Cure International Careers

POSITION OVERVIEW:

• Functions as a critical hospital senior management team member by monitoring and improving financial management and internal control systems.  He/she is also responsible for the hospital's overall Finance management, IT, and operational functions, including procurement, inventory management, and logistics.
• Offer overall leadership in ensuring compliance with all the hospital's quality management system requirements.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

Budget and Monthly Reporting

• As requested, ensure timely submission of monthly financial, government, and ad hoc reports.
• Ensure optimal application of resources to support hospital operations.
• Drive the hospital's financial sustainability plan and periodically report to all stakeholders on progress. 
• Prepare and finalize the annual budget and quarterly performance reports as needed.
• Develop and monitor the capital budget with the Executive Director. Ensure that the fixed asset register is updated and managed on time.
• Ensure that all donor reports are submitted within the appropriate timelines.
• Provide regular forecasts and assist the Executive Director in preparing estimates for CURE headquarters and planning purposes. 

Payroll

• Ensure timely management of payroll and payment of salaries/wages.
• Ensure that all taxes, deductions, and payments are made and accounted for.
• Advise on wage/salary increments as required and in line with general rates within the local economy. 

Cashflow Management

• Monitor and control current expenditures to ensure costs remain within available funding and approved budgets.
• Provide oversight and responsibility for cash flow management.
• Maintain and improve appropriate systems of internal control to safeguard finances and assets.
• Maintain financial policies and ensure that they are continually updated. 

Internal Control and Audit

• Liaise with auditors concerning CURE’s audit requirements and facilitate audit work.
• Liaise with local auditors to ensure the organization complies with existing legislation.
• Provide accounting and tax advice to the hospital management team.
• Conduct a risk assessment and implement appropriate action plans to mitigate identified risks.

Procurement and Inventory Management

• Ensure regular reviews of procurement and inventory control.
• Oversee the physical control of assets and inventory.
• Manage a twice-annual stock take (or however frequent is appropriate for the hospital).

Information Technology

• Engineering and Provisioning
• Operations and Support
• Maintenance -Apply OS patches and upgrades regularly and upgrade administrative Tools and utilities. Configure / add new services as necessary.
• Maintain operational, configuration, or other procedures.
• Experiential knowledge of common programming languages eg, Python, Java, C++, etc

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business Administration, Commerce or Finance, or equivalent experience.
• Master of Business Administration or any other related field will be an added advantage.
• Minimum of Five (5) years of accounting experience, preferably in the healthcare setting.
• IT related experience
• Minimum of Three (3) years of experience supervising others. 

SKILLS & COMPETENCIES:

• Communication Skills - Able to present information through the spoken or written word: read and interpret complex information; talk with customers or clients; listen well.
• Resource Management - Able to control one’s own time and the time of direct reports; prepare budgets and spend money wisely; ensure that people have needed equipment; identify and fulfill staffing needs.
• Decision Making & Problem Solving - Able to take action in solving problems while exhibiting judgment and a realistic understanding of issues; able to use reason, even when dealing with emotional topics; review facts and weigh options.
• Relationship Management - Able to develop rapport with others and recognize their concerns and feelings; build and maintain long-term associations based on trust; and help others.
• Data Analysis Skills

About the job

• Evangelize patients and their families
• Conduct Bible Studies for the patients and their families
• Counsel and Encourage parents as per their needs
• Write Patient Stories based on the given guidelines
• Coordinate other daily Spiritual activities in the clinic.
• Facilitate access by patients and families to relevant faith-based literature, books, and Bibles
• Conduct spiritual follow-ups of new believers realized due to the ministry conducted.
• In consultation with the Spiritual Centre Associate, record and Submit weekly reports to generate monthly reports.
• Provide pastoral care for co-workers through devotions, prayer, counseling, and discipleship programs promoting integral ministry.
• Promote peace and love among other staff within the hospital.
• Comply with quality management system requirements in promoting quality service delivery.
• Observe and maintain all CURE quality and departmental annual set objectives.
• As an integral part of the Spiritual team, work with the spiritual center co-workers to achieve the set goals and objectives and participate in any other duty assigned by the Spiritual Centre administration.

