NHSRC Hiring Quality & Patient Safety Consultant - B.Pharm Apply | Salary upto Rs. 1,20,000 month

The National Health Systems Resource Centre (NHSRC) has been set up under the National Health Mission (NHM) as an autonomous registered society, to channelize technical assistance and capacity building support to the states for strengthening the public health system. The NHSRC is also mandated to contribute to health policy / programme design and evaluation.

NHSRC is seeking applications from eligible candidates for the position of Consultant, Quality & Patient Safety for its branch office – Regional Resource Centre for North- Eastern States (RRC-NE) at Guwahati, Assam.

Post : Consultant-Quality & Patient Safety (RRC-NE)

Reporting to : Director, RRC-NE, Guwahati, Assam
No of post : One
Location : RRC-NE, Guwahati

Roles and Responsibilities :
Expected roles of the incumbent are summarized below –
a. S/he should be a team player.
b. Support the NE states with implementation of National Quality Assurance Standards and other endeavours (LaQshya, MusQan, Kayakalp and Patient Safety Tools) for improving the Quality of Care at Public Health Facilities.
c. Facilitate conducting of the Internal and External Assessments of health facilities and mentoring of the same for certification under NQAP.
d. The incumbent would be travelling to the NE States and their districts and impart QA trainings and mentoring visits. Thus, the candidate should possess skills for imparting trainings, including excellent command over language (English & Hindi) – spoken & written both. Willingness to travel to NE states, districts, and health facilities, which may be located in ‘hard to reach’ areas.
e. Review the contemporary literature and programme guidelines and examine the existing measurement system (ME & checkpoints) under the NQAS, LaQshya, MusQan, Kayakalp and Patient Safety Tool.
f. Support the division in drafting of other quality guidelines and implementation of resource material.
g. Should be able guide the NE states on updated evidence -based practices and latest GOI initiatives & guidelines.
h. Analysis of key performance indicators, outcome indicators and plan further to strengthen the gaps observed during the analysis.
i. Technical Assistance to NE states & districts in Operationalization of States and Districts Quality Assurance Units.
j. Review of drugs & logistics procurement system.
k. Appraisal of State PIPs & various documents shared by Ministry.
l. Drafting & Report writing.
m. Any other function / task, as allotted by Director – RRC-NE & Senior Consultant- Q&PS.

Qualifications and experience (Regular Courses only)
Essential : a. MBBS / BDS / AYUSH / B.Sc. Nursing / B.Pharm from a recognized institute with a post graduate degree/diploma (2-3 years regular full-time course) in Preventive & Social Medicine / Public Health / Hospital Management / Health Administration / Community Health Nursing from a recognized institute.
b. A minimum of 2 (two) years of relevant post-qualification (following post-graduation degree / diploma as mentioned in SL 5 Para ‘a’) experience is essential.
c. Excellent communication skill – writing and verbal.
d. Proficiency in MS Office package, any computerized data analytical package is highly desirable.
Desirable : a. Preference may be given to those applicants, who have directly worked on the assignments, resulting into certification / accreditation of hospitals to a recognised quality system such as NQAS, LaQshya, ISO 9001/ NABH/ JCI/ NABL etc. and / or Certified Internal/External NQAS/NABH/NABL Assessors.
b. Recognized Qualification in a Quality System, which may be waived off in case of deserving candidate.

Travel and subsistence – As per NHSRC/RRC-NE norms
The Consultant should be ready to travel extensively to State/District/Block/Community levels in all the NE States. All travels must be authorized in advance by Director, RRC- NE. The Consultant shall be reimbursed for travel as per NHSRC rules.

Reporting Requirements
The Consultant will submit monthly/applicable updated reports to the Director, RRC- NE through Senior Consultant- QPS.

Workstation : The workstation of the Consultant is at RRC-NE, Guwahati. However, s/he may be required to be relocated at any of the stations in any NE States on requirement of the organization.

Consultancy Period and Consultancy fees
Initially, it will be till 31st March 2027, the first 3 months will be on probation. Subject to satisfactory performance, the consultancy will continue for the full tenure. The consultancy can be terminated by either party by giving a notice of one month in writing. The Consultant will be paid a consolidated monthly fee as per NHSRC HR policy (*ranging from Rs.60,000/- to Rs.1,20,000/-). The Consultant shall not be entitled to any other benefits, payments, subsidy, compensation or pension except as expressly provided in the consultancy agreement. The consultant shall not be exempt from taxation and shall not be entitled to reimbursement of any taxes which may be levied as per existing rules on the remuneration received.
* Fee offered within the band will be commensurate to qualification and experience.

Other benefits : In addition to the renumeration mentioned above, Consultants of NHSRC are entitled to Free Accidental insurance, Subsidized Medical insurance, Mobile bills reimbursement, Laptop reimbursement (As per NHSRC Policy), 30 days Consolidated leave, fully paid Maternity leave (For Female Consultants) as per Government of India policy, performance linked increments, TA/ DA and per diem for on-duty visits.

Age Limit : Not above 45 years (as on last date of receiving of applications)
Note : Short listing shall be done based on relevant experience and educational qualification. However age may be relaxed upto two years for experienced candidates working in the relevant field. Only shortlisted candidates shall be informed and called for the interview.

How to apply
Candidates are requested to fill the online application correctly which is available on the NHSRC website. Applications will be accepted in the prescribed online application format only. Last date for receiving applications is 1st December 2025.

Note :
1. Please mention the full form of all the postgraduate qualifications in the application form to avoid rejection.
2. Please refrain from using abbreviations in the application.