Health Records and Information Officer

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UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI  - CRISPP PROJECT

Applications are invited for the following positions:-
The University of Nairobi’s School of Medicine, through the Department of Clinical Medicine  and Therapeutics, College of Health Sciences, has received funding from the US Centers for  Disease Control and Prevention to support the implementation of high quality, equitable,  accessible, sustainable and comprehensive HIV prevention, care and treatment and support  services in Nairobi and Central Kenya regions. To achieve this objective, the Project seeks to fill  the following positions.

HEALTH RECORDS AND INFORMATION OFFICER – 3 POSTS- AD/2/95/13- CHS

Location: Nairobi/Kiambu/Kirinyaga
Applicants must have a minimum of C-plus at KCSE and should be in possession of a Diploma in Medical Records and Information Management from a recognized institution; and at least 2 years work experience in health records and information management in a healthcare environment. They should be proficient in MS suite including spreadsheets and databases. Those with training and knowledge of SPSS, Epi Info, Stata or similar software will have a distinct advantage. The successful candidate will ddevelop and maintain health records infrastructure for routine patient management, quality improvement and  reporting including

• Registration of patients and inputting their demographic details in the system.
• Filing patients medical record files as per the Straight Numerical filing system.
• Filing laboratory reports and radiological films in the patient files.
• Preparing new medical record files and retrieval of the same (prior to clinic visits).
• Booking appointments and providing information for managing defaulter tracing.
• Data reconstruction and entry
• Data quality assurance
• Compiling service (CCC, HTC, Laboratory, Pharmacy and PMTCT) use statistics

Please note that all the position is full-time and on a one year contract renewable on
satisfactory performance and mutual agreement.

Please note also that the University of Nairobi is an equal opportunity employer. Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.

NOTE:
Applicants should submit seven (7) copies of the application letter and supporting documents stating their preferred location in the letter to :-

The Principal,
College of Health Sciences,
P.O Box 30197 00100,
Nairobi.

CLOSING DATE: FRIDAY: MARCH 15, 2013

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