About this role
Clinical / Health Informatics Consultant
Helium Health is a full-service Healthtech company that provides a suite of solutions for healthcare providers, payers, and patients in emerging markets at the core of which is our SaaS based electronic medical records/hospital management information system (EMR/HMIS).
Clinical / Health Informatics Consultant
- Job Type Contract, Remote
- Qualification BA/BSc/HND
- Experience 3 years
- Location Lagos
- Job Field Consultancy, Medical / Healthcare
- We are looking for a Clinical/Health Informatics Consultant to support a review of clinical data capture and workflows within HeliumOS.
- The consultant will work with relevant teams to review existing clinical forms and data-entry processes and provide recommendations to support the continued optimisation of the platform.
Responsibilities
- Review clinical forms, data fields, and data-entry workflows within the EMR.
- Assess data capture across key areas of the patient journey.
- Recommend opportunities to optimise the structure and standardisation of clinical data capture.
- Review the use of structured fields and free-text documentation and recommend appropriate approaches.
- Recommend relevant clinical terminology, classifications, and coding standards where applicable.
- Ensure recommendations reflect practical clinical workflows and do not create unnecessary documentation burden for healthcare providers.
- Work with relevant clinical, Product, Data, Public Health, and Engineering teams to validate and prioritise recommendations.
Requirements
- Medical degree (MBBS/MD or equivalent) or other relevant clinical qualification.
- Minimum of 3 years' relevant experience working with EMR/EHR systems, clinical informatics, clinical data management, or the design and optimisation of clinical data capture and documentation workflows.
- Good understanding of clinical documentation and healthcare workflows.
- Experience reviewing or designing clinical forms, EMR data fields, or structured health datasets.
- Understanding of health data quality and standardisation.
- Familiarity with relevant clinical terminology and coding standards such as ICD-10, SNOMED CT, LOINC, HL7/FHIR, or similar standards.
- Strong analytical, documentation, and communication skills.
- Ability to work effectively with clinical and technical teams.
- Experience working with EMRs/EHRs in Nigeria or other African healthcare settings.
- Experience working with multi-facility health information systems.