OpenMRS Software Specialist at Hayok Medicare Limited

Job Summary

• Hayok Medicare is seeking an experienced OpenMRS Software Specialist to support the configuration, deployment, integration and optimization of OpenMRS-based Electronic Medical Record (EMR) systems across healthcare facilities in Nigeria and potentially other African countries.
• The ideal candidate should have hands-on experience implementing and configuring OpenMRS in real healthcare environments, with a strong understanding of workflows at primary, secondary and tertiary levels of care.

Key Responsibilities

• The successful candidate will configure and customize OpenMRS to reflect clinical and administrative workflows across PHCs, general/secondary hospitals and tertiary/teaching hospitals.
• Responsibilities will include configuring patient registration, clinical documentation, consultations, laboratory, pharmacy, nursing, inpatient and outpatient services, referrals, appointments, billing/insurance and reporting workflows as applicable.
• The specialist will work with clinicians, hospital administrators and technical teams to translate facility requirements into functional OpenMRS configurations and workflows.
• The role will also involve developing and modifying forms, concepts, metadata, reports and dashboards; configuring user roles and access permissions; supporting interoperability with other digital health systems; troubleshooting system issues; and supporting deployment, upgrades, testing and optimization.
• Experience integrating OpenMRS with laboratory systems, DHIS2, insurance/claims platforms, APIs or other hospital information systems will be an advantage.
• The specialist will also support data migration from existing systems, user acceptance testing, documentation, training of healthcare workers and ICT teams, and post-deployment technical support.

Required Experience and Competencies

• Applicants should have demonstrable practical experience with OpenMRS implementation, configuration or development and preferably experience deploying OpenMRS within hospitals or public-sector health programmes.
• Strong candidates should have experience with several of the following:
• OpenMRS configuration and administration; OpenMRS Reference Application/O3; Java; JavaScript/React; REST APIs; MySQL; Linux/server administration; Git; Docker; interoperability standards such as HL7/FHIR; DHIS2 integration; clinical terminology and concept management; data migration; reporting; and healthcare workflow configuration.
• Experience configuring systems for tertiary hospitals with multiple departments and complex patient journeys will be particularly valuable.
• Applicants should understand how workflows differ between a PHC, secondary hospital and tertiary/teaching hospital and be able to configure OpenMRS accordingly rather than simply installing a standard OpenMRS instance.

Preferred Profile:

• A degree or equivalent professional experience in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Health Informatics, Information Systems or a related field is desirable.
• At least 3 years of relevant digital health/EMR experience is preferred, although exceptional candidates with substantial hands-on OpenMRS experience will be considered.
• Experience working with Nigerian healthcare facilities, government health programmes or large-scale digital health deployments will be an advantage.