Hospital Management System Lead (HMS)
TANZANIA HEALTH PROMOTION SUPPORT(THPS)
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Full-Time
13th March 2020
Position: The Hospital Management System Lead (HMS) -Health Information System Development, Project Management
Reporting to: Health Information System (HIS) Manager
Location: Dar Es Salaam (frequent field travel)
Job Summary
The Hospital Management System Lead (HMS) will be responsible for engaging the hospital-specific technical workflows in achieving overall HIS integration. This will involve incorporating end-user and broader functional requirements into the larger GOT HIS technical road map, working closely with the infrastructure teams to ensure sufficient hardware and support services, overseeing integration with HIS verticals, assisting with inter-operability layers and associated registries, and interacting directly with hospitals to coordinate partner supports for uptake and troubleshooting.
Job Description
Location: Dar Es Salaam (frequent field travel)
Specific responsibilities
- Finalize user and technical requirements specifications with Lead HIS and other team members
- Lead mapping and assessment activities to quantify status quo among target hospitals
- Participate with GOT, National Digital Health Steering Committee and task groups in the planning, scoping and implementation of target systems
- Assist road-mapping team with definition and refinement of technical specification
- Work with engineering teams in agile cycles to iteratively review/test and re-scope road map
- Lead partner engagements among target hospitals to coordinate deployment support, training and supportive supervision
- Assist team with defining data use functional working groups among target hospitals
- Assist with defining visualization and dash-boarding requirements during road mapping, test and refine during implementation
- Representation of the team at high levels of GOT meetings and planning session
- Assist with drafting periodic reports as required
- Financial management of HMS cost objectives
Qualifications
- Masters degree in Computer Science or equivalent
- 10 years’ experience in a technical product manager role or similar
- 5 years’ experience with developing economy electronic medical record systems (OpenMRS, OpenSRP, CTC2, Smartcare), DHIS2, interoperability solutions (H7 FHIR, OpenHIE protocols) or comparable platforms.
- 5 years’ experience working in-country to support a Southern or Eastern African government in HIS.
- Demonstrable expertise in SQL products
- Excellent English communication (oral and written)
- Remarkable negotiation and political navigation stills
- Self-motivated, with acute attention to timely delivery of quality products
How to apply:
Interested applicants should send their application cover letter one-page maximum and CV four pages maximum to (hr.thps@gmail.com) by March 13th, 2020 with a subject line for example: Lead HIS Project Manager. Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted. Please do not attach any certificates when submitting online.
THPS is an equal opportunity employer; women and people living with HIV/AIDS are encouraged to apply.
