Organization: Children's Health Fund
Location: United States
Eligible Citizenship: All Non-US Citizens
Application Code: US06-Int
Job Function: Advocacy, Communications, Monitoring and Evaluation / Quality Improvement, Research, Strategic Planning / Consulting
Issue Area: Child Health, Maternal and Reproductive Health
About
Low-income children throughout the United States are in worse health and have a harder time getting health care than their wealthier peers. To overcome access barriers and health disparities, Children’s Health Fund (CHF) brings comprehensive, continuous health care right to the children and families who need it most, regardless of ability to pay. The Fund supports a network of 23 mobile medical and community-based programs in 13 states and the District of Columbia.
CHF’s dedicated doctors, nurses, social workers, nutritionists and other compassionate professionals each year provide over 250,000 clinical and health education visits to about 80,000 children and families who might not otherwise receive the quality health care they deserve.
Position Overview
The Monitoring, Evaluation and Research Fellow will be based in New York City. As part of the interdisciplinary Medical Affairs department, the Monitoring, Evaluation and Research Fellow will support the monitoring, evaluation and research needs of CHF’s National Network of 23 programs providing healthcare to underserved children. While united by the common mission to provide healthcare to underserved children, the National Network programs vary considerably in size, resources, operational structure, data capacities, research capacity, Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems, institutional support, clinical teams, populations served and geographic locations. The fellow will help the Medical Affairs department optimize the use of data for the diverse needs of the organization – program monitoring and evaluation, quality improvement, applied research, accountability to funders, proposals, organizational strategic planning, advocacy, and media communications.
In particular, the fellow will work on monitoring and evaluation plans and research studies intended to provide data and evidence that support improved health care services and outcomes for vulnerable populations as well as inform and support CHF’s advocacy work. In addition, the fellow will contribute to ongoing quality improvement and program assessment efforts, including analysis of administrative data from the CHF National Network programs to describe patient demographics, scope of services provided, and efficacy of services delivered. The fellow will also participate in the program development and other activities of the Medical Affairs team (such as special initiative development and local events).
Responsibilities
The fellow will work under the supervision of the Department of Medical Affairs’ Chief Medical Officer and Director of Evaluation and interact closely with other CHF departments (Advocacy, Communications & Development) and the National Network programs. The fellow will be based at the CHF headquarters office 4 days a week and at the South Bronx clinic one day a week.
Specifically, the fellow will support the following monitoring, evaluation and research activities:
- Develop and implement monitoring and evaluation plans for grants that vary considerably in size, focus areas (e.g. asthma, obesity prevention & treatment, healthcare technology etc.,) and National Network programs supported. This will involve working closely with the programs to: specify program design through logic modelling; develop outcome and process measures; develop data collection tools; develop data collection timelines; develop quality checking procedures; provide technical assistance to programs; analyze data; assess program performance using data; and provide programs with feedback to improve care
- Conduct analyses of the data using SPSS and Excel, and write reports summarizing results and potential applications
- Work on a monitoring and evaluation system for the National Network to assess the overall impact of the National Network programs and the impact of specific models of care
- Support the regular data collection, quality checking, analysis and reporting of administrative data on the CHF’s National Network (patient volume, types of services delivered and program information on the National Network programs)
- Conduct literature reviews and, depending on organizational need, contribute to the writing of articles for peer-reviewed journals, white papers, monographs and other CHF documents for online publication, targeted dissemination and support of CHF’s advocacy positions
- Assist with other activities of the Medical Affairs Department as needed
Required Skills and Experience
- Experience in monitoring, evaluation or research
- Self-directed and able to work independently
- Ability to work as part of an interdisciplinary team
- Data analysis experience, using Excel and/or SPSS
- Strong writing skills
- Knowledge of health care and issues specific to child and community health
- Strong attention to detail
Preferred Skills and Experience
- Interest in health policy
- Interest in serving poor and vulnerable communities
- Exemplary professional etiquette
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Proven ability to manage large workloads and multi-task
- Experience in primary care settings a plus
Fellowship Logistics
During the fellowship year, all fellows are provided with:
- A pre-tax living stipend of $1100/month
- Housing and utilities
- Health insurance
- A professional development grant of $600
- An award of $1500 upon successful completion of the fellowship year
- Travel costs covered to and from placement site, training and retreats
Living and Working in the United States: Fellows are provided with housing and utilities during the fellowship year. Housing arrangements vary based on location within the country. Fellows placed at Children’s Health Fund will live with other fellows in a furnished apartment in New York City, New York, an urban center.
