Deputy Director, Health Information Management at Digital Health Agency (DHA)

Description

• Developing drafts of policies, strategies, standards, guidelines, legislation, and regulations on health information management;
• Developing concept notes for review of policies, strategies, standards, guidelines, legislation, and regulations on health information management;
• Developing stakeholder mapping on health information exchange;
• Developing health information exchange deployment plans;
• Developing use cases for the health information exchange including workflows for different tasks;
• Developing data requirements for each of the health information exchange registries;
• Designing and developing architecture for health information exchange registries;
• Developing and implementing the matrix for gap analysis for health information exchange;
• Developing guidelines for implementing health information exchange;
• Conducting desk review on health information exchange;
• Deploying mitigation strategies on health information exchange;
• Developing training and user support materials for health information exchange;
• Implementing risk mitigation measures on health information exchange;
• Deploying decommission strategies for health information exchange; and
• Designing the assessment tools to measure the effectiveness of the health information exchange training curriculum.

Requirements

• Cumulative period of fifteen (15) years relevant work experience, three (3) of which should have been in the grade of Assistant Director, Digital Health or in an equivalent or in a comparable position;
• Bachelor’s degree in any of the following disciplines: – Health Information Technology, Health Records and information Science, Health Systems, Information Communication Technology, Pharmacy, Epidemiology, Clinical Medicine, Nursing, Nutrition, or equivalent qualification from a recognized institution.
• Master’s degree in any of the following disciplines: – Health Informatics, Health Information Systems, Health Records and Information Science, Information Communication Technology, Epidemiology, Health Economics and Policy, Statistics, Biostatistics, Health Systems, Data Science and Analytics, Computer Science; or equivalent qualification from a recognized institution.
• Registered and Licensed by a recognized regulatory body where applicable;
• Certificate in Leadership course lasting not less than four (4) weeks from a recognized institution;
• Knowledge of HL7 FHIR and health interoperability standards including OpenHIE, WHO SMART Guidelines, SNOMED CT, LOINC, ICD) is an added advantage;
• Enterprise architecture certification including TOGAF and relevant security, cloud or IT governance certifications including CISSP, CISM, COBIT, ITIL) are an added advantage;
• Professional certification in Project Management Professional (PMP) or PRINCE2 Practitioner is an added advantage;
• Proficiency in computer applications;
• Demonstrated experience in project management, preferably within ICT digital transformation or public-sector programmes is an added advantage; and
• Demonstrated merit and ability as reflected in work performance and results