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)