Deadline of this Job: 09 September 2022
JOB DETAILS: Clinical Faculty in Clinical Medicine - Assistant Professor and above level in Internal Medicine, Pediatrics or Obstetrics/Gynecology
Reports to: Chair, Division of Clinical Education
Group/Department: Institute of Global Health Equity Research
Location: Mainly Butaro at the Butaro District Hospital
Role Purpose: The clinical faculty plays a vital role in the education of the UGHE MBBS/MGHD (“medical students”), nursing and other students. They are responsible for contributing to a learning environment that encourages knowledge of respect for and development of skills to transform the medical students into competent physicians. They will be responsible for curriculum and syllabus development, preparation of teaching materials, delivery of clinical teaching using several teaching techniques, student assessment, organization of clinical clerkships and for teaching (primarily in the clinical setting) in their area of specialty. Given UGHE follows an integrated curriculum and fosters inter-professional education, the faculty will also be required to participate in the teaching and assessment in basic medical education (pre-clinical teaching), and to teach across the various academic programs at UGHE.
Responsibilities
Student Education and Assessment
• Contribute to curriculum development, teaching and student assessment in the integrated Medical Sciences (Basic Medical sciences and Clinical Medicine) teaching of medical students
• Contribute to curriculum development in their specialty and related disciplines across the other UGHE programs such as Nursing and MGHD
• Serve as clinical educator in clinical and non-clinical settings (all didactic and non-didactic sessions to medical and other students at UGHE)
• Serve as educator in basic medical sciences division (all didactic and non-didactic sessions to medical and other students at UGHE)
• Serve as educator, mentor, and assessor in the teaching in their specialty at UGHE
• Oversee daily student activities in junior and senior Internal Medicine, Pediatrics or Obstetrics/Gynecology clerkship (including bedside rounds, discussions, tutorials, and other similarly related educational activities) in accordance with the UGHE clinical rotation curriculum
• Ensuring students are meeting rotation objectives
• Provision of direct clinical and in hospital instruction, small group facilitation and/or selected asynchronous educational activities for medical students in the clinical site
• Mentor students interested in learning more about the specialty
• Participate in planning and execution of formative and summative assessment of medical students
• Provide formative and summative feedback to students
• Informing the clinical coordinator of any students with academic or professional difficulty
• Discuss student progress at frequent intervals with relevant faculty at UGHE
• Engaging with students and involving them in selected hospital quality improvement initiatives
• Advocating for, clarifying learning goals, encouraging and supporting other clinical staff (including nurses, technicians, paramedics & clinicians) to participate in and undertake teaching responsibilities as they manage patients
Clinical Service requirement
• Provide clinical coverage to the general pediatric inpatient ward, general inpatient internal medicine ward and/or general OB/GYN inpatient ward
• Provide clinical coverage of the outpatient ambulatory clinic in internal medicine, OB/GYN or Pediatric.
Support of Visiting Faculty
• Integrate Visiting Faculty into the clinical education, research, and administrative functions of the Department of Internal medicine, Pediatrics and Obstetrics/Gynecology via delegation of tasks, and mentorship of any fellow in the specialty (these functions will be shared with the other faculty of the UGHE Department of Internal medicine, Obstetrics/Gynecology or Pediatrics)
Administrative responsibilities: Administration of the clerkship including but not limited to:
• Creating or contributing to academic schedules and rotations
• Communicating with clerkship coordinator to ensure students have the appropriate clearance to be in a clinical setting
• Contribute to materials that support the goals and objectives of the clinical rotations (such as didactics, readings, and virtual resources)
• Create and contribute to reports on clerkship experiences in their department/unit
• Regular review of the learning environment evaluation and collaboratively working with the UGHE clinical department team to improve the learning environment
• Attendance and participation at meetings at the department, clerkship, and medical school level and during any relevant clinical site visit by the school leadership
• Be an integral member of the department of Pediatrics, Internal Medicine or Obstetrics/Gynecology
• Contribute to other UGHE responsibilities as assigned by the UGHE leadership
Research
• Participate in research in UGHE
• Actively look for funding opportunities to conduct research at the department of their specialty (Internal Medicine, Pediatrics or Obstetrics/Gynecology)
• Support students and faculty interested in research
However, faculty may be assigned to a different location according to students’ rotation schedule Required Qualification And Experience/Skills
• MD or MBBS + Specialty in any of the following: Internal medicine, Pediatrics and Child Health, or Obstetrics and Gynecology)
• Proven experience as an academic faculty in a medical school for minimum of 3 years
• Proven training in medical education or health professional education (certificate, diploma and advanced)
• Experience in academic leadership (Course coordinator, department head, module director) is recommended.
