Information & Communication Technology (ICT) Director vacancy

Information & Communication Technology (ICT) Director vacancy

Aga Khan University invites applications for the position of Information & Communication Technology (ICT) Director to be based in Nairobi, Kenya
The Director, ICT, AKUH,N, will lead the ICT strategy through the next phase of clinical system adoption to a full Electronic Health Record. S/he will ensure that IT infrastructure, design and selection, supports the Hospital’s needs and will develop/review procedures, policies and workflows accordingly. Working with a team of ICT professionals and other key stakeholders, the Director will ensure that international IT standards with regard to patient care, teaching and research in a multi-site system, are established and maintained.
Key Responsibilities:

• Envision, articulate, plan and change the organization wide clinicalhealth information and other IT systems with emphasis on leveraging the impactof advanced IT on patient care, teaching and research in multi-site system
  
• Devise and develop a regional academic ICT strategy tosupport teaching and research
  
• Initiate consultations with key stakeholder of theorganization to ensure their strategies are supported with the right ICT tools
  
• Build and manage a team of managerswith upgraded skills to face the challenges of the evolving business by organizingappropriate training and development skills
  
• Lead the technical communications strategy and qualityassurance for consistent levels of service within and outside the organisation
  
• Ensure infrastructure design and selection supports thebusiness needs and have redundancy PR/BCP established
  
• Develop and review procedures, policies and workflows to support the Hospital

Requirements
Applicants for the position should have

• A Masters in Information Management and/or Business Administration or equivalent with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science/Information Management or a clinical discipline
  
• Ten or more years relevant experience with at least 5 years in senior management positions
  
• Experience in health system information management will be an added advantage.
  

The successful candidate should demonstrate excellent leadership and change management skills.


To Apply

Applications together with detailed Curriculum Vitae, names of three referees, telephone contact, e-mail address and copies of certificates and testimonials should be sent to, the Manager, Recruitment, Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi. P. O. Box 30270-00100, NAIROBI or by email to hr.recruitment@aku.edu

Only short listed candidates will be contacted