Director Standards And Certification
Full Time @Digital Health Agency (DHA) posted 7 hours ago in Government , in Latest Jobs in Kenya , in Law & Legal Shortlist Email JobJob Detail
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Job ID 3572
Job Description
Director Standards And Certification
Requirements
- At least fifteen (15) years of cumulative work experience, with five (5) years in the grade of Assistant Director and above or a comparable position
- Bachelor’s degree in Health Information Technology, Health Records, ICT, Medicine, Pharmacy, Nursing, or other related health and technical disciplines
- Master’s degree in Health Informatics, ICT, Epidemiology, Health Economics, Data Science, Computer Science, or equivalent qualifications
- Must be registered and licensed by a recognized regulatory body where applicable and maintain good standing
- Certificate in a Leadership course lasting at least four (4) weeks from a recognized institution
- Proficiency in computer applications
- Demonstrated merit and ability as reflected in work performance and results
- Thorough understanding of national goals and policies with the ability to relate them to standards, quality assurance, and certification
Key Responsibilities
- Overseeing development, implementation and review of policies, standards, guidelines and procedures on digital health systems, standards and compliance
- Overseeing facilitation and adoption of national and international standards for digital health information systems
- Ensuring compliance with set national digital health standards
- Coordinating audit of the digital health certification process
- Overseeing preparation of digital health audit certification reports and recommending appropriate measures
- Spearheading creation of awareness on best practices and standards for digital health data exchange
- Ensuring digital health solutions and services comply with the Digital Health Act 2023, Data Protection Act 2019, and related laws
- Coordinating provision of technical support and guidance to digital health stakeholders on standards and compliance
- Overseeing data quality checks in collaboration with relevant stakeholders to establish standards for digital health
- Overseeing monitoring and evaluation of digital health care systems for adherence to performance, safety, security and ethical standards
- Spearheading benchmark studies to identify best practices on digital health for replication
- Facilitating creation of awareness on enterprise-class health application systems
- Overseeing capacity building initiatives on digital health standards
- Ensuring dissemination of information on certified digital health information solutions standards
- Spearheading development, review and monitoring of a comprehensive user fee manual for audit and certification services
- Ensuring compliance of existing health information systems with technical standards
- Overseeing development and review of the digital health certification framework in collaboration with stakeholders
- Coordinating dissemination of the digital health certification framework
- Overseeing audits on digital health systems and technologies to ensure compliance with set standards and government regulations
- Establishing collaborations with accreditation agencies to identify institutions and mechanisms for certification testing
- Overseeing establishment and enforcement of standards for data formats, terminologies and coding systems to ensure compatibility
- Overseeing development of Digital Health Standards (DHS) with reporting functionality and interoperability
- Ensuring capacity building, development and performance management of staff within the directorate
Required Compliance Certificates
- Certificate of Good Conduct from Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI)
- Certificate of compliance from Higher Education Loans Board (HELB)
- Tax Compliance Certificate from Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA)
- Current Self Declaration form from Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC)
- Certificate from Credit Reference Bureau (CRB)
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