PharmAccess Foundation and AHME Project PharmAccess is a non-profit organisation, dedicated to affordable access to quality health care in Africa. PharmAccess is also part of the African Health Markets for Equity (AHME) partnership that works towards increasing the access of the poor to priority health services and technologies in Nigeria, Kenya and Ghana. The partnership in Ghana is constituted by four organisations. These are the International Finance  Corporation (IFC, policy and regulation, demand side financing), Marie-Stopes International (MSI, social franchising), Grameen Foundation (ICT development) and PharmAccess Foundation (access to capital,quality improvement and demand side financing).

In this partnership, the focus is to implement key demand-side interventions that break the barriers to healthcare access. The demand side financing work stream in Ghana focuses on supporting the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) to increase (re)enrolment of the Q1 and Q2 population (bottom 40% of population by economic status) in the National Health Insurance Scheme and ensure sustainability of the scheme. The supply-side interventions are aimed at increasing the quality, scope and scale of health services on offer to the poor through the social franchise network of MSI. Key achievements of the partnership will be to increase coverage of priority services and technologies and foster stronger collaboration between the private and public sectors. The end result is to achieve improved health outcomes for the poor.

To support the AHME partners in reaching this objective, PharmAccess wishes to hire an experienced professional as Quality Advisor to work directly with the leads on the supply side within the Country Team.
 
Job Description

•   To provide technical support to the healthcare providers in the quality improvement process of the AHME Programme. This involves healthcare provider selection, SafeCare quality assessments, developing upgrading plans and assisting with implementation, monitoring progress of implementation and intermediate quality assessments.
•   To prepare and facilitate training on quality improvement for participating healthcare providers
•   To ensure that upgrading plans are properly planned and synchronised with the business plans of healthcare providers
•   To maintain regular contacts with relevant external stakeholders and actively promote information sharing
•   To manage that quality assessments, quality improvement plans and progress monitonng are progressing according to the planning
•   To apply all the tools and systems as provided by PharmAccess Foundation in the SafeCare programme
•   To contribute to the preparation of quarterly and annual progress reports of AHME programme

PharmAccess Offers
PharmAccess offers an excellent job opportunity in a dynamic international environment with solid terms and conditions that conform to industry standards. PharmAccess has a full-time workweek of 40 hours, a collective pension scheme and a medical insurance cover for employees and dependents. We offer 22 vacation days a year based on a full-time employment agreement.

Qualification Required & Experience

•   Degree in Medicine, Pharmacy, Midwifery, Nursing or Biomedical Science and a postgraduate degree/diploma in Public Health or related field
•   Proficiency in Microsoft tools, including PowerPoint, Excel, use of tablets databases/web applications and Word
•   At least 5 years of experience in direct health service delivery
•   Additional training in quality management will be an advantage
•   Proven experience in process management
•   Display a commitment for health development
•   Excellent communication and writing skills
•   Be prepared to travel and work in underserved communities in Ghana
•   Ability to manage a heavy and fluctuating workload

Location: Accra

How To Apply For The Job

Suitable candidates can send their CV and cover letter in English to p.adjei@medicalcreditfund.org mentioning 'Quality Advisor". The deadline for applying for this position is 1st May, 2015.

For more information please see the website www.pharmaccess.org or contact
Process Manager (Phylicia Adjei) at PharmAccess Foundation, reachable via (+233) 0302-735261 & 0307-022224

Closing Date: 01 May, 2015