National Consultant: Consultancy for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Framework Review, For 7 months (Remotely).

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In Tanzania, the healthcare sector performs a pivotal function in assembly the healthcare wants of its various and rising inhabitants. To make sure the supply of high-quality healthcare companies, it’s crucial that healthcare staff constantly replace their data and expertise. The present healthcare panorama in Tanzania is marked by dynamic adjustments, together with developments in medical applied sciences, rising ailments, evolving remedy modalities, and shifting healthcare insurance policies. In response to those challenges and alternatives, there’s a urgent have to comprehensively revise the present Persevering with Skilled Improvement (CPD) framework for healthcare professionals in Tanzania. This revision won’t solely handle the distinctive calls for and complexities of the Tanzanian healthcare context but additionally foster a tradition of lifelong studying amongst healthcare staff. By enhancing the relevance and effectiveness of the CPD applications, the revised framework will contribute to elevating the general requirements of healthcare supply, selling evidence-based practices, and bettering the well being outcomes of the Tanzanian inhabitants.

How will you make a distinction? 

UNICEF Tanzania is hiring a Nationwide Guide to offer technical help to the federal government of Tanzania within the revision of the persevering with skilled growth (CPD) framework. We’re doing this to strengthen the CPD system in Tanzania in step with the development within the well being sector contributing to improved affected person care and well being outcomes. The deliverables of this consultancy will likely be utilized by the skilled associations, CPD suppliers and well being care staff throughout all service supply factors. The outcomes of the consultancy will drive the next choices: 1) License renewal, 2) Standards for CPD suppliers 3) Matters for CPD factors and their weights 4) Approaches of accruing CPD factors and 5) Governance of CPD system.

Scope of Work:

United Nations Worldwide Youngsters s Fund (UNICEF) in collaboration with the Directorate of Human Useful resource for Well being (DHRH) is recruiting a guide to conduct a complete evaluate of Tanzania’s present CPD framework for healthcare professionals to establish areas that require revision in step with the most recent developments in service supply, drawing on finest follow from nations inside and out of doors the Sub-Saharan Africa area, as applicable, and to discover how this revised framework could also be linked with the renewal of licenses for healthcare professionals. The target of this consultancy is to reply to the next key query: 1. How can the governance of the CPD system in Tanzania be optimized for optimum effectiveness? 2. In what methods can CPD be institutionalized throughout all ranges of the healthcare system? 3. Which extra modules and approaches ought to be included into the CPD system to align with present medical developments.

Anticipated outputs/deliverables:

The guide shall undertake the next duties:
a. Desk evaluate of Present CPD Framework for Healthcare Professionals:
i. Conduct a complete evaluate of the present CPD framework for healthcare staff in Tanzania,
analyzing its strengths, weaknesses, alternatives, and challenges.
ii. Assess the relevance and effectiveness of the present framework in assembly the various wants of
healthcare professionals throughout totally different specialties and ranges of follow.
b. Stakeholder Consultations:
i. Interact with key stakeholders, together with medical associations, regulatory our bodies, healthcare
establishments, and particular person healthcare professionals to offer their insights, together with on the desk
evaluate.
ii. Conduct focus group discussions, interviews, and surveys to assemble insights and suggestions on the
present CPD framework and expectations for the revised framework.
c. Benchmarking and Finest Practices in Healthcare CPD:
i. Conduct a comparative evaluation of healthcare CPD frameworks from different nations with related
healthcare techniques and challenges.
ii. Determine profitable healthcare CPD fashions and finest practices that could possibly be tailored to the Tanzanian
healthcare context.
d. Improvement of Revised CPD Framework for Healthcare Professionals:
i. Suggest a tailor-made and particular CPD framework that addresses the distinctive wants of healthcare
professionals in Tanzania.
ii. Combine suggestions from stakeholders and incorporate finest practices into the revised framework.

iii. Articulate governance of the CPD framework.
e. Reporting: Put together a complete report detailing:
i. Suggestions for capacity-building initiatives to help the efficient implementation of the
revised CPD framework within the healthcare sector.
ii. Methods to reinforce the capability of medical associations, healthcare establishments, and trainers
concerned in delivering CPD applications.
f. Develop an implementation plan for the revised CPD Framework for Healthcare Professionals:
i. Set up an inventory of key actions for the revised CPD framework implementation.
ii. Put together for every key exercise established for the revised CPD framework implementation, an
implementation plan with clearly outlined indicators.
iii. Finalize an in depth implementation plan for the revised CPD framework.

WORK ASSIGNMNET	DELIVERABLES	TIME FRAME	PAYMENT IN %
An in depth plan outlining the methodology and work plan for the complete task (15 days).	1. Inception Report	October 2023	10%
Conduct a complete evaluate of the present CPD framework and examine it with different nations in related contexts/settings highlighting finest practices (15 days).	2. Desk evaluate	November 2023	20%
Major information assortment and evaluation: (i) KIIs with various professions to get their insights on the present CPD framework (ii) Conduct FGDS with well being care professionals to get their expertise on the present CPD framework operationalization and what must be modified (43 days)	3. Implementation report	January 2024	20%
Revise the CPD framework: Incorporate findings from the desk evaluate and first information assortment to develop the primary draft of the revised CPD framework (30 days). Current to UNICEF crew: Current the primary draft of the CPD framework to the UNICEF crew for suggestions earlier than the stakeholders assembly.	4. Draft 1 of the revised CPD framework 5.Assembly report	February 2024	30%
Stakeholder session: Current the primary draft of the revised CPD framework to stakeholders, together with regulatory our bodies {and professional} associations, and incorporate inputs for enchancment and develop draft 2 of the revised CPD framework (20 days).	6.Draft 2 of the revised CPD framework	March 2024	10%
Validation assembly: Current the revised CPD framework to stakeholders for validation and growth of the ultimate Revised CPD Framework for Healthcare Professionals: share with MoH (Ministry of Well being) and UNICEF a finalized and validated model of the CPD framework and incorporating stakeholder inputs (10 days)	7. Ultimate model of the revised CPD framework	April 2024	10%
TOTAL			100%

PAYMENT SCHEDULE.
UNICEF reserves the suitable to withhold all or portion of fee if efficiency is unsatisfactory, if work/output is incomplete, not delivered or for failure to satisfy deadlines. 

ASSESSMENT / SELECTION PROCESS AND METHODS
Evaluations: The applicant ought to submit each technical and monetary proposal which clearly stipulate how the work will likely be carried out. The Monetary Proposal ought to embrace all prices of this task together with payment, journey prices, lodging as UNICEF won’t pay any DSA.

Proposals will likely be each technically and financially evaluated. The technical half will carry a weight of 75%, wherein the guide will put clear his/her technical method to make sure high quality attainment of every deliverable and the consultancy in totality. The monetary half will carry 25% displaying the proposed price range breakdown of consultancy price for every deliverable (charges, travels and lodging) and eventual complete consultancy price.

LOCATION, DURATION & LOGISTIC
The guide will function remotely with scheduled journey to Dar es Salaam, Dodoma, and different three areas as applicable.

The validity of the contract will likely be for 7 months.

To qualify as an advocate for each little one you should have… 

• An Superior diploma (Grasp’s or MMed) in Public Well being, Well being Administration, Human Useful resource Administration or associated area
• A minimal of 8 years of related skilled expertise in healthcare training {and professional} growth, with a deal with CPD for healthcare staff.
• In-depth understanding of grownup studying ideas Robust facilitation and presentation expertise
• Fluency in English is required. Proficiency in Swahili is an asset.

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Remarks:  

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