Project Technical Support -II ICMR Improving Glycemic Control 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.

No. of Vacancy: Four

Preferred Qualifications: Essential BSc Nursing/GNM Nursing/Life Sciences/MSW/ MPH

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

Experience: 1 year Experience (freshers may apply)

Last Day for Receiving Application: 16th November,2024

Roles and Responsibilities :

• Project coordination, 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

• Ensure the quality of data collected from the community and health facilities.

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

• Be prepared to do any other project-related activities as needed, and/or as per instructions of PI or CIs

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

• Experience 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