Minimum Education Required

• Diploma in Biblical Theology, mission ministry, Chaplaincy
• Counseling or Psychology will be an added advantage

Essential Duties

• Correspondence and network with the community spiritual partner as well as mobilizing the spiritual literature for the implementation of discipleship ministry
• Participate in identifying departmental goals and objectives for meeting the Discipleship needs for new converts reached out through outreach and community school ministry.
• Coordinate with spiritual team members to identify the needs of patients’ discipleship in their communities and respond to them accordingly
• Create new partnerships in new areas for patients’ community spiritual care.
• Liaison between CURE and partner churches/ schools and mission organizations to facilitate born-again patient follow-up in the communities.
• Identify patients' spiritual, social, and economic needs to coordinate support between CURE and partner organizations.
• Participate in community-based training for partner churches and mission organizations to create the basis of spiritual and social support for patients.
• Organize and submit weekly and monthly reports to the spiritual director.
• Assist and take part in spiritual ministry in the hospital.
• Identify resources and organizations to provide Discipleship resources relevant to the needs
• Comply with quality management system requirements in promoting quality service delivery.
• Observe and maintain all CURE quality and departmental annual set objectives.

Minimum Education Required

• Diploma in Biblical Theology
• Additional training in the Social sciences field, preferably in social work, counseling, psychology, mission ministry, or Chaplaincy will be an added advantage

Essential Duties

• Answer patients call signals to determine patients’ needs.
• Observe patients’ condition and report changes to the professional staff
• Help in bathing Patients and changing linen
• Help with collecting food trays
• Assist in feeding patients who are unable to feed themselves
• Assist in helping patients walk and move in and out of bed
• Provide patient care by supplying and emptying bed pans
• Assist in lifting and transportation of patients to other departments for care when need be using the necessary means
• Assist in turning and repositioning bedridden patients, with assistance, to prevent bedsores
• Communicating effectively with both the patient and the guardian

Education/Experience Requirements

• At least a Certificate in patient Attendance Course
• A diploma will be an added advantage
• A Certificate in First Aid
• 2 years’ experience as a patient attendant.

Essential Duties

• Ensure Strict Adherence to Duty Rosters and Schedules
• Ensure All Areas of Cleaning the Hospital Are Professionally Cleaned and Serviced
• Ensure Timely Collection, Gathering and Disposal of hospital Waste
• Ensure Timely and Proper Documentation of Cleaning Reports
• Ensure Proper Inventory Management of Allocated Cleaning Materials, Equipment and Apparatus, informing the Housekeeping Manager of Forecasted Re-Supplies
• Ensure Timely and Proper Stocking of Supplies related to Housekeeping (Sundries, Toiletries, Cleaning Agents, Air Fresheners) to the Offices, Washrooms and Wards
• Ensure, in collaboration with the Housekeeping and IFC Manager, that Monthly, Quarterly and Annual Spring Cleaning Exercises
• Maintain and Manage OSHA Standards in Cleanliness, through Implementation of the Housekeeping OSHA Policy
• In-charge of all quality activities in relation to this position as per the Hospital Standards.

To perform this position successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

Other Duties

• Please note this position description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this position. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Education/Experience Requirements

• A minimum Certificate in Housekeeping and Laundry
• A diploma will be an added advantage
• 2 years of work experience in a hospital setting

Essential Duties

• Quality & Patient Safety documentation workflow
• Support the development of Quality & Patient Safety policies and procedures.
• Liaise with relevant teams/ individuals for required policies/procedures/guidelines/protocols formulation.
• Review the content of above documents in line with Safe Care standard requirements to ensure they are addressed.
• Ensure that all documents have the correct approvals by the relevant authorized heads as per the document control policy.
• Ensure all documents are formatted and uploaded in the document repository and communicate to the CURE Hospital teams.
• Ensure all Quality & Patient Safety documents are controlled and branded in liaison with the relevant departments.
• Keep track of all Quality & Patient Safety document’s movement in each hospital, to include next revisions.
• Maintain confidentiality and privacy of all documents in collaboration with the CURE Hospitals’ QPS managers.
• Report progress on a weekly basis and document a monthly report.
• Internal and external Quality & Patient Safety audits/assessments coordination
• Monitor internal QPS audits scheduling and implementation with the CURE hospitals’ QPS managers for each quarter.
• Schedule and coordinate external Quality and Patient Safety audits with the CURE hospitals’ QPS managers.
• Collate a master QPS audits schedule for all CURE hospitals.
• Analyze the network hospital audit scores and progress on a quarterly basis.
• Review and format the QPS internal audit tools on a regular basis as needed.
• Follow up corrective and preventive action plans with the CURE hospitals’ QPS managers.
• Maintain a master QPS risk register for CURE network hospitals and monitor implementation.
• Follow up on the implementation of clinical open and closed chart audits, to include analyses of the audit outcomes.
• Report progress on a weekly basis and document a monthly report.
• Support for Quality & Patient Safety data management and QI projects
• Develop and keep custody of QPS indicators data dashboard, to include the indicator’s definitions.
• Monitor data collection in liaison with the CURE hospitals QPS managers.
• Collate and analyze the data on a monthly and quarterly basis.
• Follow up progress of evidence-based practice QI projects.
• Report progress on a weekly basis and document a monthly report.
• Other duties
• Participate in the QPS monthly quorums.

