Lagoon Hospital was first established in 1986 with Lagoon Hospital Apapa, now the flagship hospital, followed by Lagoon Hospital Ikeja and Lagoon Hospital Victoria Island. The Group has since added 2 new locations: Lagoon Clinics in Adeniyi Jones, Ikeja and Lagoon Specialist Suites in Victoria Island bringing a total of 5 locations to date. Lagoon Hospitals pioneer advanced medical care in Nigeria and are committed to the highest standards of professionalism and service. The hospitals are equipped to perform all forms of surgical procedures including those that are only possible at very few specialised hospitals in the United Kingdom and USA and they continue to invest in high quality specialty services. Lagoon Hospitals is driven by a single thrust, to provide the best standards of patient care. It is this passion that has led to the development of unique specialties across medical disciplines, within the Lagoon Hospitals Group. These specialties include orthopedics & Trauma, General Surgery, Critical Care, Medical & Surgical Oncology, Urology, Cardiology, Obstetrics & Gynaecology and Pediatrics. Lagoon Hospitals are part of the Hygeia group, Nigeria’s foremost private integrated healthcare services provider, which also has Hygeia Health Maintenance Organisation (HMO), Hygeia Community Health Care and Hygeia Foundation within the group.
- The Chief Information Officer will plan, coordinate, direct and design all technology services as well as provide direction and support for IT solutions that enhance mission-critical business operations of the organization.
Summary of Responsibilities
- Develop and execute IT strategy to meet the organization’s short- and long-term goals and objectives
- Ensure optimal design, build, functionality and adoption of EMR solutions, and supporting software products and solution.
- Provide leadership and operational management of all physical IT infrastructure.
- Develop IT business plan and budget, and control operational budget and expenditures
- Lead strategic and operational IT governance processes
- Develop and enforce policy and procedures to ensure the protection of the systems’ IT assets and the integrity and privacy of information entrusted to or maintained by the systems
- Ensure the organizations alignment with all applicable data privacy and protection regulations
- Ensure best practices and expertise in all areas of data security
- Lead and coordinate risk assessment activities to assess information security risks, prioritize risks, and identify improvements.
- Provide leadership, knowledge, and technology support to deliver efficient data capture, and data analytics to support clinical, operational and commercial strategic decisions
- Position the organization as an industry leader in the digitization of the patient journey, and delivery of world-class patient experience
Key Performance Indicators/Performance Goals
- Development and delivery of effective organization IT Strategy
- Maintenance of applications and systems to minimize systems faults and incidents
- Effective management and administration of relevant IT SLAs
- Timely completion of projects
Job Qualification
- BSc. or MSc. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
- MBA or Relevant Business degree is an added advantage.
- One or more of the following IT related certifications will be desired: MCSE, OCP, CITP, MCSA, ITILv3 and Information Security Certification Tracks.
- 10+ years of increasingly responsible experience in ERP/Enterprise Application systems, analysis and design.
- Deep understanding of health services operations / products knowledge, an expert technical knowledge in software development as well as depth in computer hardware handling capabilities are essentials abilities required in the position.
Core Competencies
- IT Architecture Design and Development, Systems Networking and Data Centre Operations
- Interpersonal and communication skills, Service oriented, courteous, team player
Method of Application
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