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Overview

Jhpiego seeks a Quality Improvement (QI) technical optimizer for Ekiti and Jigawa on The Global Fund

• The project aims to provide support to implement an innovative approach for integrated supportive supervision (ISS) that includes collaborative improvement, training, and supervision of supervisors to improve health worker performance and quality of care for integrated HIV/TB/Malaria/MNCH primary health care services for underserved population, as well as strengthen leadership and management skills among Ministry of Health staff for QI and improved integrated service delivery in health facilities and communities.
• The QI program/MERL optimizer will support quality improvement and leadership and management activities in and will work closely with the QI Specialist to implement project activities, in coordination with the Ministry of Health and other government agencies.

Responsibilities

Program management and operations roles:

• Support project team in preparation of activities, including scheduling meetings, creating attendance list, corresponding with attendees, preparing materials, setting up meeting rooms, taking meeting minutes, amongst other tasks
• Support to maintain records and files, distributing of project information and documentation Contribute to preparation of program reports, communications and presentations.
• Ensure expense reports, payment schedules are properly prepared, scanned and shared with the project teams for review
• Responsible for the collation, harmonization and regular updates of program management tools such as scorecard, stakeholders database, facility directory and other tools as maybe be requested.
• Manage program trackers (GSRs, activities schedules and Issue/Incidence log) Coordinate staff travel logistics and retirements.
• Coordinate procurement of office consumables.

MERL Roles:

• Collect data, review and ensure quality as related to QI activities and submit them to the MERL specialist
• Support the monthly data validation and triangulation at the facility, LGA and State level Ensure data on the service delivery registers in each health facility are accurately entered into the MSF and DHIS2.
• Support research/assessment that will inform project learnings.
• Participate in meetings and communicate with stakeholders to share performance and progress reports.
• Support data triangulation at the facility, LGA and State level
• Document best practices, lessons learned, and success stories to share with the project team and stakeholders.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Supervision

• Reports to: State Team Lead

Required Qualifications

• Health professional (e.g. Doctor, Nurse, Midwife, Public health, Statistics, Epidemiology) with at least 1-2 years' experience in public health program
• Strong familiarity with health system and HTM service delivery context in Jigawa, Ekiti and Nigeria
• Ability to interact with established networks of health professionals, ministry of health officials and other partners
• Comfortable with a team approach to programming and the ability to manage several major activities simultaneously
• Proficiency in word processing, Microsoft Office
• Proficiency in Excel, DHIS2 and any other visualization tools
• Willingness to travel within state

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Overview

• Maternal and Perinatal Mortality are Obstetric and neonatal tragedies worldwide. Of the global Maternal Mortality occurrences, the vast majority occur in low-resource settings and Nigeria accounts for nearly 20% of the global death. The lifetime risk of dying in Nigeria is 1 in 22 during pregnancy, childbirth or postpartum period compared to 1 in 4,900 in most developed countries. The causes of maternal mortality include Pre-eclampsia /Eclampsia (PEE), obstructed labor, postpartum hemorrhage, puerperal sepsis and abortion complications.
• These causes are treatable and preventable when labour is supervised by Skilled Birth Attendants (SBAs). Perinatal morbidity and mortality are closely related to events during pregnancy and labor. The high rate in Nigeria is a result of poor maternal health, sub-optimal care during pregnancy and childbirth, and lack of newborn care. The major causes of newborn deaths are birth asphyxia, neonatal sepsis and prematurity. Universal access to Comprehensive Emergency Obstetrics and Neonatal Care (CEmONC) services is one of the strategies that can reduce these deaths and sufferings along with the ten core signal functions of the services.  
• Improving access to quality comprehensive emergency obstetrics and newborn care is critical to reducing these preventable maternal and newborn deaths and is a top priority of the Government of Nigeria. Therefore, as part of the commitment of the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (FMOHSW) to ensure that there are   well equipped CEmONC facilities throughout the country to provide quality healthcare services, a nationwide CEmONC health facility assessment was conducted. to identified existing gaps. As part of the efforts to bridge the identified gaps in healthcare workers competencies, Jhpiego, in collaboration with Kebbi, Kano and Katsina State Governments, through funding from USG in Nigeria, provide technical assistance to GoN to bridge the capacities of doctors, nurses, midwives, anaesthetic nurses, laboratory scientists/assistants in selected health facilities in 3 states.