To perform this position successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

Other Duties

Please note this position description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the co-worker for this position. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice. Co-worker must perform other tasks, duties, and projects as assigned.

Education/Experience Requirements

• Degree in Nursing/Clinical Medicine from a recognized institution.
• A minimum of 5 years of post-education experience.
• Experience in quality management certification or accreditation (SafeCare or JCIA).
• Experience in clinical policies and procedures formulation and document management.
• Christian maturity exhibiting a close relationship with the Lord as evidenced by a strong prayer life and a love for the Word.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Excellent analytical and writing skills.
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.
• Proficient in computer skills (MS-Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Numerate and proficient report writing skills.

About the job

1. Work with patients who have a range of conditions, including neurological, neuro musculoskeletal, Orthopedic, cardiovascular and respiratory and book them regularly for follow up and continued treatment where required/refer
2. Diagnose, assess and treat their physical problem/condition
3. Develop and review treatment programmes that encourage exercise and movement by the use of a range of techniques;
4. Involve parents and carers in the treatment, review and rehabilitation of patients and educate them about how to prevent and/or improve conditions;
5. Write patient case notes and reports and collect statistics where needed;
6. Liaise with other healthcare professionals, such as Orthopedic Doctors, General Practitioners, Occupational therapists, social workers as needed to exchange information about the progress of patients, as well as to refer patients who require other medical attention;
7. Keep up to date with new techniques and technologies available for treating patients;
8. Be legally responsible and accountable, caring, compassionate and professional at all times;
9. Manage clinical risk, adhere to standards of patient care, treatment protocols and documentation standards for the facility
10. Performing all key functions with regard to Physical therapy and additional, other related functions as directed when appropriate and also adhering to standards of performance as required by the institution

Qualifications: Education and/or Experience Required at Entry:

1. Degree or Diploma in Physiotherapy
2. 2 years experience

Duties 

• Alleviate pain and functional limitations by designing, implementing, and modifying treatment plans.
• Manipulate and reduce fractures and dislocations.
• Fix and remove cast bandages.
• Correct Congenital Talipes Equino-Varus
• Participate in the pre-and post-operative management of trauma and other orthopaedic cases as required.
• Fix and remove skin and skeletal traction where needed.
• Able to view and interpret X-ray images in Orthopedics
• Assess, advise, and educate the patient on the issues relating to Orthopedic and Trauma cases

Education Background

• Diploma in Ortho Trauma Technology
• At least 2 years relevant work experience

ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

Primary Responsibilities

• Effectively administer WHODAS 2.0, EQ-5D, and spiritual surveys using the electronic medical record
• Collect and input M&E data for patients in accordance with established procedures, for ongoing baseline reporting
• Obtain 12-month follow up surveys from patients during mobile clinic visits to rural areas
• Ensure data cleanliness and integrity
• Develop and strengthen monitoring, inspection, and evaluation procedures
• Generate monthly narrative report of activities and as needed per leadership’s requests and DC capacity
• Assist hospital personnel with M&E tools and support them in their use, training and retraining as necessary
• Produce monthly narrative report to describe M&E activities
• Support the clinical team in the quality improvement, audit and research projects that will further inform the clinical service, including patient recruitment, data collection and logistical support

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

• University Degree preferably in data, statistics, or related field
• Strong training and facilitation skills
• Experience in the implementation of M&E in development projects implemented by national/international NGOs/Government; desirable
• Experience in designing tools and strategies for data collection, analysis and production of reports; desirable

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:

• Fluency in written and spoken English and local languages
• Excellent organisational/administrative skills and ability to effectively plan in evolving situations
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Strong computer proficiency using software applications such as Microsoft Office & Google Drive

COMPETENCIES:

• Attention To Detail - Able to be alert in a fast-moving environment; follow detailed procedures and ensure accuracy in documentation and data; carefully monitor processes; concentrate on routine work details and organise and maintain a system of records.
• Communication Skills - Able to clearly present information through the spoken or written word; read and interpret complex information; listen well.
• People Focus – Able to prioritise patients’ needs and work effectively with staff in different departments.
• Quality – Able to demonstrate consistency and reliability; adhere to standards and measures and seek ways to improve processes; identify and correct errors; test new methods thoroughly; reinforce excellence as a fundamental priority.
• Teamwork - Able to share due credit with co-workers; display enthusiasm and promote a friendly group working environment; work closely with other departments as necessary; support group decisions and solicit opinions from co-workers; display team spirit.