You are the person our client, Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) ¡s looking for, if as a well seasoned CT professional, you are driven by vision and an excellent ability, to facilitate the deployment of technology as a decisive resource. Excellent leadership and change management skills are part of your style.
Your credentials in health information systems (HIS) demonstrate a track record of working with its basic concepts and underlying technologies.
Based in Nairobi, Kenya, as the Director, Information and Communication Technology (ICT), and working with a team of user managers and other key stakeholders, you will ensure international IT standards with regard to patient care, teaching and research in a national, regional and global multi-site system.
Your role will be to lead the ICT/HIS strategy through the next phase of adoption and implementation into the clinic system, while defining an overall IT infrastructure strategy for the East Africa region.
Specifically you will:
- Ensure that ICT infrastructure, design and selection, supports the health and academic core services needs
- Envision, articulate, plan and manage the clinical health information and other ICT systems to leverage the opportunities provided by advanced IT support in patient care, teaching and research in a multi-site system
- Devise and develop a regional academic ICT strategy to support teaching and research
- Lead the technical communications strategy with built-in quality assurance for consistent levels of service
- Ensure that infrastructure design and selection, supports the overall business needs.
The successful candidate for appointment to this position must demonstrate clear competencies,
personal attributes and past results associated with:
personal attributes and past results associated with:
- a Masters degree in Information Management and/or Business Administration from an accredited university
- a relevant Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or Information Management
- 10 years' relevant experience in a senior management role in academic and/or healthcare institutions or health system information management
- excellent executive team player ability; with highly developed corporate goals focus, personal results drive and project execution credentials
- strong ability to demonstrate vision-driven team leadership and peer influencing
- high ability to work well with other senior multidisciplinary team members, with highly developed communication and interpersonal skills
- an excellent grasp of the dynamics of complex, rapidly-expanding institutions within multi faceted relationships.
To apply, please email your application with All the following: detailed CV, email address, telephone contacts, current and expected remuneration packages; and the email and telephone contacts of three referees, to reach us by 26th October, 2012.
