Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops Health Informatics Officer Jobs in Kenya

Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops Health Informatics Officer Jobs in Kenya

Job Type: Full Time

Qualification: BA/ BSc/ HND

Experience: 3 years

Location: Nairobi

Job Field: Medical/ Healthcare

Ref - KCCB-ACTS/9/2022/12

Job Purpose

The Health Informatics Officer will work closely with KCCB ACTS technical team members and health facility team and is a dedicated resource for designing, developing, and maintaining EMR/EHR and a suite of other software applications.

The candidate will serve as a key software development focal person who can translate KCCB - ACTS data requirements into a final, robust, scalable, and secure software product.

Key Responsibilities

Enhance existing EMR/EHR by analyzing program requirements, preparing an action plan and identifying areas for modification and improvement;

Utilize established development tools, guidelines and conventions to design, develop, and test the EMR/EHR;

Maintain existing EMR/EHR by identifying and correcting software defects;

Engaging users and the program technical team in order to prioritize system feature requests;

Provide insight regarding usability and user experience to guide the development and impact of the EMR/HER for KCCB ACTS program;

Work closely with KCCB ACTS Monitoring and Evaluation Officers, Program

Technical Advisors and facility teams in defining and achieving data quality objectives;

Empower/train EMR users about functionalities of the systems

Learn and develop skills to keep abreast with new technologies;

Leverage knowledge and contribute to proper knowledge management within the program;

Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed;

Develop other software applications as requested;

Any other duties that may be reasonably assigned

Minimum Qualifications, Experience & Skills

Bachelor’s degree in

computer science or a closely related field

At least three (3) years of system programming experience with responsibilities that includes software development, database
development, system integration, data migration, and system performance optimization.

Experience with EMR/EHR software is mandatory

Experience in software development to include web applications, client- facing user interfaces, system integration and interoperability.

Working experience with either ASP.NET and/or Java.

Experience in mobile programming (android) is definite advantage

Excellent understanding of modern database design and development (MS- SQL, MySQL, Postgres).

Understands unit testing, APIs, JSON, jQuery, serialization, object oriented programming, data exchange, source control

Ability to investigate and develop skills in new technologies

Prior experience with Kenya EMR is highly desirable but not mandatory

Strong organizational and interpersonal skills.

Ability to work in a team environment, collaborating and sharing ideas

A willingness to meet new challenges with enthusiasm and meet deadlines in fast paced environment

Statistical analysis skills and experience is desirable

Closing Date: 3rd October 2022

How to Apply

For more information and job application details, see: Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops Health Informatics Officer Jobs in Kenya

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