Consultant III - Development of Level Adjusted Multi-Disease Tools for reporting by Secondary and Tertiary Health Facilities at Management Sciences For Health - MSH

Overview

• The key objective for the short-term technical assistance is to facilitate the development of multi-disease HMIS tools for reporting by Secondary and Tertiary health facilities in line with the national HMIS strategy.

Specific Responsibilities

• Liaise with relevant staff of FMoH, Departments  and other stakeholders to review existing HMIS tools i.e. the data collection and the reporting tools; the SOP for the facility HMIS tools, reporting process and data flow in these facilities to understand the system and identify the gaps
• Develop draft HMIS tools for use by Secondary and Tertiary health facilities
• Present the draft documents in a workshop with the core stakeholders
• Finalise the tools and SOP for reporting by Secondary and Tertiary health facilities.
• Develop draft training materials and DQA assessment checklist
• Participate in the pilot of the tools
• Facilitate a 2 days residential workshop after the pilot with identified stakeholders to review and finalize the tools, SOP, training materials, etc as appropriate
• Support FMOH to develop plans to roll out the tools i.e. Training of trainers workshop, step down training, etc
• Submit final HMIS tools and SOP for reporting by Secondary and Tertiary health facilities, Private Clinics, Faith-based Hospitals to RSSH

Qualifications and Experience

• Minimum qualification of a Master degree or equivalent, in Public Health, Epidemiology or related field.  

Competencies:

• Strong technical capabilities and demonstrated the ability to gain the assistance and corporation of others in a team
• Strong interpersonal and communication, resourcefulness, initiative, tactful, and negotiating skills, and the ability to cope with the situation which may pose a conflict
• Ability to handle effectively multiple tasks without compromising quality, team spirit and positive working relationship.
• Ability to resolve complex problems with minimal supervision
• Proficient in computer skills

Technical Experience:

• At least 5 - 10 years of experience on the National Health Management Information System.
• Good knowledge of the NHMIS tools, procedures and operational procedures of data flow.
• Proven experience in monitoring and evaluation

Language:

• Excellent English writing and oral skills.