Alistair Thompson

Health Information Officer at City of Cape Town
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(386) 825-5501
Location
South Africa, ZA

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Credentials

  • The Non-Technical Skills of Effective Data Scientists
    LinkedIn
    Nov, 2022
    - Oct, 2024
  • What Is Business Analysis?
    LinkedIn
    Nov, 2022
    - Oct, 2024
  • Introduction to SQL
    DataCamp
    Jul, 2022
    - Oct, 2024
  • Joining Data in SQL
    DataCamp
    Jul, 2022
    - Oct, 2024

Experience

  • City of Cape Town
    • South Africa
    • Government Administration
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Health Information Officer
      • May 2021 - Present

      Provided a system administrative role to primary health care facilities for the Patient Record & Electronic Health Information SystemIdentify and report trends and the technical problem through continued process improvement. Solving complex business problems relating to processes and proceduresData analysis in MS ExcelProviding training to staff on systems usageAnalyzing business processes and streamlining current processesAnalyzing and streamlining current and new business procedures and processes Show less

    • Health Promotion Officer
      • Apr 2020 - May 2021

      Co-ordinate health promotion and interventions at schools.Provide technical support to the health facilities for health promotion activities.Co-ordinate health promotion community outreach programmes.Participate in the development and evaluation of health promotion materials.Participate in the training and development of volunteers/community workers with regard to health promotion.

    • Information Clerk
      • Oct 2014 - Mar 2020

      Coordinate, collect, collate, capture and verify all relevant health data.Collates and prepare quantitative information for inclusion into specific reports. Provides support to the immediate supervisor (Sub-district Health Information Officer) by applying specialized knowledge of relevant software applications. Monitor data trends for Sub-district and health facilities and provide regular reports/feedback to management.  Data quality monitoring, verification and submission to Information Office in prescribed format and according to the standard operating procedure. Developing health data validation and monitoring tools. Conduct and assist with health information audits. Conducting training workshops with health facility staff on health information systems and processes. Accessing relevant data from Head Office and external sources i.e. local pharmacies, institutions and non-clinical sites within the Sub-District and Provincial Government of the Western Cape Preparing graphs and plots on health information data as requested from management for presentations Visiting health facilities to confirm accuracy of initial data collection and to do on the spot training Facilitating with Clerical Staff and Clinic Managers to assist with interpretation of definitions, validation and analyses of health information data. Show less

  • Vodacom
    • South Africa
    • Telecommunications
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Business Analyst
      • Aug 2008 - Apr 2009

      Impact assessment of new products and services or pricing changes on the prepaid billing systems. Facilitation of workshops with the relevant role players to determine and discuss specific needs/concerns regarding solution. Requirements specification detailing the requirements/needs of the business/users. Functional specification reviews to ensure that the user requirements specification is correctly interpreted. Provide assistance during UAT to developers, testers and users. Conduct post-implementation reviews. Develop business process maps for billing reconciliation and data integrity processes. Show less

  • CSC
    • United States
    • Information Technology & Services
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Business Analyst
      • Jun 2005 - Dec 2007

      Applying knowledge of the fundamental concepts, practices, policies and procedures of life insurance products to the process of data conversion. Applying knowledge of conversion, balancing and model office testing methodologies to the process of data conversion. Applying leadership/management knowledge to the managing of small, focused testing teams – in order to maintain the pace of the work and ensure that the teams accomplish their tasks. Data mapping and product coding when moving data from one system to another. Show less

  • Sanlam
    • Financial Services
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Business/Product Analyst
      • Sep 2000 - Dec 2007

      Worked in Business Solutions in individual life assurance Worked in Business Solutions in individual life assurance

Education

  • University of the Western Cape
    Postgraduate Diploma, Data Analytics and Business Intelligence
    2023 - 2024
  • MANCOSA
    Bachelor of Commerce - BCom, Information Systems
    2019 - 2022
  • Faculty Training Institute
    Certificate in Business Analysis
    2002 - 2002
  • Kasselsvlei Comprehensive High School
    Grade 12
    1994 - 1994

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