SUMMARY:
An Intern x 3 (Fixed Term Contract) vacancy is available at our Client, Wits Health Consortium's Health Systems Enablement & Innovation (HSEI) in Centurion - Gauteng.
POSITION INFO:
Background
The Health Systems Enablement & Innovation (HSEI), based at the University of the Witwatersrand, studies enablement amongst individual patients, patient populations, health services and health systems with a particular focus on underserved or vulnerable populations. The aim is to help South Africa and African underserved and vulnerable populations and their national health systems realize their true potential. HSEI supports national health systems through healthcare delivery redesign, professional advice and research guided by our motto “Dignity through healthcare.”
We seek a dynamic, enthusiastic and self-motivated quantitative senior researcher to be part of our health economics research portfolio. Research in this portfolio focuses on the costing studies, cost-effectiveness and benefits of healthcare interventions, health systems and health policy particularly those related to hospital services and cancer care. Successful applicants will develop and lead studies and analyze and publish data from research projects on research questions that contribute to the evidence-based for improving access to and delivery of health services.
Main purpose of the job
- To provide support to the programmes of the Health Systems Enablement and Innovation Unit (HSEI)
Location
- Office of the Health Systems Enablement & Innovation Unit, Centurion
Key performance areas
1. Research Support
- Assist in proposal development
- Ensure study ethical clarence is obtained
- Adhere to Good Clinical Practice Standards
- Support the study staff in ensuring the appropriate monitoring and study registers, logs/tools are used and the data captured
- Address relevant concerns and misconceptions about the study and report to study staff
- A cross-cutting M&E project team including follow-up of participants
2. Data collection and analysis
- Collect, manage and maintain quality data for research and operations purposes
- Development and Use of Qualitative data collection tools
- Conducting in-depth interviews, document reviews and focus group discussions
- Transcribing the interview data and analysis of qualitative data
- Use of STATA/SPSS to analyze quantitative data, and presentation of findings
3. Literature review
- Use Navigating library databases
- Conducting literature searches
- Presenting literature review
4. Administration
- General administrative support to the staff
- Excellent organizational skills; attention to detail and a focus on quality and innovation
- Ensure effective time management
- Compile l reports as required
- Organize training, meetings and seminars as required
- Preparation of meeting documents (Agenda etc.)
- Minute taking and distribution
- Printing, copying, scanning document reviews will be required from time to time
5. Capacity development and continuous training
- Participate in all capacity development activities conducted in the unit
- Acquire a Good General Practice certificate
- Participate in all research training being conducted
- Be responsible for continuous self-development
Required minimum education and training
- Honours Degree or equivalent in Commerce/Economics/Health Sciences/Public Health/Information Science
- A Master’s Degree will be an added advantage
Desirable additional education, work experience and personal abilities
- Self-motivated, able to work independently and work as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Ability to communicate and follow instruction
- Communicate effectively with the Research team, management and participants
- Work effectively, collaboratively and amicably with the team
- Traveling and overtime/working over weekends may be required from time to time
- Ability to work with patients and health facility staff
TO APPLY
- Only if you do meet the minimum job requirements and experience as mentioned above, you may submit a detailed updated CV - Please Apply Online
- Please take note that the applicants who do not adhere to the above criteria will not be considered for the respective position.
- The closing date for all applications is 29 March 2021.
- Wits Health Consortium will only respond to shortlisted candidates.
- Candidates who have not been contacted within two weeks of the closing date can consider their applications to be unsuccessful.
- In accordance with our Employment Equity goals and plan, preference will be given to suitable applicants from designated groups as defined in the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998 and subsequent amendments thereto.
Please note that AJ PERSONNEL is only responsible for the advertising of the advertisement on behalf of their client Wits Health Consortium.
AJ Personnel does not have any salary or other information regarding the position.
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