Recrutement d’un vice-chancelier adjoint des finances
Background :
The Government of Rwanda has received financing from the African Development Bank towards the cost of Regional Centre of Excellence in Biomedical Engineering and e-Health (CEBE) Project. It is intended that part of the funds of this loan will be applied to eligible payments under the contract for the Consultancy Services to deliver the Academic Services under the East Africa’s Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Engineering and E-Health (CEBE).
The Client now invites the interested Individual Consultants experienced and capable to express their interest in providing the following services.
MASTER’S DEGREE COURSES IN HEALTH INFORMATICS :
| Total | Minimum Qualification of the Trainer | |||||||||
| Module | (Hrs) | |||||||||
| Clinic information | PhD in Health Informatics, Computer Sciences, Public | |||||||||
| systems | 100 | Health, or related field with minimum of 2 years in | ||||||||
| conducting training in implementing health | ||||||||||
| information systems. | ||||||||||
| Knowledge | PhD in data science, Health Informatics, Computer | |||||||||
| Management in | 100 | Sciences, Public Health, or related field with minimum | ||||||||
| Healthcare | of 2 years of experience in knowledge management, | |||||||||
| Delivery | health data analytics or related field | |||||||||
| Ethical, Legal, | PhD in Health Informatics, Computer Sciences, Public | |||||||||
| Equity, and | 100 | Health with at least 2 years | work experience | with | ||||||
| Governance | experience in health law, healthcare governance or | |||||||||
| related field | ||||||||||
| Public health | PhD degree in Health Informatics, Computer Sciences, | |||||||||
| information | 100 | Public | Health, or | related | field | with minimum | of 2 | |||
| systems | years in conducting training in health information | |||||||||
| systems | ||||||||||
| Health Information | PhD in Health Informatics, Computer Sciences with at | |||||||||
| Security | 100 | least 2 years work experience with experience in | ||||||||
| computer security | ||||||||||
| Project | PhD degree in Health Informatics, Public Health, | |||||||||
| Management in | 100 | Computer Sciences, or related field with minimum of | ||||||||
| Healthcare | 3 years in healthcare projects. | |||||||||
| Delivery | ||||||||||
| Decision Support | PhD in data science, Health Informatics, Computer | |||||||||
| Systems and | 100 | Sciences, Public Health, or related field with minimum | ||||||||
| Clinical Workflow | of 2 years of experience in decision support system, | |||||||||
| health data analytics or related field | ||||||||||
| E-Health | 100 | PhD | in | Health | Informatics, | Computer | Sciences, | |||
| Enterprise | Medicine, | Public | Health, | or | related | field | with | |||
OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY VICE CHANCELLOR FOR FINANCE :
| Architecture | minimum of 2 years in conducting training or working | |
| in healthcare system architecture, health information | ||
| systems, system interoperability, and standards. |
The selection will be based on the detailed Terms of Reference (available at www.ur.ac.rw) and in accordance with the Individual Consultant Selection method set out in with the policies of the Bank detailed in the Rules and Procedures for the Use of Consultants.
Application and Submission :
Interested and suitably qualified candidates should submit their Expression of Interest including CVs, Credentials and Proofs of currently belonging in a Reputable University to the following addresses :
Attn: CEBE Project Director and CEBE Project Coordinator
E-mail : cebedirector@gmail.com, cebeprojectcoordinator@gmail.com and cebeprojectprocurement@gmail.com
The deadline for submission of expression of interest is set on 12/03/2021, at 05:00pm hours Kigali time.
Note: A consultant can apply to many modules/training but not more than 3 in all fields.
