“What are we aiming at?”
That’s the question our first president, Daniel Coit Gilman, asked at his inauguration in 1876. What is this place all about, exactly? His answer:
“The encouragement of research . . . and the advancement of individual scholars, who by their excellence will advance the sciences they pursue, and the society where they dwell.”
Gilman believed that teaching and research go hand in hand-that success in one depends on success in the other-and that a modern university must do both well. He also believed that sharing our knowledge and discoveries would help make the world a better place.
After 140 years, we haven’t strayed from that vision. This is still a destination for excellent, ambitious scholars and a world leader in teaching and research. Distinguished professors mentor students in the arts and music, humanities, social and natural sciences, engineering, international studies, education, business, and the health professions. Those same faculty members, and their colleagues at the university’s Applied Physics Laboratory, have made us the nation’s leader in federal research and development funding every year since 1979.
That’s a fitting distinction for America’s first research university, a place that revolutionized higher education in America.Purpose of the CEmONC Health Facility Assessment
This intervention aims to bridge existing gaps in the identified competencies of healthcare workers to provide quality CEmONC services during the recently concluded CEmONC health facility assessment in at least one CEmONC public facility per LGA in the selected states to improve quality services for women during pregnancy, labour, childbirth and postnatal period.
Responsibilities
The specific objectives include to build the capacity of healthcare workers to provide quality:
Essential newborn care for all newborns.
Immediate Kangaroo Mother Care for small and stable newborn.
Comprehensive newborn care for small and sick newborn.
Build capacity to implement MPCDSR/QoC processes and strengthen the data collection, collation, reporting, analysis and development of action plans to improve quality of maternal and newborn health services.
Build capacity to improve two-way referral system in the state.
In collaboration with Jhpiego staff:
Each adhoc will participate in a one day skills standardization workshop to be organize by Jhpiego.
Conduct an on-site capacity building of an average of 8 healthcare care workers, which would include doctors, nurses and midwives.
Conduct follow up mentoring of the trained healthcare workers to strengthen their confidence and competence in using the newly acquired knowledge and skills.
Conduct pre- and post-test assessment for each of the modules of the training package.
Compile and submit a comprehensive report of the training within 5 working days after completion of the training.
Participate in a one day post-training debrief meeting with key stakeholders in the state.
Deliverables:
Detailed and analysed pre- and post- training scores for each of the trainee for each module of the training package.
Detail report of the training to be submitted within 5 working days of completion of the training.
Required Qualifications
The preferred candidate should posses the following qualifications and experiences:
[Fellowship in pediatrics] Education: Advanced degree in Paediatrics/Neonatology
Degree: Fellowship in Paediatrics from recognized postgraduate medical training institutions
Years of Experience: 5 years post-fellowship
Language: English language. Working knowledge of Hausa language will be an added advantage
Travel: Ability to travel _70%, particularly to Facilities in the work location.
Evidence of having up-to-date annual practicing license with Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria.
Evidence of strong coaching, mentoring and facilitation skills.
Evidence of strong analytical and communication skills.
