[SN-ANNOUNCE] COHSASA: Support Clinician Vacancy

[Council for Health Service Accreditation of Southern Africa]

TO ALL SANGONeT USERS 

Position: Support Clinician for CoQIS / AIMS

Deadline: 4 July 2008

The Council for Health Service Accreditation of Southern Africa (COHSASA) is
a not-for-profit organisation that delivers Quality Improvement and
Accreditation programmes in health care facilities, supported by CoQIS, a
web-based Quality Improvement System. COHSASA is also providing an Adverse
Event Monitoring programme using the web-based AIMS system.  Together the
programmes aim to improve the overall quality of care and safety of patients
in health care facilities.

COHSASA invites applications from suitably qualified individuals for the
position of Support Clinician for the CoQIS and AIMS systems. As a member of
the management team the successful applicant will be involved in all aspects
of the provision, monitoring and evaluation of the CoQIS and AIMS
applications. 

Responsibilities

* Assist with research and development in quality improvement and adverse
events;
* Provide training on the CoQIS and AIMS software applications in support of
quality improvement and patient safety;
* Evaluate programme outcomes;
* The role is client facing and will involve the promotion of the product
and system;
* The successful applicant will work as part of a multidisciplinary team and
have the ability to work under pressure to meet tight deadlines.

Requirements 

* Ideally you will have a Community Health qualification with experience in
different health sectors;
* Management experience would be an advantage;
* An interest in research and the ability to support research programmes;
* Experience in health quality improvement methodology would be an advantage
as would customer relations and /or support experience;
* Advanced MS Office skills, particularly Excel;
* Knowledge of system applications an advantage;
* A team player with excellent written and verbal communication skills;  
* Willingness to travel.

COHSASA operates in English but fluency in other official languages would be
an advantage.

Interested candidates should please fax their CV to 0866576708. Please
include a letter of motivation and the names and contact details of relevant
work references.  Note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

For more information on COHSASA, go to: http://www.cohsasa.co.za