Strategic information Coordinator - Maternal, Adolescent and Child Health (MatCH) - Nkangala District
(2024-11 - 2025-06)
Health System Strengthening department
- To support the project team unit in all data collection, analysis, and learning activities to help ensure accountability and efficiency from start to finish for all project interventions.
- To provide technical field support to the Strategic Information team at the district level
- The Strategic Information Coordinator will work closely with project teams to assess field conditions for the implementation of the TB project, support capacity-building initiatives, and facilitate the collection of quality data under the supervision of the Strategic Information Technical Lead.
District Data information officer - Broadreach Healthcare - Nkangala District
(2024-03 - 2024-09)
Health System Strengthening department. Retrenchment
- Provide overall guidance and support on all technical requirements needed during Data Extraction, Transformation, and Loading of data on BroadReach platforms to meet funder reporting requirements.
- Support Data quality and Use Manager with establishing new data pipelines, whilst maintaining existing data pipelines.
- Capacity building of BroadReach and DOH data teams to ensure facility data teams perform optimally and produce reliable information for use.
- Provide Health information system (HIS) support to BroadReach district and facility level staff. Provide technical assistance and coordinate special projects such as registry reorganisation, data mop-up camps to improve facility data flow, patient waiting times, overall indicator performance results.
- Technical oversight, training mentorship of BroadReach staff during system roll out (Vantage/ FSE) within the supported district as required, or any other new technologies.
TB/HIV Data quality and use officer - Broadreach Healthcare - Nkangala District
(2020-10 - 2024-02)
Health System Strengthening department
- Capacity building (Training, Indicator definition, SOPs, Data management processes)
- Data quality/Integrity mechanisms and controls for continues improvement (Data correction and verification; QIP, verification tools, nerve centre information meetings)
- TB HIV data analysis using TIER exports
- Support rollout of DOH data Tools
- Stakeholder management
- Links with district/national and other reporting systems
- Data quality reporting requirements (collection, reporting forms/registers/systems and tools)
District Information technology officer - Broadreach Healthcare - Gert Sibande District
(2020-03 - 2020-09)
Health System Strengthening department. Retrenched
- Provide Health information system (HIS) leadership, guidance, capacity building, mentoring and support to BroadReach district and facility level staff.
- Support the networking of computers of facility data teams for back capturing exercises or special projects.
- Coordinate data capturing project activities for improving indicator performance results.
- Provide overall guidance and support on all technical requirements needed to improve data quality at facility and sub-district level. Technical oversite, training mentorship of BroadReach system roll out (Vantage/ WMS) with the supported district as required, or any other new technologies
- Provide technical oversite and direction to Data quality and use Officers and data capturers within facility teams.
Data Quality and Use Officer - Broadreach Healthcare - Nkangala District
(2019-03 - 2020-02)
Health System Strengthening department
- Data quality reporting requirements (collection, reporting forms/registers/systems and tools)
- Capacity building (Indicator definition, SOPs, Data management processes)
- Data quality/Integrity mechanisms and controls for continues improvement (QIP, verification tools, nerve centre information meetings)
- Support roll out of DOH data Tools
- Stakeholder management
- Links with district/national and other reporting systems
Ideal Clinic Coordinator - Foundation for Professional Development - Nkangala District
(2016-03 - 2018-07)
Health System Strengthening department
- Provide administrative support to ICSM implementation at facility level
- Identify barriers to achieve Ideal Clinic (IC) standards, keep track of IC indicators and printouts to monitor progress
- Provide administrative support to cluster team activities; scheduling, fleet logistics & minute taking etc.
- Provide direction and active intervention in the implementation of streamlined filing systems in facilities
- Assist with the implementation of a chronological and systematic clinic held integrated patient file – one file per patient
- Assess current and if required introduce effective booking systems for patients accessing health care services, thus introducing systems to minimise waiting times
- Actively support the tracing and booking of patients for ART initiations
- Assist with the implementation of patient satisfaction questionnaires at least once a year
- Ensure that facilities have a complete set of latest policy guidelines
- Assess NHLS specimen collection and drop-off system in facilities and share information with cluster team lead to minimise bottlenecks and provide effective alternatives
- Ensure all laboratory results are filed timeously in the patient file
- Introduce pre-appointment file retrieval systems to ensure smooth patient flow, minimising waiting times
- Assist facility manager to introduce ICSM patient flow systems and in typing notice boards, identify and ensure sustainable system to get rid of unnecessary clutter in the facility
- Assist Community Champion in establishing and maintaining linkage and tracing systems per facility
- Assist data capturer in capturing data on Tier in an emergency
- Ensure that facilities have each received a QI file for PT QI and support HO PT QI manager in maintaining the POE
- Assist team lead in tracking progress of work plans (including remedial action plans) in compliance with the IHSS USAID work plan/DIPs/FIPs to improve performance against HTS, HIV/TB and MCH indicators to address barriers/gaps preventing achievement of targets
- Supervise and oversee activities of AC/IACT facilitators where identified as a need by AC/IACT project manager
- Implement best practices and lessons learned and/or strategy re-directions as per team lead instructions
- Provide inputs in the analysis and comparison of FPD monthly district/team TB/HIV/MCH programme, M&E and quarterly performance reviews
- Assist Team Lead with Site Improvement Monitoring System (SIMS) preparations, assessment (internal and external) and action planning and report back for the IHSS department
- Provide support, feedback and inputs in any FPD related data collection and research activities as required
- Carry out any other task that is reasonable as directed by the Team lead
Roving Data Capturer - Foundation for Professional Development
(2014-08 - 2016-02)
- Provide individual training and support on request, maintain current and update inventory of technology hardware, software and Resources, Microsoft SQL Server 2008 (Tier.Net), Database Administrator, Monitor and maintain technology to ensure maximum access.
- Capturing on tier.net which is the register used to capture HIV patients
- Calculate and rectify monthly stats from registers to input forms and DHIS.
- Training facility data capture on how to use the systems.
- Installing tier.net and upgrading to the latest versions and networking 2 computers with tier.net.
- Capturing on DATIM, DHIS and Tier.net
Information Technology Internship - Foundation for Professional Development
(2013-05 - 2014-07)
- Troubleshoot hardware, software and network operating system, Microsoft Windows Operating System and Application Software, Provide orientation to new users of existing or developments on technology.
- Provide individual training and support on request, maintain current and update inventory of technology hardware, software and Resources, Microsoft SQL Server 2008 (Tier.Net), Database Administrator, Monitor and maintain technology to ensure maximum access.
- Troubleshoot all technology issues, maintain log and/or list of required repairs and maintenance, make recommendations about purchase of technology resources
- Research current and potential resources and services
- Provide network access to all staff and students
- Install workstations.
- Connect and set up hardware, load all required software, Monitor security of all technology on the systems, Install and maintain Tier.Net application, Input and maintain IP addresses.
- Advise staff of security breach and/or change in password or security status, Identify and prepare hardware for disposal when appropriate.
- Joining users to the network, the domain and Installing Logis, Bas and Persal.
