Health Informatics Volunteer NGO Jobs – African Network for the Care of Children Affected by HIV/AIDS (ANECCA)

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Job Title:    Health Informatics Volunteer

Organisation: African Network for the Care of Children Affected by HIV/AIDS (ANECCA)

Duty Station:   Uganda

Reports to: District Program Officer

 

About US:

The African Network for the Care of Children Affected by HIV/AIDS (ANECCA) is a network of clinicians and social scientists across Africa working to improve the quality of health care services for women, children, adolescents, young adults, and their families in Africa by strengthening the RMNCAHN platform. ANECCA is a registered NGO in Uganda with strong collaboration with the Ministry of Health and other institutions.

 

Job Summary:  Reporting to the MEL Director, the Health Informatics Volunteer will support the implementation of Uganda EMR system in the LPHS-Karamoja region. The volunteer will provide rapid response to ICT/Uganda EMR issues in the assigned cluster and support the project to realize the use of Point of Care (POC) EMR in management of patient data and reporting. The volunteer will closely work with IT team and Monitoring and Evaluation department to ensure smooth implementation and use Uganda EMR to improve data quality and Reporting

 

Key Duties and Responsibilities:  

  • Work with the MEL officers to technically support the implementation of Uganda EMR system within assigned clusters
  • With the support from the RHITES_E/ LPHS-Karamoja IT & HMIS team to Diagnose and Solve Hardware/Software faults across sites running Uganda EMR
  • Train and mentor Data Assistants and Health Information Assistants on using Uganda EMR for patient data management, data use and reporting
  • Performing regular site visits to support Health Information Assistants/data clerks and monitor data improvement requirement, identifying weaknesses, TA needs, lessons learnt, and best practices.
  • Installing and configuring computer hardware, software and applications





Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

  • The applicant must hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science/Engineering, Information Technology or related field.
  • One year of experience working directly with, OpenMRS/Electronic Medical Records will be an added advantage

 

Desired skills

  • Strong Hardware/Software Troubleshooting Skills
  • Knowledge of web/internet standards, hardware/software and relational database technologies.
  • Understanding of Windows operating system, MySQL database, open source technologies and approaches with programming experience in JAVA and PHP
  • Strong communication abilities, to both technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
  • Ability to work in a multicultural environment

 

How to Apply:

All interested persons are requested to apply by sending detailed applications with the most recent resumes and references to Esther Namwase email: enamwase@anecca.org

 

Deadline: 9th December 2021 by 5:00 pm

 

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