Project Technical Support - III

Project Technical Support -III - ICMR Improving Glycemic Control Project Division Non Division User Contact Person Ms. Lincy Thomas Job Details

Brief Description about the Project

Improving glycemic control among patients with diabetes mellitus seeking care in primary care settings an implementation research study

Aim : To develop a health care delivery model for diabetes that will improve glycemic control and quality of care for Diabetes Mellitus in urban underprivileged settings

Objectives:

• To design and identify the most promising delivery model to address barriers to glycemic control through formative research and iterative quality improvement (QI) approach.

• To implement and demonstrate feasibility of the most promising model that will improve glycemic control rates by 20% and evaluate quality of care.

Project Technical Support -III

Position Starting: 1st December, 2024

No. of Vacancy: Five

Preferred Qualifications: Essential BSc/MSc Nursing /Pharma/BSc. Life Sciences/ + MPH, Desirable : MSc. Life Sciences/Pharm/MSc Biostatistics/etc

Language: English, Kannada, (Read / Write / Translation / Transcription)

Roles and Responsibilities :

• Project coordination, data collection, field level supervision of data collection, qualitative interviewing, development of IEC materials and networking with local communities & health officials.

• Patient recruitment, follow-up, communication and interaction.

• Report the project activities being implemented to the core team regularly and creating regular reports to update investigative team, following and updating SOPs/Checklists/Protocols/etc

• Capacity building, Onsite mentoring and supportive supervision of health care personnel in the health facilities

• Assist in the evaluation of competencies of health care personnel and collection of data from the community,

• Plan and develop quality improvement initiatives at the health facilities to help achieve the project objectives.

• Be prepared to do any other project-related activities as needed

• Essential computer skills MS Office (Word/Excel/PPT), Referencing Software

• Skilled in using Excel/SPSS/STATA/R etc

• Experience 1-2 years (in health research, conducting in-depth interviews/FGDs/etc, creating IEC materials)

• Desirable Experience with non-communicable diseases, national health programmes, health policy, primary healthcare and experience in govt/public health sector

• Desirable Experience in training, health education, health promotion, public health outreach.

• Desirable - Skilled in using qualitative analysis software such as NVivo/MaxQDA etc