ICAP Senior Health Informatics Consultant jobs in Ethiopia

ICAP Senior Health Informatics Consultant jobs in Ethiopia

Closing date: 05 Oct 2019

Summary

ICAP at Columbia University is seeking a senior-level health informatics consultant to support the implementation of case-based surveillance (CBS) in Ethiopia.

This is a grant funded contract which may or may not be renewed depending on need.

Major Accountabilities

Provide overall technical direction to health information system (HIS) work supporting CBS implementation in Ethiopia including recency testing

Ensure close coordination between all key stakeholders including ICAP, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Ethiopian Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) and Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI)

Support development of an HIS roadmap to for CBS data collection, management, analysis, visualization, and use

Provide direction on project scoping, timeline and budget estimation, resource planning and monitoring, project execution, and system support

Support development of scopes of work for vendors and consultants and help to monitor deliverables

Provide expert guidance on national HIS interoperability work, including integrations between patient-level databases, case-based surveillance systems, lab systems, shared health records, and unique identification with biometrics and a master patient index

Engage with stakeholders to design and build consensus around an interoperable health information architecture in alignment with the FMOH e-health architecture

Engage regularly with key stakeholders to identify project needs and any challenges along with solutions

Ensure the CBS health information system is addressing surveillance and program needs, and responds to ongoing health information system needs as the program evolves

Ensure that appropriate technical support documentation is developed and made available

Provide written and oral updates on status of CBS implementation and contributions to progress reports, technical meetings, continuation applications, and other donor reports and dissemination products

Proactively maintain knowledge of recent health informatics developments

Ensure that data use agreements are in place and data security standards are followed and well-documented

Build local capacity around HIS

and CBS through one on one mentoring and identify training needs

Education

Master’s degree in computer science, public health informatics, biostatistics related discipline

Experience, Skills & Minimum Required Qualifications

Minimum of seven (7) years of experience working with health information systems at least five (5) years related with public heath surveillance

Demonstrated experience with application development and data collection and management
Expertise in documentation, presentation tools, and project management tools

Excellent critical thinking, analysis, meeting facilitation, verbal and written communication, interpersonal interactions (e.g., partnering, conflict management, consulting, etc.), and organizational skills
Demonstrated experience working with large, health-related databases

Experience supervising staff and projects, working in a team environment and working independently with minimal supervision

Strong project management, organizational, and administrative skills

Experience with HIS applications that are currently used in Ethiopia or proposed for future surveillance and interoperability work, such as SmartCare or other electronic medical record (EMR) systems, REDCap, DHIS2, OpenMPI, OpenHIM

Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (e.g., Outlook, Word, Excel, etc.)

Strong oral and written skills in English

Experience, Skills & Preferred Qualifications

Experience working with U.S. government or other bilateral donors, especially CDC

Experience collaborating with MOHs, NGOs and/or CDC

Experience in international development, public health, working with data collected as part of routine health service delivery, and/or in HIV programs

Experience in developing and/or managing aggregate, patient-level and surveillance health information systems

Experience in developing or managing large-scale health information interoperability projects using OpenHIE or similar frameworks

Experience with health information data standards, such as FHIR and HL7

Experience in knowledge management, information sharing and publications

Travel Requirements

This position will be based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. There will periodic domestic travel throughout Ethiopia to support CBS implementation. Occasional international travel may be required.

How to Apply:
Please submit your CV and cover letter with subject title “Senior Health Informatics Consultant” to ICAP-Jobs@cumc.columbia.edu