• Fluent in English, French and Kinyarwanda are a plus
Time allocation:
To be determined depending on the specialty, with overall approximately 30-40% clinical and 60-70% teaching, administrative and research
UGHE is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law
Deadline of this Job: 09 September 2022
JOB DETAILS: Simulation and Sciences laboratory technician
Reports to: Simulation and Skills center coordinator
Group/Department: Educational Development and Quality Center (EDQC)
Location: University of Global Health Equity, Butaro campus - Rwanda
Role Purpose: The University of Global Health Equity (UGHE) is seeking to recruit a technician to support the operations of UGHE’s Simulation center and Basic Medical Sciences (BMS) laboratories. Under the direction and supervision of the Simulation and Skills center coordinator, the technician will provide technical support for all operations, including, but not limited to running the simulation equipment, maintenance, and safety of simulation and BMS laboratory equipment.
Responsibilities
• Equipment setup (simulators, task trainers, supplies, and audiovisual equipment, and other equipment at the sim lab).
• Support the simulation faculty in running the pre-programmed scenarios and operating simulator software during simulation activities.
• Conduct internal quality control and routine preventive maintenance of all simulation and BMS laboratory equipment to ensure that all equipment is always maintained in good working quality.
• Monitor and assure appropriate standards of the lab’s cleanliness, safe storage, and disposal of simulation and BMS equipment.
• Support the simulation center team in the day-to-day operations at the center including conducting routine inventory updates, scheduling the usage, signing out, and movement of simulation equipment.
• Scheduling simulation activities.
• Assisting with best-practice technology and simulation training for faculty, including safe simulation practices.
• Follow-up on the procurement of new simulation and BMS equipment.
• Assist the simulation and BMS teams with the supervision of students in the labs, maintaining safe practices, and abiding by all established policies and procedures for the labs.
• Interface with equipment manufacturers regarding equipment troubleshooting and system problems.
• Maintain and update all simulation and BMS equipment SoPs, catalogs, and operation manuals.
• Participate in other related UGHE responsibilities as required as guided by the immediate supervisor. Required
Qualification And Experience/Skills
• Bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering
• Additional qualification in health sciences (nursing, MD...) is highly recommended
• Knowledge in patient simulation, health science technologies, and applications.
• 1-2 years of experience in a teaching environment.
• Knowledge of computer hardware equipment and software applications relevant to simulation and medical sciences
• Knowledge of audio/video equipment and software.
• Must be able to independently move equipment (less than 11kgs) and move manikins (less than 25 kgs) with the assistance of others.
• English proficiency is required.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Results-oriented with adherence to deliverables and deadlines.
• Willingness to relocate full time to Butaro, Rwanda
UGHE is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law
Occupational Health Nurse job at Hywel Dda University Health Board
Occupational Health Nurse
Job Overview
The Occupational Health Service of Hywel Dda University Health Board, based in beautiful West Wales is seeking proactive and dynamic nurses who wish to pursue a career in the Occupational Health Service. We have various full and part time hours available. The base is to be confirmed.
The role will cover all core aspects of occupational health provision, pre-employment assessment of staff, immunisation programmes, health promotion, health surveillance and daily provision of advice for colleagues in the Health Board.
Main duties of the job
• We are looking for energetic and motivated individuals with a genuine interest in this exciting Occupational Health Nursing role.
• The successful candidate will be working in busy and demanding Occupational Health Departments within Hywel Dda Health Board. We require dynamic individuals who can work autonomously as well as part of a team and manage well under pressure. You will need to be able to relate well to staff at all levels within the organisation and be willing to diversify and change, in line with the needs of the service. Excellent clinical skills are necessary to ensure that the service is run to a high standard.
• The successful applicants will be given support and training for the post, and we encourage our team to seek a qualification in Occupational Health.
• The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
• Interviews will be held on 09/09/2022 Working for our organisation
• Hywel Dda University Health Board is the planner and provider of NHS healthcare services for people in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and its bordering counties. Our 11,000 members of staff provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services for around 384,000 people across a quarter of the landmass of Wales. We do this in partnership with our three local authorities and public, private and third sector colleagues, including our volunteers, through:
• Four main hospitals: Bronglais General in Aberystwyth, Glangwili General in Carmarthen, Prince Philip in Llanelli and Withybush General in Haverfordwest;
• Seven community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery in Carmarthenshire; Tregaron, Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion; and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire Hospital Health and Social Care Resource Centre in Pembrokeshire;
• 48 general practices (four of which are managed practices), 47 dental practices (including three orthodontic), 99 community pharmacies, 44 general ophthalmic practices (43 providing Eye Health Examination Wales and 34 low vision services) and 17 domiciliary only providers and 11 health centres;
• Numerous locations providing mental health and learning disabilities services;
• Highly specialised and tertiary services commissioned by the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee, a joint committee representing seven health boards across Wales.
