Nutrition Nurse (National Female Only)

Jalalabad

Organization: IRC - International Rescue Committee
Location: Jalalabad
Grade: Mid level - Mid level
Occupational Groups:
- Public Health and Health Service
- Medical Practitioners
- Nutrition
Closing Date: Closed

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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.

Minimum Qualifications:

Graduate of medical nurse from a recognized institute.
At least 2-3 years experiences in the field of health and nutrition
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.
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.

Standard of Professional Conduct:The IRC and the IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in the IRC Way – our Code of Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, Accountability, and Equality.

This vacancy is now closed.