Project Technical Support III - ICMR Improving Glycemic Control Study

Job Summary

Bangalore

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 approach

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

  Job Details

• Number of vacancies: One

  Key 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.

  Eligibility Criteria

• Essential - BSc/MSc Nursing /Pharma/BSc. Life Sciences/ + MPH

• Desirable - MSc. Life Sciences/Pharm/MSc Biostatistics/etc.

• Preferred Language: English, Kannada, Hindi, Tamil

• Age limit: 35 Years

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