Supervisor Medical Data Entry
Duty Station: Homa
Bay Town
Length of Contract: One year, renewable based on
performance
Date of issue: 30st
December 2022
Deadline for application: 13th January 2023
Medecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an
independent international medical humanitarian organization providing
assistance to people affected by armed conflicts, epidemics, natural or
non-natural disasters or persons excluded from access to health care. The
organization has health projects in more than 68 countries.
MSF in Homa Bay is looking to fill the
position of Supervisor Medical Data Entry. The
successful candidate will be reporting to the Data Analyst Activity Manager.
Objective of the Position:
The Supervisor Medical Data Entry will ensure
completion of all activities related to medical data entry and data management
into the mission database (REDCAP/EPIDATA/COKO collect/excel etc). Supervise,
organise and plan the activity of Data Entry officers/operators (HRIO) in
Homabay Teaching and referral hospital (Internal Medicine)/Homabay/ Decent
Activities (TB/HIV/Chronic; Hypertension, Diabetes, Asthma,COPD, and Epilepsy )
, as well as identify their training needs in order to provide a good service
support and reliability of the data collected.
Tasks &
Responsibilities include but not limited to:
- Supervise, organize and plan the
activity of Data Entry officers (HRIO) to have a reliable record of
medical activity performed.
- As well, as identify their
training/technical support needs, Leave plan in order to provide a good
service support and reliability of the data collected.
- Ensure collation and entry of all
data identified by project managers for collection (e.g. morbidity,
mortality, surveillance of diseases of epidemics, nutrition, psychological
and women’s health, etc) into the appropriate data management system while
ensuring quality of data
- Do quality control on data
officers’ performance on regular basis, (Data quality audit)
- Know and ensure proper use of
software used for recording (i.e. REDCAP, Epi data, Funsoft, DHIS2 etc.).
- Ensure accuracy of the medical
data entered into the mission’s database (REDCAP) on a regular basis,
according to MSF protocols and carry out regular back-ups.
- Provide technical support to data
entry officers/operators in project sites and give response to their
training needs.
- Provide regular quality
statistical reports for the medical team as well as informing the superior
of any missing information, major changes or big differences in data
- Ensuring HRIOs have ongoing
sufficient supplies of necessary data collection tools
Qualifications &
Requirements:
Education
- Diploma in health records/
information technology/ statistics and any other relevant training.
- Degree in Information and
Technology (IT) /Health records information system is desirable.
Experience
- One (1) year of working
experience.
- Desirable in MSF or other NGOs
Competencies
- Essential computer literacy
(word, excel, Power point, Power BI, REDCAP, ,funsoft,EPI DATA)
- Desirable knowledge on medical
statistics data bases (EPI INFO, STATA, SPSS,R)
- Fluent in English and Swahili,
- Result and quality oriented
- Prioritizing and multitasking
- Team management and coordination.
- Commitment to MSF principle
How to Apply
Applicants MUST be Kenyan nationals and have
the necessary statutory documents (ID, NSSF, NHIF and a PIN certificate).
Candidates meeting the above qualifications are requested to submit a
motivation letter and an updated Curriculum Vitae as a single file by 13th January 2023 and
mentioning on the subject email line, “Supervisor
Medical Data Entry -Homabay” to: Email: msff-kenyarecruitment@paris.msf.org
Applications must be received by the
deadline. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. MSF is an equal
opportunity Employer and does not charge any application/ recruitment fee.
The protection of your personal data is
important to MSF. By submitting your application, you consent to MSF using your
personal data only for the recruitment process to have all the information and
documents necessary to proceed with the recruitment, validation of your
application and selection of the most suitable candidate. Your personal data
will be treated confidentially. MSF does not sell your personal data under any
circumstances. If you have any questions, requests or concerns, you can contact
us on msffkenya-recruitment@paris.msf.org.
MSF is an equal Employer and does not charge any application/
recruitment fee. We will not reply to questions about the position. All necessary
information can be found in this vacancy announcement.
Female candidates are
encouraged to apply
