Nutrition Nurse (for Afghan female only)

Job Description

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

Qualification and Requirements:

Education: Graduate medical nurse from a recognized institute.

Years of Experience: At least 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.