Jobs at USAID/Uganda Private Health Support Program

The USAID/Uganda Private Health Support Program aims to strengthen, organize and mobilize the private health sector to provide Ugandans with the option of high-quality services.

The Program’s key objectives are:

1. expanded availability of health services by private service providers;
2. increased affordability of private health services and products; and
3. improved quality of private health sector facilities and services.

The program wishes to recruit a Quality and  Accreditation Associate whose prime responsibility is to strengthen quality of services among partner facilities. He/she will report to the Service Delivery Capacity Team Leader.

Specific Job Responsibilities:

1. Support private health facilities to offer Quality services

a. Coordinate with program partners to train private practitioners on national quality of care standards.

b. Oversee the Implementation of Continuous Professional Development for private sector staffs.

c. He/She will work with private health facilities to ensure provision of healthcare services that meet national standards. These services include safe male circumcision (SMC), MCH, FP, TB, PMTCT-Option B+, nutrition, services targeting adolescents and young adults, malaria, ART and OVC services.

d. Offer on-going support supervision and mentorship for both the private facilities and the Program’s grantees to ensure standard provision of services.

2. Develop a voluntary accreditation program

a. Work with program partners to finalize quality of care standards based on National Clinical Standards and design the peer accreditation program for private sector facilities.

b. Ensure that facilities adhere to accreditation standards.

3. Expand the Private Public Partnership Laboratory Network

a. Create an inventory of regional reference laboratory services and assess current capacities, explore payment options within the public regional reference laboratory through PPP mechanisms.

b. Strengthen linkages between smaller laboratories and regional hubs or the National Private Reference laboratory to allow sample transportation for laboratory tests for critical intervention areas; and

Required Qualifications:

• Graduate degree in Medicine, public health or related clinical field

• A minimum of 5 years of directly relevant work experience, including in developing accreditation

• Demonstrated experience in clinical practice in resourceconstrained settings for one or more of the following areas: SMC, MCH, FP, TB, Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT-Option B+), nutrition and ART
• • Additional qualifications in capacity building areas (training, quality improvement, systems strengthening) is desired

  Skills and Abilities:

  • Experience working with private health sector facilities in Uganda.
  • Experience in Technical Advisor roles for health services improvement.
  • Ability to carry-out facility specific assessments and draw plans for program interventions’ success.
  • Willingness to travel extensively within the Program’s 44 partner districts in Uganda.

  All applications should be sent to:

  Hellen Karuhanga

  Finance Management Specialist

  USAID/Uganda Private Health Support Program

  Plot 6B Nakasero Hill Road

  Email: Hellen.Karuhanga@ugandaphs.org