Purpose of the CEmONC Health Facility Assessment

• This intervention aims to bridge existing gaps in the identified competencies of healthcare workers to provide quality CEmONC services during the recently concluded CEmONC health facility assessment in at least one CEmONC public facility per LGA in the selected states to improve quality services for women during pregnancy, labour, childbirth and postnatal period.

Specific Objectives

• By the end of each 2-day safe obstetric anaesthesia training session, learners will demonstrate competency at a minimum standard in the following areas:
• Evidence-based management of anaesthesia and analgesia for planned/emergency Caesareans and emergency Caesarean hysterectomies, including pre-operative assessment, planning and care, anaesthesia management and monitoring during surgery and post-operative care
• Evidence-based management of anaesthesia for women with specific obstetric complications including pre-eclampsia/eclampsia and severe obstetric haemorrhage.
• Appropriate use of Lignocaine and Ketamine in obstetric analgesia and anaesthesia resp.
• Appropriate technique for the following clinical procedures:
  • High and total spinal anaesthesia.
  • Difficult airway management, including failed intubation.
  • Maternal life support.
• Use of Lignocaine with or without adrenaline in obstetrics.
  • Preparation of lignocaine.
  • Prevention of complications.
  • Diagnosis of lignocaine allergy and toxicity.
  • Management of lignocaine allergy.
  • Management of lignocaine toxicity.
• General principles of analgesia and anesthesia in obstetrics, including:
  • Team-based pre-operative assessment and care.
  • Anesthesia management and monitoring during surgery and postoperative care
• Anaesthetic considerations in special obstetrics conditions:
  • Pre-eclampsia/Eclampsia
  • Major obstetrics haemorrhage
• High and total spinal anaesthesia.
• Difficult airway management, including failed intubation.
• Maternal life support.

Responsibilities

• Each adhoc will participate in a one day skills standardization workshop to be organize by Jhpiego.
• Conduct an on-site capacity building of an average of 4 healthcare care workers, which would include doctors, nurses and midwives.
• Conduct follow up mentoring of the trained healthcare workers to strengthen their confidence and competence in using the newly acquired knowledge and skills.
• Conduct pre- and post-test assessment for each of the modules of the training package.
• Compile and submit a comprehensive report of the training within 5 working days after completion of the training.
• Participate in a one day post-training debrief meeting with key stakeholders in the state.

Deliverables:

• Detailed and analysed pre- and post- training scores for each of the trainee for each module of the training package.
• Detail report of the training to be submitted within 5 working days of completion of the training.

Required Qualifications

• Registered and practicing anaesthesiologist with at least 5 years post-qualification working experience.
• Evidence of previous and ongoing work experience providing anaesthesia services for obstetric conditions in a facility delivering CEmONC services.
• Evidence of previous experience conducting training on anaesthesia component of CEmONC or a similar training especially within the last 24 months or current/recent faculty member/trainer in an obstetric and/or anaesthesiology residency or nurse anaesthetist training program
• Evidence of having up-to-date annual practicing license with Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria.
• Evidence of strong coaching, mentoring and facilitation skills
• Evidence of strong analytical and communication skills.
• Travel: Ability to travel 70, particularly to Facilities in the work location.
• Evidence of having up-to-date annual practicing license with Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria.
• Evidence of strong coaching, mentoring and facilitation skills.
• Evidence of strong analytical and communication skills.