Sincerely,
Françoise Kayitare Tengera
Deputy Vice Chancellor for Finance
ANNEX 1: PROFESSIONAL COURSES TO BE DELIVERED
| Course and Objectives | Content | Requirements of the trainer | ||||||||
| Clinic information systems | ||||||||||
| This module explores key concepts of the | Health information systems, electronic health records (HER), electronic | PhD in Health Informatics, Computer | ||||||||
| design and operation of information | medical records (EMR), coding systems, Unified Medical Language System, | Sciences, Public Health, or related field | ||||||||
| technology systems that are applied at the | Standard for Medical Imaging and Communication. | with minimum of 2 years in conducting | ||||||||
| point of clinical care. These are healthcare | training | in | implementing health | |||||||
| information systems used by doctors, | information systems. | |||||||||
| nurses and other healthcare providers to | ||||||||||
| provide clinical care to patients. It will | ||||||||||
| equip students to understand the | ||||||||||
| semantically-rich capture of data in support | ||||||||||
| of clinical decision-making; EHR storage | ||||||||||
| and sharing; EHR standardization; barriers | ||||||||||
| and facilitators to the adoption of EHR | ||||||||||
| including within the context of data | ||||||||||
| protection issues | ||||||||||
| Knowledge Management in Healthcare Delivery | ||||||||||
| This module covers the Health | The module covers patient care systems, critical aspects of | PhD in data science, Health | ||||||||
| Informatics topics of the use of | healthcare operations, knowledge strategies for healthcare | Informatics, | Computer | |||||||
| knowledge within a number of | operations, knowledge mapping and medical informatics, | Sciences, | Public Health, | or | ||||||
| areas, in particular the processing of | knowledge creation and discovery in medical informatics, | related field with minimum of | ||||||||
| Data into Information, and then into | application of knowledge management to healthcare, knowledge | 2 years | of | experience | in | |||||
| Knowledge. The use of such | tools and techniques for healthcare. | |||||||||
| knowledge | management, | |||||||||
| knowledge is explored in Decision | ||||||||||
| health | data | analytics | or | |||||||
| Making and Education | ||||||||||
| related field | ||||||||||
| Ethical, Legal, Equity, and Governance | ||||||||||
| Course and Objectives | Content | Requirements of the trainer | ||||||||||||||||||
| PhD | in Health | Informatics, | ||||||||||||||||||
| This module introduces the learners | The main contents of this module are Ethical and Social Issues | |||||||||||||||||||
| to various laws, ethical issues and | including political influence, Existing Health Informatics | Computer | Sciences, | Public | ||||||||||||||||
| policies that govern and regulate | related laws and legislations; Impact of breaches and | Health with at least 2 years | ||||||||||||||||||
| heath care provision and health | mitigation measures Professional Code of Conduct Research: | work | experience | with | ||||||||||||||||
| informatics practice and research in | Nuremberg; Belmont Report. | experience | in | health law, | ||||||||||||||||
| the field of health. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| healthcare | governance | or | ||||||||||||||||||
| related field | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Public health information systems | ||||||||||||||||||||
| This module explores the concepts | The content of this module is mainly made of application of | PhD | degree | in | Health | |||||||||||||||
| of technologies to provide assertive | informatics in area of public health, including | Informatics, | Computer | |||||||||||||||||
| support in the population. It | − epidemiology, | disease surveillance, prevention, and | Sciences, | Public | Health, | or | ||||||||||||||
| focusses on the application of | − | preparedness | related field with minimum of | |||||||||||||||||
| health promotion, | 2 | years | in | conducting | ||||||||||||||||
| informatics in area of public health, | ||||||||||||||||||||
| − | Data warehousing, | training | in | health | ||||||||||||||||
| including surveillance, prevention, | ||||||||||||||||||||
| − Data representation and information analysis; | information systems. | |||||||||||||||||||
| preparedness, and health promotion, | ||||||||||||||||||||
| − | Public health | applications | such | as | Community | |||||||||||||||
| and the use of Information | ||||||||||||||||||||
| information systems, Consumer health and patient | ||||||||||||||||||||
| technology in six building blocks of | ||||||||||||||||||||
| information, | ||||||||||||||||||||
| health systems | − | Geographical Information systems | ||||||||||||||||||
| Health Information Security | ||||||||||||||||||||
| This module is designed to enable | Core topic areas include, health application security, business | PhD | in Health | Informatics, | ||||||||||||||||
| students for understanding security | continuity and disaster recovery planning, cryptography, | Computer | Sciences | with | at | |||||||||||||||
| issues in health information systems | information | security | governance | and | risk | management, | least 2 years work experience | |||||||||||||
| compliance, | physical | (environmental) | security, | security | with experience in computer | |||||||||||||||
| and how to mitigate, contain and | ||||||||||||||||||||
| architecture | and design, and telecommunications | and data | security. | |||||||||||||||||
| eradicate them. The module focuses | ||||||||||||||||||||
| security | ||||||||||||||||||||
| on developing a comprehensive | ||||||||||||||||||||
| understanding of the principles for | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Course and Objectives | Content | Requirements of the trainer | |||||||||||||
| securing information systems | |||||||||||||||
| environment. | |||||||||||||||
