Location: Swaziland
Closing date: 24 Nov 2016
Founded in 2002 by President William J. Clinton, the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) is a global health organization committed to strengthening integrated health systems around the world and expanding access to care and treatment for HIV/AIDS, malaria and other illnesses. Based on the premise that business oriented strategy can facilitate solutions to global health challenges, CHAI acts as a catalyst to mobilize new resources and optimize the impact of these resources to save lives, via improved organization of commodity markets and more effective local management. By working in association with governments and other NGO partners, CHAI is focused on large scale impact and, to date, CHAI has secured lower pricing agreements for treatment options in more than 70 countries. In addition, CHAI's teams are working side-by-side with over 30 governments to tackle many of the largest barriers to effective treatment and care.
In 2010 order to meet the health needs of the population, the Ministry of Health (MoH) of Swaziland defined a benefits package of health services to be provided at government-run health facilities called the Essential Health Care Package (EHCP). CHAI has been partnering with the MoH to scale of the delivery of these services across all levels of care. Most recently CHAI and the MoH are carrying out an assessment to determine the feasibility and cost of providing EHCP services.
CHAI Swaziland's Sustainable Health Financing Teams is seeking a Clinical Associate, Health Services Delivery to support the MoH in the completion of the EHCP assessment and the translation of the results to inform service scale-up planning and decision making. The Associate will work closely with key clinical MoH stakeholders at health facilities to create a case study for fully scaling up EHCP services, specifically illustrating overall feasibility based on patient needs, existing resource gaps and cost effectiveness. The Associate will also work with the MoH to identify key barriers to service delivery and strategically plan to overcome them.
The Associate must be a highly motivated, entrepreneurial individual with outstanding problem-solving, analytical and communication skills. The Associate must be able to function independently and provide thought leadership as well as oversight to the team and the MoH. This position is based in Mbabane, Swaziland, and reports to the Health Financing Program Manager.
The Clinical Associate will be responsible for providing analytical support and thought leadership to the MOH by actively participating and implementing evidence-based approaches to scaling up essential health services and addressing health service delivery barriers. His/her primary responsibilities will include (but will not be limited to):
Supervise the development of a framework to understand resource needs of health service delivery based on EHCP assessment outputs;
Develop and implement qualitative data collection tools to enhance assessment results and provide insight into service delivery barriers;
Engage key clinical MoH stakeholders in EHCP service scale-up policy discussions informed by the assessment results;
Identify trends in root causes to resource gaps a facilities and work with Senior Management Teams to address these challenges;
Work with other stakeholders and external experts as needed; and
Other responsibilities as requested by supervisor.
Degree in Nursing or Medicine, or a Masters in Public Health with practical experience in a clinical setting;
Ability to work independently and effectively in high-pressure, fast-paced environment;
Highly-motivated, entrepreneurial, with outstanding problem-solving skills and analytical capabilities;
Strong diplomatic and interpersonal skills, and ability to build strong professional relationships with a range of stakeholders in a challenging, multicultural environment;
Ability to multi-task and to be effective in high-pressure situations; and
Basic proficiency in relevant computer applications such as Excel and PowerPoint.
Advantages:
Experience working in public health and with international organisations;
Familiarity with a broad range of key global health issues, including health systems challenges in developing countries; and
Experience working in sub-Saharan Africa.
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