Health Informatics Officer at The Center for Clinical Care and Clinical Research

Specific Roles and Responsibilities

The HI officer, will:

• Collaborate with the Database Manager to integrate new IT solution into existing database utilize to report program data.
• Lead in the support and improvement of a Chat Bot to aid service provision and tracking by case workers.
• Manages ongoing relationship with CBOs to drive satisfaction with the IT solution – CHILD Monitor.
• Mentor CBO SI and MEL officers on how to utilize IT solution to track project deliverables and continue to improve user experience and interface (UX/UI)
• Lead the development of project indicator monitoring dashboard using Tableau or Power BI
• Strengthen informatics capacity of CBOs towards standardization and utilization of the case management app – CHILD Monitor.
• Lead development of comprehensive functional update of the CHILD Monitor with specifications based on USAID inputs on expansion of features with integration into the NOMIS 3.0 Web version
• Facilitate updates and standardization of the CHILD Monitor app with documentation of learning and update of the user guidelines.
• Work with the SI team, to co-ordinate update and implementation of the CHILD Monitor, interoperability Layer, shared record and Master Client Registry
• Continue to ensure that all Nigeria specific user requirements, requested enhancements and reported bugs are accurately captured, validated and prioritized.
• Manage User Stories at a project level and ensure that they are sufficiently documented with clear acceptance criteria and that they are traceable to sprint backlogs.
• Oversee Implementation of CCCRN strategies to support change management of the new system or its interoperability with NOMIS.
• Continue to monitor and ensure that information supported systems meet prevailing standards, including security and confidentiality.
• Participate in identifying and documenting project success stories.
• Contribute to project documentation needs including development of Informatics sections in project reports and Work Planning
• Effectively and promptly response to reported issues and maintain catalogue of related issues for upgrade and improvement.
• Provide technical expertise on spatial data collection, map series creation, compilation of available geospatial data sets, web mapping, spatial analysis, data visualization and remote sensing
• Constantly monitor and report on progress of the IT solution to project leadership
• Other duties as signed.

Key Working Relationships:

• Internal: Director of Strategic Information, Director of Programs, Strategic Information Officers, Database Manager, State Program Managers
• Supervisory: Health Informatics Assistant 
• External: CBO and Government partners

Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Public Health, Public Health Informatics, Health Care Informatics, Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Science, Public Policy or Health Policy, Statistics or related field.
• At least five (5) years of professional experience in a healthcare or public health setting with health informatics responsibilities.
• Extensive knowledge of current public health information technology and applications.
• Extensive experience in a setting involving the use of health information programs.
• In depth knowledge and experience in IT solutions for health informatics.

Agency Wide Competences (for all CCCRN staff):

• These are rooted in the mission, values, and guiding principles of CCCRN and used by each staff member to fulfill his or her responsibilities and achieve the desired results.
• CCCRN core values are; Excellence, Knowledge, Professionalism, Accountability, Diversity and Collaboration