Senior Lecturer

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Senior Lecturer: Health Informatics

(25-month contract)

CENTRE FOR INTEGRATED DATA AND EPIDEMIOLOGICAL RESEARCH (CIDER)

Division of Public Health Medicine

FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES

The Division of Public Health Medicine (PHM) in the School of Public Health provides applied public health teaching and specialist training and supports public health service delivery within the Western Cape Department of Health and Wellness. The Centre for Integrated Data and Epidemiological Research (CIDER) harnesses routine health data to support population and clinical epidemiological research, as well as the development of health information systems.

We are now seeking to appoint an experienced and suitably qualified Senior Lecturer in Health Informatics to join the PHM academic division and CIDER. This is an exciting opportunity for an academic with expertise in clinical and/or population health informatics to contribute to postgraduate education, research and the advancement of routine health information systems within the health services.

Requirements include:

• A master’s degree in an appropriate field with the ability to supervise post-graduate students at master’s level or above

• 4 years’ experience working with health data derived from routine health information systems, or in a core technical health informatics domain

• Research expertise backed by an appropriate track record

The following would be advantageous:

• Active experience working with health standards and ontologies

• A specific interest in terminology services within a health information exchange

• Formal training in health information systems or clinical informatics, additional to experience

• While the post is not limited to registered clinicians, clinicians with health information systems training and experience are encouraged to apply

Responsibilities include:

• The successful candidate will initially co-convene and teach on a master’s-level Health Information Systems module within the Master’s in Public Health (MPH) and Computational Health Informatics Master’s (CHIP) programs in the Faculty of Health Sciences.

• Developing further teaching offerings in health informatics

• Supervising postgraduate students in health informatics topics

• Developing and supporting research in health informatics and the use of routine health data

• Contribute specialist expertise to CIDER’s long-standing partnership with the Western Cape Department of Health and Wellness Provincial Health Data Centre (PHDC) in support of improved health service delivery

• Supporting convenings and activities of the Hasso-Plattner UCT Partnership in Digital Health

The post would suit an academic with a strong combination of operational health informatics expertise, postgraduate teaching and supervision experience, and an established research track record. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to contribute to an evolving field, collaborate across academic and health-sector environments, and play a key role in strengthening health informatics teaching and research at UCT as well as health information systems in the services.

For detailed information on this post, please view the job description on the following link:

The annual cost of employment, including benefits, is between R837 520 and R1 207 358.

To apply, please click the 'apply' button to create a candidate profile and to submit your application.

Please complete/attach the following to your profile before submitting your application:

• Motivational letter that speaks to the requirements of the position

• Curriculum Vitae (CV)

• Three referee names which must include their title and name, position details, relationship to you, their e-mail address and telephone number

• Highest qualification

• ID/Passport

An application which does not comply with the above requirements will be regarded as incomplete.

Shortlisted candidates may be required to undergo competency and pre-placement-medical assessments. References may be requested by UCT at any stage of the selection process.

Any enquiries for the position to be addressed to Ms Tracy Moore at tracy.moore@uct.ac.za or 021 650 4505.

Closing date: 1 November 2026

Websites: http://www.health.uct.ac.za

Centre for Integrated Data and Epidemiological Research - CIDER | School of Public Health

Reference number: ID1562

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