The Center for Clinical Care and Clinical Research is an indigenous, non-profit organization that promotes best practices in health care delivery, medical training and research using locally adapted models of health systems strengthening. CCCRN has established a formidable presence in Nigeria. With the headquarters in Federal Capital Territory and field offices in its operational states, CCCRN built a vast network of health and allied professional staff, partners and collaborators.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Health Informatics Associate
Location: Uyo – Akwa Ibom / Calabar – Cross River
Project: ICHSSA Lot 1
Department: Project Management
Reports to: HI Officer
About ICHSSA
- The Integrated Child Health and Social Service Award ICHSSA 1 is an ongoing five years award agreement by USAID, commenced on December 19, 2019. ICHSSA 1 is implemented by the Center for Clinical Care and Research Nigeria.
- The project will ensure that Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) are cared for, and protected by their households,communities, and local and state government to reduce their vulnerability to HIV.
The project expected results is highlighted as follows:
- Households have increased access to basic services and care forOVC
- Communities ensure that OVC secure theirrights
- Local and State Government deliver basic services, detect and respond to child rights violations
- Prioritized targeted services for specific OVC subpopulationsdelivered
Specific Roles and Responsibilities
- Support the Health informatic officer to integrate new IT solutions into existing database utilize to report program data.
- Support in the development of a Chat Bot to aid service provision and tracking by case workers.
- Provide hands on support to CBOs to drive satisfaction with the IT solution – CHILD Monitor.
- Support the SI team and CBO MEL officers on how to utilize IT solution to track project deliverables and continue to improve user experience and interface (UX/UI)
- Assist the strengthen informatics capacity of CBOs towards standardization and utilization of the case management app – CHILD Monitor by trouble shooting and providing real time solutions
- Assist development of comprehensive functional update of the CHILD Monitor with specifications based on USAID inputs on expansion of features.
- Support and facilitate the development and implementation of M & E plans for CHILD Monitor standardization, documentation of learning and user guidelines.
- Assist the SI team, to co-ordinate update and implementation of the CHILD Monitor, interoperability Layer, shared record and Master Client Registry
- Continue to support that all Nigeria specific user requirements, requested enhancements and reported bugs are accurately captured, validated and prioritized.
- Support User Stories at a project level and ensure that they are sufficiently documented with clear acceptance criteria and that they are traceable to sprint backlogs.
- Support the HI officer inthe Implementation of CCCRN strategies to support change management of the new system or its interoperability with NOMIS Web version.
- Continue to assist,monitor and ensure that information-supported systems meet prevailing standards, including security and confidentiality.
- Participate in identifying and documenting project success stories.
- Support project documentation needs including development of Informatics sections in project reports and Work Planning
- Effectivelysupport and promptly response to reported issues and maintain catalogue of related issues for upgrade and improvement.
- Provide support for technical expertise on spatial data collection, map series creation, compilation of available geospatial data sets, web mapping, spatial analysis, data visualization and remote sensing.
- Assist to constantly monitor and report on progress of the IT solution to project leadership
- Other duties assigned.
Key Working Relationships:
- Internal: Health InformaticsOfficers, Database Officer, State Program Managers
- Supervisory: None
- External: CBOs and Community case workers
Qualifications
- First Degree in Public Health, Health Care Informatics, Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Science, Public Policy or Health Policy, Statistics or related field.
- At least three (3) years of professional experience in a healthcare or public health setting with health informatics responsibilities
- Extensive knowledge of current public health information technology and applications.
- Extensive experience in a setting involving the use of health information programs.
- In depth knowledge and experience in IT solutions for health informatics.
Agency Wide Competences (for all CCCRN staff):
- These are rooted in the mission, values, and guiding principles of CCCRN and used by each staff member to fulfill his or her responsibilities and achieve the desired results.
- CCCRN core values are; Excellence, Knowledge, Professionalism, Accountability, Diversity and Collaboration.
Application Closing Date
10th May, 2023.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
CLICK HERE TO APPLY
Note: Interested candidates are encouraged to click on the link above to complete the form and submit their CV/Resume and Cover Letter form.
