Senior/ Public Health Officer (National Immunisation Registry)

[What the role is]

As a Senior/Public Health Officer of the Immunisation Policy and Strategy (IPS) Division, you will be contributing to the Division's objective of minimising morbidity and mortality of vaccine-preventable diseases of public health importance through shaping national immunisation policies and strategies.

You will be working in a fast-paced and dynamic environment that would require the ability to manage multiple priorities and stakeholders at the same time.

[What you will be working on]

You will ensure the smooth function of the National Immunisation Registry (NIR), including attaining high quality data, monitoring, reporting and analysing immunisation coverage in Singapore in relation to prevention of vaccine-preventable diseases. You will oversee the functions of NIR by working with the relevant stakeholders, including data requestors and providers from other agencies and the IT vendor assisting in the NIR back-end functions. In addition, you will manage public enquiries and requests on vaccination related issues involving the NIR from members of public and healthcare professionals.

As the key administrator of the NIR system, you will also be involved in establishing and maintaining system linkages for data flow, ensuring proper data governance, as well as maintaining the NIR system to ensure its operational readiness.

As part of the review of the national vaccination programme, you will monitor the NIR data closely, support the conduct of relevant statistical analysis on an ongoing basis to understand disease trends, vaccination coverage and implications. You will also generate relevant reports to inform policy decisions.

Due to the cross-cutting nature of the work, you will have the opportunity to interact with respective MOH and healthcare stakeholders, in the maintenance and improvement of the NIR system.

[What we are looking for]

• Effective managing of accurate and secured information on notification of vaccination records received from Public Healthcare Institutions and private General Practitioners to the NIR
• Verify, review and update procedures as needed operationally and/or by regulatory requirements
• Maintaining the NIR system to ensure its operational readiness
• Ensure compliance to protocols for information security and management
• Working with stakeholders on the data flow to and from the NIR
• Enhance enablers to drive the national immunisation programmes

Job Requirements

• Work experience in public health-related field would be an added advantage
• Good personal management and organisational abilities to engage a large variety of stakeholders
• Possess good leadership skills and strong project management to work with the IT vendor team effectively and meet stipulated timelines
• Meticulous, with an eye for details, to ensure that the NIR is maintained with good quality data
• Forward-thinking, analytical mindset
• Good data and statistical literacy, with the ability to read, work with, analyse and communicate data; proficient in python, R programming, strata and SQL
• Committed to work and willingness to work under pressure
• Good understanding of local and international communicable disease control principles