NHSRC B Pharma Quality & Patient Consultant Vacancy
NHSRC is seeking applications from eligible candidates for the position of Consultant, Quality & Patient Safety for its branch office – Regional Resource Centre for North-Eastern States (RRC-NE) at Guwahati, Assam
Job Code: CQ&PS- RRC NE
Job Title: Consultant- Quality and Patient Safety (RRC-NE)
Name of Cluster Quality & Patient Safety
Reporting to Director, RRC-NE, Guwahati, Assam
Job Title: Consultant, Quality & Patient Safety
Number of positions One
Location RRCNE, Guwahati
Qualifications and experience
Essential:
a. Bachelor’s in pharmacy degree from a recognised institute with post graduate degree/diploma (2-3 years regular full-time course) in Community Medicine, Public Health, Community Nursing, Hospital Management/Administration from a recognised institute.
b. At least 2 (Two) years’ experience after post-graduation of working in Quality Assurance/Health System/Public Health.
c. Excellent communication skills – writing and verbal.
d. Proficiency in MS Office package, any computerised data analytical package is highly desirable.
Desirable:
a. Preference may be given to those applicants, who have directly worked on the assignments, resulting into certification / accreditation of hospitals to a recognised quality system such as NQAS, LaQshya, ISO 9001/ NABH/ JCI/ NABL. Etc. and/or Certified External NQAS/Internal NQAS/NABH/NABL Assessors
b. Recognised Qualification in
a Quality System, which may be waived off in case of deserving candidates, who have robust field experiencesc. Experience of working in hospital administration department of a certified facilities, mentioned under para B (a) above.
Consultancy Period and Consultancy fees
Initially, it will be till 31st March, 2025. The first 3 months will be on probation. Subject to satisfactory performance, the consultancy will continue for the full tenure. The consultancy can be terminated by either part giving a notice of one month in writing.
The Consultant will be paid a consolidated monthly fee as per NHSRC HR policy (ranging from Rs.60,000/- to Rs.1,20,000/-). The Consultant shall not be entitled to any other benefits, payments, subsidy, compensation, or pension except as expressly provided in the consultancy agreement. The consultant shall not be exempted from taxation and shall not be entitled to reimbursement of any taxes which may be levied as per existing rules on the remuneration received.
* Fee offered within the band will be commensurate to qualification and experience.
Objective
As Consultant, Quality & Patient Safety at regional level, the objective is to strengthen and support the Quality & Patient Safety activities in the North-Eastern States.
a. To provide technical assistance and capacity building support to the NE States for
strengthening the Public Health System.
b. To support the implementation of National Quality Assurance Program (NQAP) at
different levels of Public health facilities.
c. Liaisoning with the States/UTs for improving Quality of Care in Public Health System
and improved Patient Safety and Satisfaction.
Scope of Work
Key Responsibilities
The incumbent will be responsible for roll out of ‘Operational Guidelines for Quality Assurance in Public Health Facilities. S/he has to take actions at various levels – Advocacy, customisation of the checklists for meeting needs of states in adapting the Quality Standards & its measurement system, conduct of workshops & seminars, assisting the health facilities with gap closure action and facilitating the certification process at identified public health facilities in states. Expected role of the incumbent is multi-dimensional and are summarised below –
i. S/he should be a team player.
ii. One of the major responsibilities of the incumbent will be to travel to states and districts
and impart QA trainings. Thus, the candidate should possess the skills for imparting
trainings, including excellent command over language (Hindi & English) – spoken &
written both.
iii. Willingness to travel to states, districts, and health facilities, which may be located in
‘hard to reach’ areas.
iv. Development & review of resource material for trainings
v. Technical Assistance to states & districts in Operationalization of States and Districts Quality Assurance Units
vi. Follow up with NE States for various updates related to National Quality Assurance
Program. Facilitate conducting of the Internal and External Assessments of health
facilities and mentoring of the same for certification under NQAP.
vii. Review of drugs & logistics procurement system, etc.
viii. Appraisal of State PIP & various documents shared by Ministry.
ix. Drafting & Report writing
x. Any other function, as allotted by Director – RRC-NE & Sr. Consultant- Q&PS
Age Limit: Not above 45 years (as on last date of receiving of applications). Note: Short listing shall be done based on relevant experience and educational qualification. However, educational qualification may be relaxed for experienced candidates working in the relevant field. Only shortlisted candidates shall be informed and called for the interview.
How to apply: Candidates are requested to fill the online application correctly which is available on the NHSRC website (http://nhsrcindia.org) & RRC-NE website (www.rrcnes.gov.in ). Applications will be accepted in the prescribed online application format only. The last date for receiving applications is 21st February 2023
Last Date To Apply: 21st February 2023
Note:
1. Please mention the full form of all the post graduate qualifications in the application form to avoid rejection.
2. Please refrain from using abbreviations in the application form.
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