• Hywel Dda University Health Board operates a bilingual policy. All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.
• By submitting your application to NHS Jobs/Trac, you are giving your consent for elements of your application data to be transferred to the NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) and other secure, internal NHS Workforce systems in order to support and manage your recruitment and employment within your employing organisation; to be used by Recruitment for purposes of checking your Professional Registration online (where applicable).
• These processes are in line with Fair and Lawful processing in line with current Data Protection Legislation especially those in relation to your personal or sensitive personal data (sensitive personal data is defined as any declared physical or mental health conditions, racial or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, trade union membership, political opinion, religious beliefs). As an organisation, we ensure that the legislation defining confidentiality is observed such as use of data for specific, defined purposes, and use of data that is relevant and not excessive whilst practicing data accuracy and security of all held personal identifiable information (PII)
• If you are successfully appointed, by completing the application form you authorise the UHB to obtain any previous NHS service details including all electronically held sickness information, via the Inter Authority Transfer process on the national Electronic Staff Record (ESR).
• To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa , unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply should self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship by visiting Work in the UK . If you are eligible for the Health and Care visa, application costs are lower and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.
Deadline of this Job: 15 September 2022
JOB DETAILS: Occupational Health Nurse
Job Overview
The Occupational Health Service of Hywel Dda University Health Board, based in beautiful West Wales is seeking proactive and dynamic nurses who wish to pursue a career in the Occupational Health Service. We have various full and part time hours available. The base is to be confirmed.
The role will cover all core aspects of occupational health provision, pre-employment assessment of staff, immunisation programmes, health promotion, health surveillance and daily provision of advice for colleagues in the Health Board.
Main duties of the job
• We are looking for energetic and motivated individuals with a genuine interest in this exciting Occupational Health Nursing role.
• The successful candidate will be working in busy and demanding Occupational Health Departments within Hywel Dda Health Board. We require dynamic individuals who can work autonomously as well as part of a team and manage well under pressure. You will need to be able to relate well to staff at all levels within the organisation and be willing to diversify and change, in line with the needs of the service. Excellent clinical skills are necessary to ensure that the service is run to a high standard.
• The successful applicants will be given support and training for the post, and we encourage our team to seek a qualification in Occupational Health.
• The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
• Interviews will be held on 09/09/2022 Working for our organisation
• Hywel Dda University Health Board is the planner and provider of NHS healthcare services for people in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and its bordering counties. Our 11,000 members of staff provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services for around 384,000 people across a quarter of the landmass of Wales. We do this in partnership with our three local authorities and public, private and third sector colleagues, including our volunteers, through:
• Four main hospitals: Bronglais General in Aberystwyth, Glangwili General in Carmarthen, Prince Philip in Llanelli and Withybush General in Haverfordwest;
• Seven community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery in Carmarthenshire; Tregaron, Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion; and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire Hospital Health and Social Care Resource Centre in Pembrokeshire;
• 48 general practices (four of which are managed practices), 47 dental practices (including three orthodontic), 99 community pharmacies, 44 general ophthalmic practices (43 providing Eye Health Examination Wales and 34 low vision services) and 17 domiciliary only providers and 11 health centres;
• Numerous locations providing mental health and learning disabilities services;
• Highly specialised and tertiary services commissioned by the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee, a joint committee representing seven health boards across Wales.
• Hywel Dda University Health Board operates a bilingual policy. All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.
• By submitting your application to NHS Jobs/Trac, you are giving your consent for elements of your application data to be transferred to the NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) and other secure, internal NHS Workforce systems in order to support and manage your recruitment and employment within your employing organisation; to be used by Recruitment for purposes of checking your Professional Registration online (where applicable).
• These processes are in line with Fair and Lawful processing in line with current Data Protection Legislation especially those in relation to your personal or sensitive personal data (sensitive personal data is defined as any declared physical or mental health conditions, racial or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, trade union membership, political opinion, religious beliefs). As an organisation, we ensure that the legislation defining confidentiality is observed such as use of data for specific, defined purposes, and use of data that is relevant and not excessive whilst practicing data accuracy and security of all held personal identifiable information (PII)
• If you are successfully appointed, by completing the application form you authorise the UHB to obtain any previous NHS service details including all electronically held sickness information, via the Inter Authority Transfer process on the national Electronic Staff Record (ESR).
• To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa , unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply should self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship by visiting Work in the UK . If you are eligible for the Health and Care visa, application costs are lower and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.