Requirements (Qualifications / Experience / Knowledge)
Education:
- Essential secondary education
Experience:
- None is required. Desirable experience with data entry.
Languages:
- Mission language (English) essential. Local language desirable.
Knowledge:
- Able to learn and use software used for recording (i.e. Fuchia, EpiInfo, etc.)
- Essential computer literacy (word, excel)
Competencies:
- Results, teamwork, commitment, flexibility, service.
- Enter medical data (e.g. patient data, dates of visit, content of prescription, viral load, etc.) in mission’s database on a regular basis and according to MSF protocols.
- Participate in compilation of data both from MSF structures and from collaborating health facilities.
- Participate in the search for missing data.
- Update files of existing patients and make any corrections needed.
- Make regular back-ups of all data processed.
- Look after all equipment provided and keep recording area clean and tidy, giving special importance to all patient files.
- Report any issue concerning data management to superior
- Elaborate statistical reports when required by the medical team.
- Ensure, promote and maintain confidentiality regarding all information registered.
MSF Section/Context Specific Accountabilities
- On a daily basis, summarize reported data from vaccination teams to enter into the relevant databases.
- Ensure data submitted by the team is accurate and check for descrepencies
- If errors or anomalies are found in the data, proactively report to the data supervisor and investigate further with the nursing team supervisor
- Ensure a good communication with the medical team members
- Support in trainings on data collection tools as required
- Join the vaccination teams as required to ensure data collection in the vaccination sites is well managed