Senior Primary Health Care Services Expert (Local)

The Asian Management and Development Institute (AMDI) is a science and technology organization with the mission of providing research, training and consulting services as a leading management science institution in Vietnam. At present, AMDI is implementing training, consulting and researching projects in the fields of organization management, tourism, trade, agriculture, disaster risk reduction and climate change. We are seeking high-qualified Vietnamese nationals for the following vacancy:

Senior Primary Health Care Services Expert (Local)

Job description:

The incumbent will work closely with a team (both international and national) over the period of 180 days, tentatively from July 2016 to carry out the following activities:

Focus Area Early detection of Non-Communication Diseases

• Identify documentation and regulation on medical examination and treatment that apply to the PHC level of services
• Provide context on the acceptance and use and recording of MoH Guidelines for Examination and Treatment for Commune Health Centres
• Contribute to the design and implementation of  a rapid assessment of the use of current MoH Guidelines for Examination and Treatment
• Contribute to the report on the review of guidelines and its actual use
• Facilitate consultation workshops, technically assist MoH in the Technical Evaluation Board meetings and produce corresponding technical reports
• Contribute to the production of drafts and final versions of Guidelines for Early Detection of NCDs at PHC
• Contribute to the production of draft Guidelines for the early detection of conditions listed under scope of work
• Contribute to the compilation of Guidelines on early detection of the NCDs selected newly produced and revised by the Technical Evaluation Board
• Contribute to the draft outline for a monitoring and evaluation plan on the use of early detection Guidelines
• Contribute to a report with a summary of findings, products, conclusions and recommendations

Focus Area Periodic Health Examination

• Identify documentation and regulation on periodical medical examination of workers and regular employees in Vietnam
• Provide context on the purpose, use and recording of periodical medical examination of workers and regular employees in Vietnam
• Contribute to a report on the current implementation of periodical medical examination of workers and regular employees in Vietnam
• Contribute to the production of guidelines for a periodic health examination of the general population making use of guidelines for early detection of NCDs
• Contribute to a model instrument to record the results of the periodic health examination of the general population
• Facilitate consultation workshops, technically assist MoH in the Technical Evaluation Board meetings and produce corresponding technical reports
• Contribute to the design and implementation of a test of the guidelines and recording instrument in a sample of Primary Heath Care units
• Contribute to the draft outline for a monitoring and evaluation plan on the use of the periodic health examination of the general population
• Contribute to a report with a summary of findings, products, conclusions and recommendations

Quality Management in Primary Heath Care

• Identify documentation and regulation in quality management that applies to Primary Health Care in Vietnam
• Provide context on the past developments and plans in quality management in Primary Health Care in Vietnam
• Contribute to a review report quality management that applies to Primary Health Care in Vietnam
• Facilitate consultation workshops, technically assist MoH in the Technical Evaluation Board meetings and produce corresponding technical reports
• Contribute to the development of guidelines, indicators and monitoring tools for assessing the quality of PHC services
• Contribute to develop models and templates for Quality Improvement Management Plans
• Contribute to an outline for a monitoring and evaluation plan on the implementation of Quality Improvement Management Plans at district level
• Provide training of trainers for MoH and DoH staff  in  Quality Improvement in Primary Health Care including the Early detection of NCDs, and Periodic Health Examination
• Contribute to a report with a summary of findings, products, conclusions and recommendations

Requirements:

Qualifications:

• At least a master degree related to clinical health care, with a background of clinical practice.
• Skills and Specific requirements:   
• A minimum of 10 years of professional experience in health services delivery and clinical care
• A minimum of 5 years of experience in studying, designing or evaluating health services delivery in Vietnam.
• Direct experience in the development of quality management plans and or NCD clinical guidelines in Vietnam will be an advantage

Other skills:

• Full fluency in English and Vietnamese, both written and spoken.

Benefits:

• Salary is negotiated.
• Opportunity to work in a dynamic, creative, independent and highly responsible environment.

Application:

Interested applicants should send a cover letter and a CV in English to the following email address: [email protected] with the subject title “Application for Senior Primary Health Care Services Expert”, no later than June 10, 2016. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for interviews. 

For further information, please contact:

Be Thi Hoang Yen (Ms)
The Asian Management and Development Institute,
Address: The 1st floor, VAS Building, My Dinh I, Tu Liem, Ha Noi
Tel:  046.287.2666 ext: 429