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Overview

• Maternal and Perinatal Mortality are Obstetric and neonatal tragedies worldwide. Of the global Maternal Mortality occurrences, the vast majority occur in low-resource settings and Nigeria accounts for nearly 20% of the global death. The lifetime risk of dying in Nigeria is 1 in 22 during pregnancy, childbirth or postpartum period compared to 1 in 4,900 in most developed countries. The causes of maternal mortality include Pre-eclampsia /Eclampsia (PEE), obstructed labor, postpartum hemorrhage, puerperal sepsis and abortion complications.
• These causes are treatable and preventable when labour is supervised by Skilled Birth Attendants (SBAs). Perinatal morbidity and mortality are closely related to events during pregnancy and labor. The high rate in Nigeria is a result of poor maternal health, sub-optimal care during pregnancy and childbirth, and lack of newborn care. The major causes of newborn deaths are birth asphyxia, neonatal sepsis and prematurity. Universal access to Comprehensive Emergency Obstetrics and Neonatal Care (CEmONC) services is one of the strategies that can reduce these deaths and sufferings along with the ten core signal functions of the services.  
• Improving access to quality comprehensive emergency obstetrics and newborn care is critical to reducing these preventable maternal and newborn deaths and is a top priority of the Government of Nigeria. Therefore, as part of the commitment of the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (FMOHSW) to ensure that there are   well equipped CEmONC facilities throughout the country to provide quality healthcare services, a nationwide CEmONC health facility assessment was conducted. to identified existing gaps. As part of the efforts to bridge the identified gaps in healthcare workers competencies, Jhpiego, in collaboration with Kebbi, Kano and Katsina State Governments, through funding from USG in Nigeria, provide technical assistance to GoN to bridge the capacities of doctors, nurses, midwives, anaesthetic nurses, laboratory scientists/assistants in selected health facilities in 3 states.

Purpose of the CEmONC Health Facility Assessment

• This intervention aims to bridge existing gaps in the identified competencies of healthcare workers to provide quality CEmONC services during the recently concluded CEmONC health facility assessment in at least one CEmONC public facility per LGA in the selected states to improve quality services for women during pregnancy, labour, childbirth and postnatal period.

Specific Objectives

The specific objectives include to build the capacity of healthcare workers to provide quality:

• Essential newborn care for all newborns.
• Immediate Kangaroo Mother Care for small and stable newborn.
• Comprehensive newborn care for small and sick newborn.
• Build capacity to implement MPCDSR/QoC processes and strengthen the data collection, collation, reporting, analysis and development of action plans to improve quality of maternal and newborn health services.
• Build capacity to improve two-way referral system in the state.

Responsibilities

• Each consultant will participate in a one day skills standardization workshop to be organize by Jhpiego.
• Conduct an on-site capacity building of an average of 8 healthcare care workers, which would include doctors, nurses and midwives.
• Conduct follow up mentoring of the trained healthcare workers to strengthen their confidence and competence in using the newly acquired knowledge and skills.
• Conduct pre- and post-test assessment for each of the modules of the training package.
• Compile and submit a comprehensive report of the training within 5 working days after completion of the training.
• Participate in a one day post-training debrief meeting with key stakeholders in the state.

Deliverables:

• Detailed and analysed pre- and post- training scores for each of the trainee for each module of the training package.
• Detail report of the training to be submitted within 5 working days of completion of the training.

Required Qualifications

• Education: Advanced degree in Paediatrics/Neonatology
• Degree: Fellowship in Paediatrics from recognized postgraduate medical training institutions
• Years of Experience: 5 years post-fellowship
• Language: English language. Working knowledge of Hausa language will be an added advantage
• Travel: Ability to travel _70%, particularly to Facilities in the work location.
• Evidence of having up-to-date annual practicing license with Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria.
• Evidence of strong coaching, mentoring and facilitation skills.
• Evidence of strong analytical and communication skills.

