MH & Nutrition Nurse

KEY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

•  Improving basic preventive health care at community level with emphasis health, immunization, health and nutrition services
•  Conduct & undertake PHC like consultation & provide proper treatment based on the protocol
• Strengthening of linkages and coordination mechanisms between community and the Woreda health bureaus
• Strengthening of early referrals mechanism
• Plan and implement project outlined in the protocol for OTP and SC to achieve objectives of the project.
• The health and nutrition nurse will help facilitate admission of the patient at the OTP, and SC.
• Train and support the HEWs in severe acute malnutrition case management and follow-up (e.g., referral to SC) according to national guidelines.
• Train and support community-based volunteer health workers for the implementation of the community component of the project.
• Ensure each and every admitted child receives adequate and quality clinical and nutritional care through existing resources.
• ·Ensure at all times adequately equipped and supplied with the necessary nutritional and clinical requirements – Plumpy’nut, Vitamin A, routine drugs, nutritional equipment’s, nutritional/medical stationeries, etc.
• Assisting the planning and promotion of awareness creation on nutrition and preventative health care issues in the community

Technical Support role

• Support communities to increase their knowledge and skills through training, exposure and joint actions
•   Strengthen community self-mobilization through their leaders for participation in their planning, implementation and monitoring of activities
•  Share latest development ideas and appropriate technologies to community members/groups
•  Share information on support and cooperation opportunities with communities and other stakeholders
•  Use a variety of extension methods, which are suited to the situation, and build the capacities (knowledge, and skills) of communities
•  Promote constructive customary mechanisms and institution building with in communities

QUALIFICATION

• BSc Degree nurse, public health Officer or other related fields.
• At least three years post qualification experience in the field out of which one year NGO experience in the field

• Experienced in nutrition and health program implementation –data collection and compilation, working with counterpart for lasting intervention, training of health workers, etc.
• Good written and spoken ability of the local language
• Extremely flexible, able to work independently, and have the ability to cope with stressful situations and frustrations.
• Interest in and ability to work in team.
• Good organizational and interpersonal skills.
• Ability and willingness to work in remote and potentially insecure environments.

 KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITY

• The position holder must have excellent interpersonal skills, flexibility and Relations to his team members.
• The position holder must have an ability that he can manage when it comes to reach hard decisions to across the barrier.
• The position holder should have a good interrelation ship with others and must now local language