MEDICAL DATA PROCESSING OFFICER – Medicins Sans Frontieres-Belgium (MSF-Belgium)
Health Care
Medicins Sans Frontieres-Belgium (MSF-Belgium)
MSF Belgium left Ethiopia in 2013 and got registered mid-March 2021. Resuming under an Emergency perspective, several projects have been opened and closed. Amongst those ones, two (in SNNP and Afar Region) are being re-oriented toward a longer-term perspective. But the strategy to develop an emergency response capacity remains a key component for the years to come.
As a start, a first project has been opened in SNNPR Region. Following tensions in Konso Zone and surrounding Special Woredas – leading to the displacement of an approximate 100,000 IDPs – an assessment conducted in December 2020 led to the opening of a project in January 2021, focused on Measles support, mobile clinics and water provision; Looking toward anchoring our presence in this area toward a more horizontal support to the Primary Health Care system, the strategy – and the Human Resources approach – will operate a drastic turn compare to the existing ones.
In September 2021, an assessment was conducted in the Afar region. The initial intervention was interrupted due to security and resumed mid-March 2022 under a ‘light support’ approach. With the needs increasing, especially related to malnutrition, MSF Belgium decided to extend its presence for a longer period of time and a revised Project Agreement is being discussed.
About MSF
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an independent international medical humanitarian organization that delivers emergency aid in more than 70 countries to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural or man-made disasters, or exclusion from healthcare.
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
- Collection, compilation and entries of data for MSF supported activities (JGH and MCs). These include data for incoming MSF referrals, admissions, mortality and discharges
- Support the MLO in updating the VL line list and the referral database
- Check with the medical team (doctors & nurses) to clarify about unclear data, before actual entry
- As the custodian of the medical data, ensure compliance with MSF data protection policy
- Participate in the data analysis & report writing and timely submission
- In collaboration with the MLO, makes sure that all data collection tools (Forms, tally sheets) etc are available
- Participate in giving feedback on medical report/data to the project team.
Required Qualifications and Professional Experience
Education: Essential, higher education with proven computer literacy, degree in Information and Technology (IT) or mathematics field, desirable.
Experience: Minimum 2 years work experience in data entry/analysis.
As per the organization’s salary Scale
