Data Clerk at Right To Care

Job Description

 

Position : Data Clerk

Duty Station : Mzimba South District Hospital

Main purpose of the job

The Data Entry Clerk works to directly support M&E activities at facility level in support of care and treatment.
The Clerk will work towards strengthening the facility’s ability to generate, utilize and disseminate timely, complete and accurate data. The Data Entry Clerk will be seconded to a high-volume site as determined by DHA and/or CDC. She/he is supervised by the M&E Officer.

Key Responsibilities

•Register patients and record details in the registers as assigned by the head of facility

•Prepare page and monthly summaries as per instructions

•Compile data from the various registers, other facilities, and the community for HIV services.

•Receive reports from the community and other facilities within the catchment area

•Aggregate key data elements in the registers and provide aggregated data sheet showing performance of each
section/department

•Maintain a tracking chart showing reporting status for each department/section of the health facility

•Support Existing HIV systems e.g. emastercards and POC data and report generation

•Analyze data from the various registers, other facilities, and the community

•Prepare and update graphs and charts for key health indicators and display in strategic places within the
health facility

•Prepare monthly ART Cohort reports and present the reports to facility management team

•Perform monthly and when necessary daily and weekly monitoring and disseminate information to relevant
health facility staff and other stakeholders

•Provide feedback to the sections and departments, health facilities and community where the data originates from

•Undertake training of HSAs and other health workers in data collection and report writing

•Participate in Planning and Monitoring Evaluation & Research activities at facility level through
coordination of monthly facility reviews

•Maintain data base at facility level

•Submit reports to the designated supervisor and Assistant Statistician at District Health Office

Qualifications

Minimum of Malawi School certificate of Education, those with Diploma Certificate in computing will have
an added advantage