NUTRITION NURSE (FEMALE ONLY)

Job Summary:

Provide nursing care, treatment and follow-up for children suffering from severe malnutrition, according to MSF TFP (ITFC/ATFC/SFP) protocols, universal hygienic standards and other procedures, in order to ensure a good delivery of care and improve their nutritional conditions.

Duties & Responsibilities:

•            Implementing and following at all times the universal hygiene standards, security rules and other protocols and procedures regarding nursing and children nutrition matters.

•            Ensuring proper functioning of the Therapeutic Program. This includes:

•            Daily collecting the number of new admissions and exits and to check the attendance

•            Calculating the quantity of food needed for the day based on the number of children registered

•            Ensuring triage of patients in waiting areas, detecting the priority acute cases, carrying out first aid care when necessary and referring them to the doctor if necessary.

•            Carrying-out all patient’s related tasks for the admission, weighing and measuring the children, identifying the degree and types of malnutrition, administration (patient card, register,…) etc.

•            Ensuring that medical and nutritional care is properly delivered to the patients and to daily follow the evolution of the patients.

•            Carrying-out consultations to children and their parents, undertaking a complete clinical examination of children, looking for associated pathologies, drawing up nutritional surveillance forms and milk cards, providing required vaccination, etc.

•            Carrying-out surveillance and follow-up of patients’ medical and nutritional evolution, identifying possible emergency situations arising and keeping doctors informed if necessary.

•           Providing advice and inform children’s families about everything concerning the hospitalization, participate in the health education of the mothers and/or treatment process.

•           Controlling all pharmacy, food, and medical equipment (carrying out inventories, checking its quality and its functioning, storage conditions, doing follow-up of expired drugs, etc.)

•           Carrying-out and supervise administrative procedures and documents (fill in patients files, forms, statistics, etc.), ensure an appropriate written/oral handover, and report any problematic situations and cases arising.

• Performing minor maintenance and cleaning of the biomedical equipment following user manual and protocols. Alerting the supervisor in case of malfunctioning of any device.

Specific Tasks:

-        Will provide nursing assessments and prioritize treatments according to the urgency of need in the triage for paediatric patients.

-        Placement and monitoring of NG cannula

-        Ensure the implementation of the treatment of SAM cases by following strictly the protocols and provide individual health and nutrition counselling

-        Analyze the health and nutrition evolution of each patient and provide the systematic treatment based on the guidelines

-        Support doctors during patient tour and adapts treatment when necessary

-        Supports and cooperates with the nursing assistant in the therapeutic feeding process of the patient

-        Gives attention to relationship between caretaker and child. Supports caretakers where necessary in providing care to the child. Education to the caretaker about further care in the home.

Job Requirement:

Education

-        Nursing diploma

-        Nutritional training is desirable

Experience

-        Previous experience in the similar position is required.

-        Experience in MSF or other NGO’s is essential.

-        Experience in paediatric is desirable

-        Experience in health and nutrition programs is an advantage

Languages

-        Dari/Pashtu: oral and written essential

-        English: oral and written desirable

Working hours

-       Full Time / Schedule: 176 hours per month - due to the nature of the position the candidate must be willing and capable to sometimes work outside regular office hours

-       Salary will be paid according to the MSF salary grid

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