Quality Improvement Mentor - Qumbu (Mhlontlo-OR Tambo) at TB HIV Care

Purpose of the position:

• Provide on-site, hands on Quality Improvement (QI) coaching to TB HIV Care Clinical mentors, partner staff and frontline facility QI teams. 

Minimum Requirements    

• Bachelors or Honours Degree in Primary Health Care from college or university program certificate
• Masters Degree in Public Health with at least one years’ experience in improvement methodology or process engineering, LEAN or Six Sigma would be an added advantage
• Minimum of two to four years relevant experience; or equivalent combination of education/training and experience.
• Experience in improvement methodology or process engineering, LEAN or Six Sigma will be an advantage as well as formal training in QI or process engineering and a relevant Quality Improvement
• SANC Registered (where appropriate to primary discipline)
• Efficient in Microsoft office, Excel, PowerPoint, SPSS, STATA and spreadsheet application
• Demonstrate knowledge of synthesizing information and presentation, knowledge of evaluation designs in HIV programs
• Valid code 08 Driver’s License and own transport
• Ability to communicate in English or isiXhosa
• Clear criminal record

Duties and Responsibilities    

• Contribute to the development and execution of multi-facility Quality Improvement (QI) projects with QI leads in order to improve health systems and patient care
• Mentor and support THCA Nurse Mentors in QI and on supporting facility-based teams to conduct QI interventions towards achieving the multi-facility QI project aims including
• Mentor and support clinic supervisors and facility-based QI teams to conduct QI interventions towards achieving the multi-facility QI project aims including
• Using prescribed data tools to track progress within and across project facilities including collecting TIER.net, DHIS or ETR data at centre or sub-district level
• Assisting Clinical and QI technical lead with teaching and mentoring including co-facilitate QI Learning Sessions
• Documenting QI success stories (and interesting failures to demonstrate QI methodology)
• Developing QI capacity among sub-district health department staff (e.g. programme managers and clinic supervisors where requested), THCA and partner staff

Skills and Competencies   

• Good communication skills
• Co-ordination skills
• Decision making skills
• Networking
• Problem solving skills
• Innovation
• Planning & organising

Deadline:18th August,2025