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Overview

• Maternal and Perinatal Mortality are Obstetric and neonatal tragedies worldwide. Of the global Maternal Mortality occurrences, the vast majority occur in low-resource settings and Nigeria accounts for nearly 20% of the global death. The lifetime risk of dying in Nigeria is 1 in 22 during pregnancy, childbirth or postpartum period compared to 1 in 4,900 in most developed countries. The causes of maternal mortality include Pre-eclampsia /Eclampsia (PEE), obstructed labor, postpartum hemorrhage, puerperal sepsis and abortion complications.
• These causes are treatable and preventable when labour is supervised by Skilled Birth Attendants (SBAs). Perinatal morbidity and mortality are closely related to events during pregnancy and labor. The high rate in Nigeria is a result of poor maternal health, sub-optimal care during pregnancy and childbirth, and lack of newborn care. The major causes of newborn deaths are birth asphyxia, neonatal sepsis and prematurity. Universal access to Comprehensive Emergency Obstetrics and Neonatal Care (CEmONC) services is one of the strategies that can reduce these deaths and sufferings along with the ten core signal functions of the services.  
• Improving access to quality comprehensive emergency obstetrics and newborn care is critical to reducing these preventable maternal and newborn deaths and is a top priority of the Government of Nigeria. Therefore, as part of the commitment of the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (FMOHSW) to ensure that there are   well equipped CEmONC facilities throughout the country to provide quality healthcare services, a nationwide CEmONC health facility assessment was conducted. to identified existing gaps. As part of the efforts to bridge the identified gaps in healthcare workers competencies, Jhpiego, in collaboration with Kebbi, Kano and Katsina State Governments, through funding from USG in Nigeria, provide technical assistance to GoN to bridge the capacities of doctors, nurses, midwives, anaesthetic nurses, laboratory scientists/assistants in selected health facilities in 3 states.

Purpose of the CEmONC Health Facility Assessment

• This intervention aims to bridge existing gaps in the identified competencies of healthcare workers to provide quality CEmONC services during the recently concluded CEmONC health facility assessment in at least one CEmONC public facility per LGA in the selected states to improve quality services for women during pregnancy, labour, childbirth and postnatal period.

Specific Objectives

• By the end of the training learners are expected to improve in their:
• Ability to setup a 24-hour safe blood transfusion services in their health facility.
• Competencies to manage patients requiring transfusion services in obstetrics.
• To prevent and manage likely complications that may arise from blood transfusion.
• Scope of the competencies will include the following:
• Blood group system
• Blood transfusion and Transmittable infection.
• Prevention of blood transmittable infections.
• Blood screening and cross matching.
• Blood transfusion procedure blood quality.
• Complications of blood transfusion including blood transfusion reaction.
• Blood donation processes.
• Blood storage: functional and reliable 24-hour blood transfusion banking system.

Responsibilities

•  Each adhoc will participate in a one day skills standardization workshop to be organize by Jhpiego.
• Conduct an on-site capacity building of an average of 4 healthcare care workers, which would include doctors, nurses and midwives.
• Conduct follow up mentoring of the trained healthcare workers to strengthen their confidence and competence in using the newly acquired knowledge and skills.
• Conduct pre- and post-test assessment for each of the modules of the training package.
• Compile and submit a comprehensive report of the training within 5 working days after completion of the training.
• Participate in a one day post-training debrief meeting with key stakeholders in the state.

Deliverables:

• Detailed and analysed pre- and post- training scores for each of the trainee for each module of the training package.
• Detail report of the training to be submitted within 5 working days of completion of the training.

Required Qualifications

• Registered and practicing Haematologist with at least 5 years post-qualification working experience.
• Evidence of previous and ongoing work experience in a facility delivering CEmONC services.
• Evidence of previous experience conducting training on safe blood transfusion component of CEmONC or a similar training especially within the last 24 months or Evidence of provision of ongoing training in haematology residency training or training of medical officers undergoing rotation in haematolopgy till date.
• Evidence of having up-to-date annual practicing license with Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria.
• Evidence of strong coaching, mentoring and facilitation skills
• Evidence of strong analytical and communication skills.
• Travel: Ability to travel _70%, particularly to Facilities in the work location.
• Evidence of having up-to-date annual practicing license with Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria.
• Evidence of strong coaching, mentoring and facilitation skills.
• Evidence of strong analytical and communication skills.