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Date Posted: Tuesday, January 21 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
General Summary
CAMO-Net’s prestigious Fellowship Programme is offering One fellowship position that will join 10 other fellows from the 13 sites across 11 countries. This nine-month fellowship aims to develop the next generation of researchers with the knowledge and skills needed to optimise antimicrobial use in humans, contributing to CAMO-Net objectives and supporting the sustainability of antimicrobial optimization solutions. The programme is also designed to promote scientific leadership in antimicrobial optimization across the national hubs, technical laboratories, and shadow sites. Fellows will be supported to ensure that their projects provide a thorough, contextual understanding of situational data, with co-produced and evaluated interventions.
The ideal candidates will demonstrate a strong interest in antimicrobial optimization initiatives. They will be able to utilize the resources available through CAMO-Net partner sites and the Central Training Hub, including datasets, peer-to-peer sessions, e-learning platforms, and advanced facilities. Fellows will engage in both virtual and self-paced training, along with capacity-strengthening activities. They will receive guidance and mentoring from AMR specialists and experts across the network. Each fellow will be expected to develop and implement a quality improvement (QI) project at their site, focusing on one of the following thematic areas:
1. Innovation and Technology: Develop QI plans that incorporate advancements in artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, clinical decision support, personalized medicine, and the integration of host-pathogen dynamics. Fellows will learn about point-of-care diagnostics, lab-on-chip technology, antimicrobial biosensing, and ensuring medicine quality.
2. Context, Culture, and Behaviors: Lead projects that promote organizational and individual behavior change to improve prescribing practices and stewardship programmes. Fellows will gain insights into health-seeking behaviors, socio-cultural determinants of AMR, and healthcare utilization.
3. Medicines Management: Create QIs that optimize supply chains, address shortages of essential medicines, and ensure continuous access to effective treatments. Fellows will learn about prescribing systems, monitoring frameworks, and quality assurance testing to prevent overuse, misuse, and inappropriate prescribing.

Key Responsibilities
Project Management:
• Develop a detailed quality improvement project (QIP) plan, including timelines, milestones, and deliverables.
• Coordinate and oversee all aspects of the antimicrobial optimization project.
• Ensure adherence to project objectives and institutional goals

Collaboration and Stakeholder Engagement:
 Work closely with healthcare providers, pharmacists, microbiologists, infection control teams, and administrative staff across the network to realize goals to the QIP
 Facilitate regular meetings to share updates, discuss challenges, and refine strategies about the QIP
 Engage stakeholders to secure buy-in and ensure sustainable implementation of the intervention.
 Participate in collaborative grant proposals with other CAMO-Net site staff (participation in grant writing).

Education and Training:
• Develop and deliver training sessions or educational materials on antimicrobial stewardship principles in relation to the QIP.
• Promote awareness about the antimicrobial optimization project being implemented on site.

Implementation of Quality Improvement Interventions:
• Attend a week-long virtual induction programme at the Infectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University, at the start of the programme.
• Complete an online course related to their theme of interest within the first month.
• Complete a minimum of four courses from the virtual learning platform within two months.
• Develop and implement a quality improvement project related to one of the three CAMO-Net themes.
• Participate in peer-to-peer learning sessions at their partner hubs and develop an individual evaluation exercise for their project.
• Presentation of findings to local and international scientific conferences either by abstract, oral presentation or poster.
• Write and submit a manuscript about their project to a peer-reviewed journal.
• Any other responsibilities assigned to you by your immediate supervisor.

Reporting and Dissemination:
• Prepare and present project findings and recommendations to institutional leadership and relevant committees.
• Contribute to the development of publications or presentations for academic and professional forums.

Academic Qualifications
• •PhD is an added advantage
• Masters in social sciences, statistics, Medicine, public health, Nursing
• Bachelor’s degree in social sciences, statistics, Medicine, public health, Nursing or any other related area.

Person Specification
• All training should be from a chattered University
• Ability to implement a quality improvement project from their CAMO-Net site of origin
• Ability to leverage CAMO-Net site’s existing data
• Ready to commit as a full-time CAMO-Net fellow
• Strong project management and organizational skills.
• Proficiency in data analysis and visualization tools (e.g., Excel, statistical software).
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to engage diverse stakeholders.
• Knowledge of antimicrobial resistance, pharmacology, and institutional quality improvement frameworks is highly desirable



Job Experience: No Requirements

Work Hours: 8

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Level of Education: Postgraduate Degree

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