| Decision Support Systems and Clinical Workflow | |||||||||||||||
| The course equips the students with | Clinical and public health decision support system, Mathematical | PhD in data science, Health | |||||||||||||
| the knowledge and skills to | foundations of knowledge-based systems, Areas to apply decision | Informatics, | Computer | ||||||||||||
| appropriately | use | and | apply | support systems in health and health care, Workflow & Process | Sciences, | Public Health, | or | ||||||||
| decisionsupport | systemsin | Management, Implement CDSS in a Health Care setting | related field with minimum of | ||||||||||||
| healthcare (both clinical and public | 2 years of experience in | ||||||||||||||
| health settings). | decision | support | system, | ||||||||||||
| health | data | analytics | or | ||||||||||||
| related field | |||||||||||||||
| Project Management in Healthcare Delivery | |||||||||||||||
| In this module students will learn | • | Project Management Fundamentals, | PhD | degree | in | Health | |||||||||
| the principles of project | • Project Organisation and Behaviour, | Informatics, Public Health, | |||||||||||||
| management as well as of | • Project Strategy and Leadership | Computer | Sciences, | or | |||||||||||
| information management within | related field with minimum of | ||||||||||||||
| projects. Through exploration of | 3 years in healthcare projects | ||||||||||||||
| health information projects, | |||||||||||||||
| students will gain real-world | |||||||||||||||
| understandings of how to manage | |||||||||||||||
| health informatics projects. They | |||||||||||||||
| will take into account the socio- | |||||||||||||||
| technical aspects of | |||||||||||||||
| implementation. | |||||||||||||||
| E-Health Enterprise Architecture | |||||||||||||||
| Thiscoursewillexaminethe | − Fundamentals of enterprise architecture, | PhD in Electronics Engineering, PhD in | |||||||||||||
| multidimensional | aspects of | medical | − | Enterprise architecture models/frameworks | Health | Informatics, | Computer | ||||||||
| device development and | manufacturing | − Health information systems interoperability | Sciences, Medicine, Public Health, or | ||||||||||||
| Course and Objectives | Content | Requirements of the trainer | ||||||||||||
| and | provide | students | with | the | − | Health informatics standards | related field with minimum of 2 years | |||||||
| entrepreneurship | skills | necessary | to | − | Health information exchange | in conducting training or working in | ||||||||
| understand how devices are developed and | − | E-health enterprise architecture risks and key constraints, | healthcare system architecture, | health | ||||||||||
| brought to market. Students will | − | E-health enterprise architecture implementation process | information | systems, | system | |||||||||
| specifically learn how to assess a device’s | interoperability, and standards. | |||||||||||||
| clinical effectiveness, to evaluate its core | ||||||||||||||
| function/technology, and to identify the | ||||||||||||||
| appropriate path and requirements to | ||||||||||||||
| obtain regulatory clearance/approval. | ||||||||||||||
General Requirements :
- Demonstrated experience as a lead for a minimum of three similar projects including design, develop, implement and evaluate ehealth systems ;
- Strong data analysis expertise, including software and knowledge of significance testing and high level statistical analysis ;
- Previous experience working in Rwanda (or similar context) highly desirable ;
- Cultural sensitivity and strong inter-personal skills essential ;
- Demonstrated facilitation and training skills required ;
- Management, planning, coordination, organization, and facilitation skills ;
- Flexibility and complete availability for the duration of the assignment ;
- Spoken and written fluency in English is a requirement; spoken and written French is an advantage ;
- Flexibility, tenacity and results-oriented approach essential for success ;
- Experience of working in low resources settings
DESIGN OF TEACHING MATERIALS AND MODE OF COURSES DELIVERY :
The training consultant will employ rigorous and varied methods of training and research to achieve this task. The mode of delivery shall ensure that there is transfer of skills to the trainees for sustainability purposes. The trainees should demonstrate the capacity to be future designers, developers, implementers, users and evaluators of e-health systems in Rwanda and the Region.
RESPONSIBILITIES :
The consultant is expected to undertake the following tasks based on the CEBE approved objectives and content of the short courses :
- Design teaching materials for the following short courses :
- Clinic information systems ;
- Knowledge Management in Healthcare Delivery ;
- Ethical, Legal, Equity, and Governance ;
- Public health information systems ;
- Health Information Security ;
- Project Management in Healthcare Delivery ;
- Decision Support Systems and Clinical Workflow.
- E-Health Enterprise Architecture
- Deliver the modules mentioned above in collaboration with University of Rwanda lecturers
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE :
For each training, the start and the end date will be agreed upon between CEBE and the consultant. The consulting services will start from the date the contract is signed till the end of the agreed period for service provision.
- REPORTING REQUIREMENTS :
A detailed work plan with clear deliverables and milestones must be submitted within 2 weeks of the contract agreement. The consultant will be requested to report the progress and performance according to the contract. The final report for the whole assignment will be given as stipulated in the contract.
- SKILLS TRANSFER
The consultant will be an experienced expert in e-health like in the design, development, implementation and evaluation of e-health innovations, and therefore will be required to transfer skills during the period of execution of the assigned tasks.