I-TECH Kenya Western Region Implementation Coordinator Job Vacancy

Vacancy: Implementation Coordinator - Western Kenya Region

Background: The International Training and Education Center on health (I-TECH), is a center in the University of Washington Department of Global Health. 

I-TECH works with Ministries of Health, local Non Governmental Organizations and Universities to support the development of a skilled health workforce and well organized national health delivery systems. 

In Kenya, I-TECH Kenya has working in collaboration with the Ministry of Health has designed and developed an electronic medical records system to support the care and treatment of patients. 

The implementation entry point at the health facility has been the HIV/AIDS service points and gradually expanding to support the entire out patient department. Eventually the EMR system will expand to support in-patient service delivery.

This initiative supported by President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief has been implemented at 341 public health facilities across 22 counties. I-TECH supports the use of the system through extensive capacity building of health managers and through on-site training of mentors on system use. 

I-TECH in collaboration with the US Centers for Disease Control is supporting the Ministry of Health with the deployment of an open source Laboratory Information system. Position 

Summary: International Training and Education Centre for Health (I-TECH) Kenya is seekingan implementation coordinator who will be responsible for the hands-on implementation and meaningful use of Electronic Medical Record Systems (EMRs) and Lab Information Systems (LIS), by working in close collaboration with the Ministry Of Health and implementing partners at National and County level. 

The incumbent of this position will report to the Implementation and Interoperability manager, and will be required to develop and operationalize the regional support structures for EMR Systems. 

Work location for this position is Western region Kakamega, Kenya.

Key Responsibilities

• To liaise with the implementing partners, regional teams and health facility management to execute the implementation plans developed for EMR & LIS systems’..
• To work with the regional teams and health facilities to identify and understand their needs for system roll out and maintenance.
• To prioritize, undertake a needs assessment and facilitate the health facilities for implementation.
• To support the installation of EMR & LIS systems at health facility level.
• To work with the MoH to monitor and report against implementation plans developed for the western region counties.
• To work with MoH and other partners to implement activities that supports MEANINGFUL USE of data from EMR and LIS systems.
• Support well thought out efforts aimed at improving effective use of routine health information to primarily support delivery of healthcare services, as well as other regulatory and obligatory data uses as identified by the MOH.
• To coordinate with MOH and implement capacity building activities on the use and administration of EMR and LIS systems at facility and county levels.
• To ensure support Systems Administrator training is conducted and onsite troubleshooting and remote support is provided.
• To provide technical support that ensures optimal functioning of the EMR, LIS, hardware and networks at the health facilities through the Help Desk system.

Skills & Qualifications
 

Required Education, Training & Experience:

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Public health with strong concentration in Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) and ICT, or A Bachelor’s degree in Information technology with strong skills in M&E and Public health information systems strengthening and use.
• Basic knowledge and experience working with programming languages (especially Java)
• Experience working with SQL Databases (especially ability to query, package data and conduct quantitative analyses)
• Minimum of 2 years work experience deploying information systems (specifically Health IT information systems
• Demonstrated knowledge of international and Kenya Health information system including relevant Government of Kenya policies and strategic plans.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and strong communications skills
• Experience and/or knowledge of MOH and other government sectors
• Ability to travel nationally
• Ability to manage time well and meet deadlines.
• Attention to detail and ability to monitor data and analyze reports

Desired

• Experience implementing and strengthening health information systems in the public health sector
• Knowledge of OpenMRS (in full) and open source Lab Information Systems design and implementation
• Experience supporting and implementing meaningful use of electronic medical records and lab information systems data.

Interested candidates should send in their applications to

I-TECH Kenya, 

P.O. Box 2614-00202 

Nairobi.

Email Address: jobs@itech-kenya.org

All applications should be received by 5pm 7th November 2014