently in Hausa and English; residents of the state of application are encouraged to apply.