3 Fresher District Health Information Officer Job Opportunities – Rakai Health Sciences Program (RHSP)

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Organisation: Rakai Health
Sciences Program (RHSP)
Duty Station: Uganda
Reports to: RHSP Sub-Region
Health Information Manager
About US:
Rakai Health Sciences Program is a collaborative Bio-medical research
and service delivery organization. It strives to improve the quality of life of
the local population through a combination of community based research,
curative services and prevention strategies in the District of Rakai, South
Western Uganda. It is based at the Uganda Virus Research Institute – Entebbe
and Kalisizo in Rakai District.
Key Duties and
Responsibilities:   
  • Assist the District biostatistician in
    training and mentorship of facility records officers
  • Work closely with district teams to ensure
    availability of all necessary HMIS tools at facilities
  • Render support to the district in the maintenance
    of facility computers and accessories as well as the openMRS
  • Support facilities to ensure completeness
    and accuracy of entries into the openMRS
  • Support facilities to ensure timely and
    accurate completion and submission of HMIS reports and other required
    reports
  • Ensure that PEPFAR extra indicators and
    finer disaggregation reports are compiled and submitted from all the
    supported facilities in the district.
  • Assist the District Biostatisticians and
    records officers conduct regular data quality audits of HMIS reports
  • Support the district biostatistician and
    records officers conduct data analyses required for regular district and
    facility data review meetings as well as tracking of selected indicators
  • Perform any other duties that may be
    assigned by either the supervisor.
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:
  • The ideal candidate for the District
    Health Information Officer job placement should preferably hold a Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Public Health, QM or equivalent
  • At least two years’ experience in Information
    Systems (HMIS, DHIS2 & OpenMRS );
  • Good mentoring skills;
  • Good team leader;
  • Broad knowledge and understanding of Local
    Government Structures,
  • Knowledge of MER 2.1 PEPFAR indicators
    will be an additional advantage;
  • Working knowledge of analysis with
    Microsoft Excel;
  • Riding Skills with a valid permit ;
  • Willingness to work in a rural area, able
    to work with minimal supervision;
  • Background training in a medical field
    will be an added advantage
  • Age: 25-40 years
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested applicants should send their
application letter, valid academic documents and detailed resume (CV) with
three recognizable referees to:
The Human Resource Manager,
Rakai Health Sciences Program,
P.O. Box 279, Kalisizo, Rakai, Uganda
OR
Send by E-mail to: jobs@rhsp.org
Deadline: 28th April 2017

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