MEDICAL DATA PROCESSING OFFICER

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international, independent, non-profit medical humanitarian organisation that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, pandemics, natural disasters, and exclusion from healthcare. MSF started working in Yemen since 1986 and have been present in the country continuously since 2007. Today, MSF works in 23 hospitals across the country, and provides support to more than 17 health facilities across 13 governorates, in line with our principles of independence, impartiality and neutrality. For more information, visit our Arabic website, www.msf-me.org

Médecins Sans Frontières Belgium in Yemen mission is looking for Yemeni nationals to recruit for the MEDICAL DATA PROCESSING OFFICER position:

Location: Mocha Project 
Contract Duration – 1 year, renewable.
Contract type: Fixed – Term 
Reporting to: MEDICAL DATA SUPERVISOR

MAIN PURPOSE

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).

MSF Section/Context Specific Accountabilities

• Ensuring appropriate documentation in supported PHCC (patient Registers, Files, etc.). Ensuring that all data entry processes occur in a timely and efficient man-ner.
• Ensuring all data collected and entered to databases is consistently accurate and complete. Being responsible for ensuring that quality control queries of the data-base are followed up, ensuring identification of data entry errors and corrections. Immediately reporting to the supervisor, any anomalies in the database.
• Communicating regularly with the PHCs MOH Staff, 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 collec-tion forms. 
• Assisting in the compilation and preparation of regular reports and providing de-tailed information to OPD, laboratory, BEMONC, SRH, ATFC, VACCINE (weekly, monthly, according to patient treatment requirements)
• Performing data entry of all epidemiological information into select databases program and creating appropriate reports, providing data for project develop-ment purposes

Requirements 

Education: Essential higher education of a Degree in Information and Technology (IT) or mathematics field desirable.

Experience    

• Essential 2 years’ experience in Data entry/ analysis
• Desirable in MSF or another NGO

Languages: English and Arabic (Essential)

Knowledge    

Computer:

• - Proficiency in Word and Excel (intermediate level – able to use Excel formulas)

Skills 

• - Stress and priority management
• - Adherence to MSF principles
• - Flexibility
• - Teamwork and cooperation
• - Results and quality orientation
• - Attitude: attention to detail, service-oriented, clear, and effective communication