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    Chief Information Officer - Nairobi, Kenya - Gertrude's Children's Hospital

    Gertrude's Children's Hospital
    Gertrude's Children's Hospital Nairobi, Kenya

    1 week ago

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    ABOUT THE COMPANY

    Gertrude's Children's Hospital is a not-for-profit Children's Hospital established in 1947. Gertrude's Children's Hospital is the most established pediatric hospital in Eastern and Central Africa, providing healthcare to children in Kenya as well as those referred from neighboring countries. The hospital attends to over 300,000 outpatients annually through a network of 15 facilities in and around Nairobi and admits over 9,000 patients annually at its 100-bed facility located at Muthaiga, Nairobi.

    Gertrude's Children's Hospital is licensed to provide healthcare to children and teens up to 21 years, and provides the full range of healthcare services including preventive care, accident and emergency, outpatient care, inpatient medical and surgical care, and rehabilitation services. The hospital provides specialist care covering more than 20 aspects of pediatric specialization, and also runs a teens' clinic providing comprehensive healthcare to teenagers and young adults. Gertrude's Children's Hospital is licensed and recognized as a Level 5 Healthcare Facility, a Tertiary Referral and Teaching Children's Hospital. The hospital operates on a self-sustaining financing model through charging fee for services.

    With a staff complement of 750, the hospital employs 90 doctors and 250 nurses directly and works with more than 200 independent specialist consultants to provide high quality healthcare services. The hospital allocates substantial resources towards staff training and development with greater emphasis on specialized training. The hospital has a fully accredited Ethical Review Board that oversees research activities which range from operations research to clinical trials. The Gertrude's Institute of Child Health and Research which coordinates all training activities provides specialized training for nurses as well as accredited short courses in resuscitation, among others.

    JOB SUMMARY

    Qualifications & Skill Requirements:Degree in Information Management.Ten (10) years' relevant work experience, three, (3) of which must be in a senior management role.Possession of relevant Microsoft Certifications will be an added advantage.A member of a professional IT bodyAbility to work independently and to use initiative and independent judgment.Proven leadership, planning, critical thinking and problem-solving abilitiesAbility to ensure a high level of customer satisfaction.

    RESPONSIBILITIES

    Coordinate the development and implementation of the hospital Information, Communication, and Technology (ICT) strategy.Streamline and strategize technology-related plans in aid of the hospital's overall development.Build infrastructure that extends digital innovations to traditional services and products across the hospital.Creating and implementing IT policies, protocols and standards.Organize and coordinate all Information Services through appropriate delegation, accountability, and effective performance management.Develop and enforce Management of Information (MOI) policies and procedures and ensure ongoing compliance with legal, regulatory, ethical and best practice standards.Facilitate beneficial and cordial relationship(s) between the hospital and critical stakeholders in line with position responsibilities, including but not limited to outsourced services, suppliers, insurance companies, customers, external practitioners, and staff in collaboration with other service leaders.Guide effective selection, customization, application, management, and improvement of information and technology solutions in line with the hospital's strategic goals and in consultation with the hospital leadership and users.Oversee the efficient and effective deployment and integration of Hospital Management Information Systems (HMIS) including but not limited to clinical management and electronic patient records solution(s), client facing solution(s), enterprise resource planning (ERP) system(s), quality management information system(s), inventory management information solution(s), laboratory management information system(s), radiology management information system(s), e-learning solution(s).Oversee the management of patient data to ensure security and integrity of patient data and in compliance with legal, regulatory, and hospital policy requirements.

    REQUIRED SKILLS

    Information security, IT equipment installation and configuration, IT support

    REQUIRED EDUCATION

    Bachelor's degree

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