Health Records and Information Officer at Tharaka Nithi County Assembly

Duties and Responsibilities

• Maintain facility filing system for all patients with proper sorting, color coding, and separation.
• Support KenyaEMR utilization for patient management in all departments
• Generate accurate reports as needed from time to time (daily, weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, quarterly) to the facility as well as the program.
• Participate in data review and consumption meetings at facility and sub county level.
• Validate data by comparing reports, registers, KHIS2 outputs and EMRs.
• Conduct routine/monthly Data Quality Audit and corrective/preventive plans and monitor progress.
• Communicate data quality issues effectively with the relevant staffs in clinic forums.
• Data mining from KHIS and reporting platform for use at facility level.
• Generate site level dashboards to inform on target achievement.
• Support EMR data upload to the national data warehouse.
• Offer system support including EMR troubleshooting, networking and data backup.

Academic and Professional Qualification

• Participate in QI activities
• Minimum of Diploma in Health Records from a recognized institution.
• At least 1year experience in Health records for USAID funded project.
• Proficient with Microsoft Tools, including Excel and PowerPoint.
• Proficient with both MoH and USAID reporting tools and databases (DATIM, KHIS2 and KenyaEMR).
• Strong attention to detail and a self-starter attitude.
• Excellent English, writing and speaking skills,
• Valid practicing license from Health Records and Information Board (HRIMB)