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.

Job Requirements

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.

How to Apply

If you are interested, please submitted/sent your National ID, CV (not more than 3 pages), and cover letter (not more than one page) with 'application for MEDICAL DATA PROCESSING OFFICER' written on the subject line of your cover letter by email: msfocb-snnpr-konsorecruit@brussels.msf.org, or physically TO OUR OFFICE LOCATED AT JINKA TOWN (FORMER SHALEKA PENSION), or KARAT TOWN, KONSO MSF Office (Former Green Hotel)

Opening day: February 07, 2023

Deadline: February 12, 2023

MSF Belgium promotes EQUITY, DIVERSITY & INCLUSION.

We strongly encourage women and people with reduced mobility (able to work in remote places) to apply.

Incomplete applications will not be accepted.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted