Nutrition Nurse(Afghan Female Only)
Provide nutrition support and treatment services for acutely malnourished children.
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Overview
Provide nutrition support and treatment services for acutely malnourished children.
You have:
- Graduate medical nurse from a recognized institute.
- At least 2-3 years experiences in the field of health and nutrition.
- Fluency in Pashto, Dari, and English.
- Good organization, planning, and reporting skills are necessary.
- Ability to manage the working environment according to local culture.
- High flexibility in deployment, possible with Mahram.
- Ability to live in challenging conditions and ability to work under difficult, high-pressure situations.
- Ability to lead, train, supervise, and facilitate other nursing staff and community health workers in their respective tasks.
- Communication and reporting skills.
Job Description
Staff Coordination
- Maintain open and professional relations with team members, promoting a strong team spirit and providing guidance to enable staff to successfully perform in their positions. - Provide nutrition support and mentorship to other mobile clinic staff, providing on-the-job training where needed.
- Ensure non-disclosure of any information whatsoever about practices and IRC activities to any other person or organization without permission, except in the normal performance of the service. - Consistently and proactively monitor/assess the safety and security of the team; promptly report concerns or incidents to IRC management and liaise with community leaders and other external parties as required to maintain/enhance the security environment for IRC programs.
Main Responsibilities
Objective 1: Provide Treatment services for acute malnourish Under 5 children and PLW.
- Perform screening & promotion to all U5 children who are visiting HFs/MNTs services. - Classification of all U5 children in categories of well-nourished and Acute Malnutrition (SAM & MAM). - Enrolment of all acute malnourished children to OPD SAM/MAM programs. - Provide nutritional treatment to enrolled malnourished children according to IMAM treatment protocols. - Perform history taking and physical & medical examination including childhood illness of beneficiaries during admission time as well during follow-up visits. - Perform appetite tests for each admitted patient during admission time and decide on the provision of treatment services or refer to higher treatment services. - Perform anthropometric measurements during follow-up visits. - Ensure nutritional follow-up of the beneficiaries. - Prescribe routine medication to admitted patients during admission time according to the approved treatment protocol. - Identify those beneficiaries who do not respond to the treatment and manage their follow-up.
- Refer severely acutely malnourished beneficiaries with medical complications to higher health centers (IPD – SAM or Podiatric ward) for advanced treatment. - Ensure medical examination at discharge time and validate the discharge upon the status of the beneficiaries. - Check if all the procedures are completed before discharge (anthropometric measurements, medical and nutritional treatment, systematic treatment, and health and nutrition education to caretakers). - Check that the criteria of discharge are met and act according to the approved treatment guidelines. - Record all the necessary information on the existing reporting tools (registration book and card for each beneficiary etc...) - Provide health and nutrition education to the caregivers on breastfeeding, complementary feeding, hygiene, care of pregnant and lactating women, and prevention of illness.
Objective 2: Prepare all the material /Reporting tools and documentation.
- Before leaving the office ensure all the material is ready and active (relevant equipment, registers, nutritional supplies, medicines…). - Keep all items in the field very well and after the field visit, clean and prepare the use in the coming day. - Update all reporting tools daily. - Keep and maintain a good filing system for all documents. - Prepared the reports (Daily, Weekly, and monthly) according to the standard reporting tools. - Assist line supervisor in performing other duties assigned by the organization.
Objective 3: Support the counselor on Infant Young Child Feeding (IYCF) counseling:
- Promote breastfeeding skills by spreading relevant 1000 days of life messages to mothers and caretakers. - Provide Key IYCF messages to the mothers and caretakers during the performing of GMP to under 2 years of children. - Organize group sessions on basic/key messages on 1000 days of life to caretakers who are visiting HFs. - Refer patients to proper services based on needs (having complications). - Support the conduction of nutrition and health education sessions for clients. - Record all the necessary information on the existing reporting tools.
Qualifications
- Education: Graduate medical nurse from a recognized institute. - Years of Experience: At least 2-3 years experiences in the field of health and nutrition - Skills: - Previous experiences working in health nutrition activities (OPD, TFU, pediatric unit….) - Good organization, planning, and reporting skills are necessary. - Ability to manage the working environment according to local culture. - High flexibility in deployment, possible with Mahram - Knowledge of the intervention area is a plus. - Develops and promotes effective collaboration within and across units to achieve shared goals and optimize results. - Must be a team player with excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work under pressure in a stressful environment, displaying patience, compassion, and diplomacy. - Ability to be innovative, flexible, adaptive, and willing to work out of hours, sometimes throughout the night. - Ability to live in challenging conditions and ability to work under difficult, high-pressure situations. - Ability to lead, train, supervise, and facilitate other nursing staff and community health workers in their respective tasks. - Technical Competency: - Communication and reporting skills - Fluency in Pashto, Dari, and English - Computer skills (including MS Word, Excel, Access, and Internet) are 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
| Can you describe a time you had to manage a challenging situation with a patient or team member? | This question assesses your conflict resolution skills and your ability to maintain professionalism under pressure. | Describe the situation, the actions you took, and the outcome while focusing on your interpersonal skills. |
| How do you ensure effective communication with colleagues from diverse backgrounds? | The interviewer wants to know about your cultural competence and teamwork abilities. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| What methods do you use to stay organized and ensure all necessary materials are prepared for your work? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| Describe a time you provided education to caregivers on child nutrition. What was the outcome? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| How do you approach mentoring junior staff or volunteers in your team? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
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Source:
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