Brief Description about the Project
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 (QI) approach.
- To implement and demonstrate feasibility of the most promising model that will improve glycemic control rates by 20% and evaluate quality of care.
Project Technical Support -III
Position Starting: 15th April, 2025
No. of Vacancy: Two
Salary: Rs. 35560/-
Preferred Qualifications: Essential – BSc/MSc Nursing /Pharma/BSc. Life Sciences/ + MPH, Desirable : MSc. Life Sciences/Pharm/MSc Biostatistics/etc.
Language: English, Kannada, (Read /Write/Translation/Transcription)
Experience: 1 year Experience
Last Day for Receiving Application: 1st April, 2025
Roles and 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
Interested candidates may send their Resume to:
The Principal Investigator
ICMR Improving Glycemic Control Study Project
SJMC
To Apply: E-mail cover letter and curriculum vitae with 3 references (names and email addresses / phone numbers) by on or before 1st April, 2025 pooja.rs1@stjohns.in & cc to hr@sjri.res.in
For more information, please visit our website www.sjri.res.in
Can Contact us on the following Numbers 080-49467010/49467011/49467021