Nurse(Afghan Nationals Only)
Coordinate nutrition programs and support community health initiatives
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Overview
Coordinate nutrition programs and support community health initiatives
You have:
- Completed Medical education (MD, or Public Health, or Nurse, or Midwife, or Nutrition) from recognized institute.
- Certificate of IMAM and MIYCN trainings.
- 2 to 3 years of relevant work experience working in nutrition supervisory and a health care.
- Experience in community engagement.
- Experience in emergency response, including rapid assessments and needs analysis.
- Experience in hygiene promotion in humanitarian contexts.
- Ability to supervise the field staff in implementation of nutrition interventions.
- Profound cross-cultural awareness and sound knowledge.
- Extremely flexible with teamwork.
- Ability to relate and motivate community to participate in the trainings.
- Creativity and the ability to work with limited resources.
- Fluency in Pashto, Dari and English.
- Computer skills (including MS Word, Excel, Access, and internet) an advantage.
Job Description
General Duties
- Coordinates meetings with BPHS, EPHS and other stakeholders - Work closely with the nutrition officer to identify and develop nutrition for health to ensure continued awareness of the nutrition guidelines adopted by the health facilities and IRC/MOPH. - Work with project staff, to identify the community volunteers on nutrition training on district level - Liaising /meetings with community elders and DoPH staff. - Keep good coordination & leadership with BPHS and EPHS staff and other stakeholders to ensure safe and meaningful access to related health facilities - On job training to staff at the community base nutrition program (CBNP) - Supervision from field team in the districts - Preparation of supportive supervision plan from the nutrition trainings - Preparation of payments and PR requests for all payments concerning the program
Specific Duties:
- Participate in screening at the triage of children under the age of five to monitor and ensure early detection of malnutrition cases - Engage Maharam of under-five clients on nutrition and health services - Organizing community meeting in coordination with Community health Assistant on nutrition messaging - Participating in community outreach services for adequate nutrition. - Will be supporting the admissions of severe malnutrition cases following properly laid down standards. Support referral and payment for referral for SAM clients with complications to inpatient services. - To counsel and advise follow-ups/parents/guardians on proper care and nutrition at home. - To carry out home visits as a follow up on discharged patients to ensure adherence of the clients on the nutrition programs. - Support the EPI department through carrying out routine growth monitoring activities and ensuring that all malnourished children have child health cards - Prepare and submit the nutrition reports for community activities and inpatient referrals as guided by the nutrition officer. - Participate in monthly meetings with key project staff, field staff meetings, sub-national nutrition cluster meetings, nutrition provincial committees, and other related meetings. - Close coordination with stakeholders; PPHD, BPHS, EPHS, and other. - Imparting knowledge and skills to staff. - Adhering to Professional Code of Conduct and Ethics. - Perform any other duties as assigned by the supervisor
Qualifications
Education:
- Completed Medical education (MD, or Public Health, or Nurse, or Midwife, or Nutrition) from recognized institute. - Certificate of IMAM and MIYCN trainings.
Years of Experience:
- 2 to 3 years of relevant work experience working in nutrition supervisory and a health care - Experience in community engagement - Experience in emergency response, including rapid assessments and needs analysis. - Experience in hygiene promotion in humanitarian contexts
Skills:
- Ability to supervise the field staff in implementation of nutrition interventions. - Profound cross-cultural awareness and sound knowledge - Extremely flexible with teamwork - Ability to relate and motivate community to participate in the trainings - Creativity and the ability to work with limited resources - Technical Competency: - Communication and reporting skills - Fluency in Pashto, Dari and English - Computer skills (including MS Word, Excel, Access, and internet) an advantage - Ability to work closely, professionally, and constructively with all others regardless of nationality, ethnicity, gender, religion, race, tribe, or cultural background
Potential interview questions
| Tell me about a time you had to engage a community in a health program. | This question assesses your experience and approach to community engagement. | Provide a specific example highlighting your strategies for involvement and the outcomes. |
| How do you ensure effective nutrition education among diverse communities? | The interviewer wants to understand your methods for cultural competence in education. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| Describe a situation where you had to work with limited resources in your nutrition interventions. | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
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