Vacancy announcement: Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) seeks a MEDICAL DATA PROCESSING OFFICER for their operations in Mogadishu. This Data Clerk/collection/enumerators sector position calls for a professional with 2 - 3 years of demonstrated expertise. Interested applicants should submit their applications before Aug, 23.
MSF is an independent humanitarian medical organization providing emergency medical aid to populationsin
need. MSF Somalia mission is seeking a qualified person for the position below:
Job Title: MEDICAL DATA PROCESSING OFFICER
Work
Location: MOGADISHU; Somalia
Start date: As soon as possible
Length of contract: Fixed term (1year) 100% with 3 months’ probation period.
Carrying out medical data collection and entry activities into the mission database recording all relevant clinical and
demographic data on patients and ensuring data quality/reliability, according to MSF protocols and maintaining
confidentiality while producing the appropriate, updated documents for the medical team in order to support decision
making processes.
Accountabilities
- Performing data entry of all epidemiological information into select databases program and creating appropriate reports,
providing data for project development purposes.
- Ensuring that all data entered has been authorized and that appropriate documentation has been received (patient
records, treatment monitoring, etc.). Ensuring that all data entry processes occur in a timely and efficient manner.
- Ensuring all data collected and entered to databases is consistently accurate and complete. Being responsible for
ensuring that quality control queries of the database are followed up, ensuring identification of data entry errors and
corrections. Immediately reporting to the supervisor, any anomalies in the database
- Filing documents according to MSF standards
- Communicating regularly with the HCW’s, assisting in the (re)training when necessary, on proper registration of
patients, proper filling of the various forms, clarifying queries, obtaining missing information and correcting errors,
ensuring they have ongoing sufficient supplies of necessary hardcopy data collection forms
- Assisting in the compilation and preparation of regular reports and providing detailed information to medical
and laboratory teams (weekly, monthly, according to patient treatment requirements).
Other tasks include, but are not limited to
Ensure collection and entery of all relevant medical data as per surveillance system in place (morbidity,
mortality, surveillance of diseases of epidemic potential, nutrition and maintain medical databases to avoid).
Keep record of departmental tally sheets and patient files, registers and other documents and deliver them to
the departments for data collection.
Ensuring all data coversheets and weekly tally sheets collected are consistently accurate and complete before
recording into the HMIS database and if not, inform the supervisors (NTS, NAM, MWAM etc).
Ensures the entry of the data meets the reporting deadlines.
Collect completed tally and coversheets from the departments and enter data in the relevant
database/program/spreadsheet.
Check the arithmetical accuracy of the data.
Ensure archiving of documents and confidentiality of all data handled.
Support data entry in case of any vaccination campaign, Line list, workload and special assignments.
Work with medical staff to improve data collection tools and methodologies.
Have regular meetings with the project managers to discuss about challenges and to build the medical team
“ownership” of medical data.
Perform regular data quality control.
Know and ensure proper use of software used for recording (i.e. HIS and DHIS2 etc.).
Ensure accuracy of the medical data entered into the mission’s database according to MSF protocols and
carry out regular back-ups.
Provide regular statistical reports for the medical team as well as informing the superior of any missing
information, major changes or big differences in data.
About Mogadishu
Mogadishu, known locally as Muqdisho, is the capital of Somalia and the country's largest city. It serves as the political, economic, and cultural heart of the nation. The city hosts the headquarters of numerous UN agencies, international NGOs, and government institutions, offering diverse career opportunities for development and humanitarian professionals.
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