Job Description
Position: Data Capturers- EQUIP (39)
Location: Luapula
Reporting to: District Monitoring and Evaluation Officer - EQUIP
Main Purpose of the Job: The data capturer will be responsible for collecting and capturing health facilities information.
Qualifications and Experience:
- Grade 12 School Certificate
- Diploma/Degree in IMIS, Social Sciences with Health Sciences will be an added advantage or related discipline
- 1 year field experience with questionnaires and survey data
- 1 year experience working at a health facility or demographic surveys.
- Experience using Android tablets to collect survey data a plus
- Entry level experience with CTO Survey, Open Data KIT (ODK) Smartcare, Openclinica or Entering and interpretation of health information systems
- Experience with conducting surveys, especially heath care surveys
Key Performance Areas amongst others include:
Capturing of patient data and managing the data system:
- Participate in collection and analysis of data from other Health facilities
- Ensure accurate and timely date entry in SMARTCARE™ and facility registers in all service delivery point
- Stay updated on all aspects of SMARTCARE, DHIS II and other systems implementation, including version upgrades, user training, installation procedures, data cleaning procedures, reporting functionalities, and flow of dispatches.
- Ensure all patient files are filed correctly
- Maintain appointment records for patients on ART and retrieve all files for patients to be seen
- Respect patient confidentiality at all times
Data quality control:
- Resolve inconsistencies and verification of weekly and monthly reports generated by health facility.
- Disseminate Facility Information at Quarterly Review and Assessment meetings
- Assist EQUIP team with data validation and data cleaning on monthly basis, including addressing any queries, gaps and errors.
- Participate in quarterly data quality audits.
Compiling of statistics and reports:
- Compile monthly / quarterly MOH and EQUIP reports within deadlines
- Submit, on monthly basis, SMARTCARE™ Transport Databases (TDBs) and MER reports
- Assist EQUIP team on monthly basis with updating district data dashboards and cascades, and compiling/presenting graphs on indicators relating to various programmatic reviews and planning meetings.
- Conduct facility level data analysis and interpretation of results.
- Stay informed of EQUIP reporting requirements and procedures relating to HIV, including the relevant health information system policies, facility-Level and district level SOPs, ART M&E SOP, HMIS policies and SOPs, and 90-90-90 cascades and run charts
Capacity building of Facility staff:
- Co (assist) in capacity building to stakeholders including mentoring of HCWs on SMARTCARE™ usage and HIA/PEPFAR indicators
- Capacitate facility staff to enhance the understanding of data and data usage for identifying gaps in clinical service delivery, decision-making, programme improvements, and target-setting.
Participation in Facility Programmes:
- Participate in all health facility and outreach programmes
- Perform other associated duties as appointed by the facility In-charge
Interested applicants must submit their CV, Certified Qualifications, ID Copy, letter of motivation and 3 professional references stating full name of referee, relationship, email address and contact telephone numbers by: 27 February 2018.
E-mailing: Lameck.Hakanomba@equiphealth.org
This also confirms that by applying for the above-mentioned position you consent to Right to Care to conduct qualification, ID, Criminal and Reference checks which is part of our recruitment process.
Should you not receive a response to your application from Right to Care within one month of this advert being placed, kindly consider your application as being unsuccessful, we nonetheless want to thank you for your interest shown in our organization. Right to Care web-site: www.righttocare.org
About the Organization
Right to Care (RTC) is a non-profit company with a vision that all HIV-positive patients receive high quality treatment, care and support, improving their quality of life and productivity in South Africa and other African Countries.
The EQUIP Consortium is led by Right to Care (RTC) in collaboration with four other Africa based Partners. The EQUIP Consortium provides countries with innovative and customized solutions that increase HIV testing and linkage to care, widens the coverage of ART, expands capacity for viral load monitoring and improves retention of patients on ART. With the support of USAID, EQUIP is designed to provide rapid responses to the needs of high-priority PEPFAR countries.
