Data Associates

Georgetown University   (East and Center)

Posted : 10 February, 2021

Category : Strategic Information   Location : East and Center

Job type : Full Time

---

JOB ANNOUNCEMENT

The Georgetown University Center for Global Health Practice and Impact (CGHPI) serves countries to improve their population health and wellbeing and to safeguard against health-related threats by advancing the use of evidence and human-centered enterprise architecture on the path towards achieving equity and social justice. To achieve this mission, we catalyze the uptake, spread, and implementation of innovations; triangulate data from different sources, and tailor visualization of the information for each audience; design and implement integrated service delivery models; support communities of practice to inform policy and practice through efficient data use and horizontal and vertical collaboration; disseminate best practices and evidence globally through open source learning networks; build global, collaborative, multi-disciplinary, and interprofessional networks; undertake research that is informed by local needs; and invest in local leadership to own, provide oversight, and sustain implemented interventions. Georgetown University, through CGHPI, has recently received an award from U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S. CDC) through funding from the U.S President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) to support HIV response efforts in Cameroon for achievement of HIV epidemic control to implement a program titled Translating Data and Evidence into Impact (TIDE). As a result, CGHPI is recruiting for the following program implementation positions. All prospective candidates must be fluent in French and working knowledge of English. These positions will be based in Yaoundé or Bertoua. CGHPI is operating in Cameroon as Georgetown Global Health LLC (GGHC)

 

Reports to: Strategic Information specialist

Location: Bertoua and Center Regions

Summary

This position provides onsite overall M&E support by ensuring the completed implementation of quality improvement and monitoring and evaluation activities at the assigned facilities. Assignments are specific and work is reviewed upon completion by the SI/QI specialist.

Specific duties

§  Monitoring and evaluation

o   Supervise data collection activities ;

§  Assists in establishing and maintaining an effective and efficient records management system.

o   Flags gaps in patient documentation (files and registers) with Facility Data clerks

§  Supports Facility Data clerk to provide feedback to service providers ; resolve questions, inconsistencies, or missing data.

o   Compiles, sorts, and verifies accuracy of data to be reported.

o   Ensures availability of all tools at the site

o   Completes alongside facility data clerk, data from registers and patient records into DAMA & EMR

§  Ensure all data entry done by Facility Data clerks meets required template (DAMA or EMR) for alphabetic, numeric, or symbolic data from source documents into computer based on format displayed on screen and enters necessary codes.

o   Ensures facility holds weekly data review meetings to ; analyse performance, identify and resolve all data related issues

o   Support data clerk to generate timely and complete reports ; daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly that captures 100% of services provided during the reporting period to achieve site goals and set targets. 

o   Conduct Periodic data quality checks.

§  Routinely triangulate data captured in reqisters, patient file and EMR/DAMA  for accuracy and consistency

§  Review and make  corrections where required.

o   Participate in data validation :GU/MOH

§  Supports facility data clerk to review  monthly RTG report with source document before submission.

§  Ensure GU/RTG Monthly performance indicators are consistent.

o   Participate in monthly/Quarterly  all DQA exercise

o   Ensure that hard and soft copies of data collected are easily accessible and stored properly at sites.

§  Quality Improvement

o   Support the site to identify and maintain a quality improvement team

o   Support the site in the implementation of quality improvement projects to improve patient outcomes

§  Contributes to a team effort and accomplishes related results as required.

§  Maintains confidential information

§  Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

Qualification and Experience

§  First degree in any of the sciences or social sciences

§  Be able to move around 2 – 5 facilities

§  Good knowledge of Microsoft office (word, excel, access, power point)

§  Accuracy and Speed in Data entry

§  A good knowledge of data analysis and use

§  Experience in data entry projects is an added advantage (i.e DAMA or any other EMR)

§  Be willing to learn and be able to take initiative

§  Be able to meet timelines effectively

§  Communicate efficiently and effectively both verbally and in writing

§  Carry out multiple tasks and meet deadlines.

§  Follow instructions furnished in verbal or written format.

§  Must be fluent in French and working knowledge of English

Performance Evaluation

Results-Based Objectives	Activities	Expected results
1. Strengthen the Monitoring and reporting activities at desginated sites	Ensure availavlity and use of required line list	Weekly generated line list for Key indicator (# people due for drug pick, people due (eligible) for Viral load, People with missed appointment
	Ensure that medical records are properly filed and secured to protect patient confidentiality
	Ensure the availability and utilization of all data collection and reporting tools at sites with >95% documentation completeness biweekly	100% of tool available and used correctly
	Ensure >90% accurate and timely daily, weekly and monthly reports	Daily reports due 12noon next day
		Weekly reports due Mid day Saturady
		Monthly reports due 3rd of next month
	Conduct onsite quarterly DQA and DQI
	Ensure >95% concurence in Quality data validation
Implement and inistutionialize  a functional quality imporvement program	Ensure the availability of a functional QIT with documented biweekly meetings.	List of QIT available at the facilities, QIT meetings reports are available and archived at the facility, QI documentation Booklets are available at the facility
	Ensure QIT is trained
	Ensure that performance data is collected and reviewed among site staff	At Least 1 Chart plotted and pasted on the wall for every QI project
	Ensure the implementation of improvement projects to completion	QI documentation booklet is properly filled for every QI Initiative (1 Booklet for 1 QI project)
Provide support and guidance to ensure complete documentation in DAMA/EMR	Maintain a schedlue responsible persons for completing each resgiters and updating in DAMA/EMR	The list of facility data clerck with their assigned register, timetable for database update is available
	Support the entry of records into DAMA/EMR
	Generate report for records entered, compare with records from attendance visit register to determine completeness of data entries
	Apply for this job ×Close Apply for Data Associates Name Email Phone Resume (cv) Cover letter cancel Send application Email Subscription Enter your email address Location Bangou/Hauts-Plateaux Batouri, Bertoua , Est Douala or Buea Douala or Buea, Cameroon Nkongsamba Yaoundé Adamawa, Center, East, Far North, North, Littoral, South West, West, South, and North West regions of Cameroon Adamawa, East, Cameroon Adamawa, East, North, and North West regions of Cameroon Ange Raphael - Douala, Cameroun Category Agent de maîtrise Agro-Industrie/Agriculture Comptabilité, Gestion, finances Journalisme/Communication Academique Accounting,/Finance/ Business Administration Agriculture, veterinary, economics, Social Sciences, natural resource management, Environmental Science/Forestry. Assistant(e) de direction Autres