Jobs
The National Center for Child Traumatic Stress
(NCCTS), co-located at UCLA and Duke University,
the national coordinating center for the National
Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN), is
seeking applicants for the position NCCTS Improvement
Advisor. The NCTSN is a unique federally funded
initiative that seeks to improve the quality,
effectiveness and availability of care and
services for children and families who are
exposed to a wide range of traumatic experiences,
including physical and sexual abuse, domestic,
school and community violence, natural disasters
and terrorism, and life-threatening injury
and illness. The NCCTS leads the coordination
of NCTSN activities through multiple program
areas, and provides support and facilitation
of collaborations. Visit www.NCTSN.org for
more organizational information.
Work Performed
This position will lead the National Center
for Child Traumatic Stress (NCCTS) internal
quality improvement efforts across multiple
programs through the development of measures,
data collection, procedures/protocols, and
other evaluation methods. Primary program
areas to be included in quality improvement
activities are: Data & Evaluation, Service
Systems, Training & Implementation, Treatment & Intervention
Development, Terrorism & Disaster, Finance & Administration,
and Consumer Involvement.
Guide collaborative participants, faculty
and staff, in the application of measures to
improve NCCTS internal performance and practice,
develop action plans and determine change priorities.
Provide training and coaching in quality improvement
strategies and ensure that strategies used
are adequately documented.
Enter and process data, ensuring its accuracy
and completeness; identify problems and/or
inconsistencies in data collection, recommending
corrective action as appropriate.
Conduct focus groups, interviews and survey
assessments to determine performance gaps and
requirements; assess work environment’s
readiness to support specific changes need
to improve performance.
Review implementation research on best practices,
implementation science, and implement practices
in the programs. Write and participate in the
development and preparation of reports and
publications. Engage in data collection and
evaluation activities as needed and determined
by program director.
Qualifications:
Work requires a minimum of 5 years experience
in the design, delivery and evaluation of
business or research related quality improvement
activities, designing QI measures and providing
training to implement a QI program. Masters
level or above preferred.
Send cover letter and resume to cathryn.chiesa@duke.edu.
Reference position #400387274. Coordinator,
Education & Training at http://www.hr.duke.edu/jobs/main.html for further information. Salary is dependent
on education and experience. Duke University
is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action
Employer. Position is located in Durham, NC
Posted: Aug 30, 2010
The National Center for Child Traumatic Stress
(NCCTS), co-located at UCLA and Duke University,
the national coordinating center for the National
Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN), is
seeking applicants for the position NCCTS Improvement
Advisor. The NCTSN is a unique federally funded
initiative that seeks to improve the quality,
effectiveness and availability of care and
services for children and families who are
exposed to a wide range of traumatic experiences,
including physical and sexual abuse, domestic,
school and community violence, natural disasters
and terrorism, and life-threatening injury
and illness. The NCCTS leads the coordination
of NCTSN activities through multiple program
areas, and provides support and facilitation
of collaborations. Visit www.NCTSN.org for
more organizational information.
Work Preformed:
This position is responsible for advising the
Evaluation Team in regard to performance
evaluation efforts consistent with the model
for improvement, as well as development of
tracking and monitoring methods and metrics
related to the goals of federal reporting
requirements and with multiple activities
that support the goals of the NCTSN data
analysis supplement plan as submitted to
SAMHSA.
Implement quality improvement strategies and
make sure that strategies used are adequately
documented. Guide collaborative participants,
NCTSN members (including mini-grant recipients),
and NCCTS staff, in the development and application
of measures to improve performance and practice,
develop action plans, and determine change
priorities.
Enter and process data, ensuring its accuracy
and completeness; identify problems and/or
inconsistencies in data collection, recommending
corrective action as appropriate.
Conduct focus groups, interviews, and electronic
survey assessments to determine performance
gaps and requirements; assess work environment’s
readiness to support specific changes needed
to improve performance.
Review implementation research on best
practices, implementation science, and
implement practices
in the programs. Provide assistance in
report and publication preparation. Engage
in data
and evaluation activities with multiple
teams and collaborators.
Qualifications: Work requires a minimum
of 5 years experience in a related field
and
experience in the development of evaluation
methodologies
including outcome approach logic models,
qualitative and quantitative measures,
and metrics. Candidate
must have experience working with multiple
collaborators or an equivalent combination
of relevant education and/or work experience.
Master’s level or above preferred,
Send cover letter and resume to cathryn.chiesa@duke.edu.
This is an anticipated position pending
funding award and is not yet established.
Salary
will be dependent on position classification
and
on applicant education and experience.
Duke University is an Equal Opportunity
/ Affirmative
Action Employer. Position is located
in Durham, NC
Posted: Aug 30, 2010
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