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| Country | Afghanistan | Province | Daikundi, |
| Categories | Health Care, | Type | Full Time |
| Post Date | 2023-03-09 | Close Date | 2023-03-21 |
| Vacancy No | Medair_NIL_AFG30 | Gender | male female |
| No Of Jobs | 2 | Contract Duration | 31-Dec-2023 (with strong possibility of extension) |
| Education | Graduate from recognized medical faculty BPHS /PHC related training, IMNCI, RH, Immunization in Practice training | Experience | Minimum 2 years relevant post graduate experience |
| Organization | Opportunities for you | Salary | As per organization salary scale |
About Company
About MEDAIR: Medair is an international humanitarian organization established in 1988. Medair has been operating in Afghanistan since 1996 with programs mainly in the Health, Water & Sanitation, and Livelihoods sectors with significant reconstruction activities in remote areas. Current projects are Water & Sanitation, Food Security, & Disaster Risk Reduction. An Integrated Emergency Response: Medair aims to respond to high levels of food insecurity, malnutrition, and morbidity in Tirinkot district. The project intends to improve and extend WASH services including water supply infrastructure and hygiene practices to improve outcomes for vulnerable families. An Integrated Emergency Response: Medair aims to respond to high levels of food insecurity, malnutrition, and morbidity in Uruzgan, which has been significantly affected by drought and conflict conditions. Building upon Medair’s decades of experience in the Central Highlands and Kandahar, the project intends to improve and extend utilisation of lifesaving preventive and curative nutrition and health services by mothers, PLWs and children U5; to increase access to clean water, to reduce vulnerability to water-related and other preventable diseases, and to improve and increase food security for the most vulnerable families through food voucher distributions.
Job Description
Overall Purpose
To be a senior officer clinical lead on mobile Health & Nutrition team (MHNT) providing integrated health and nutrition services to targeted communities. Provide outpatient consultation for women and children, supporting MHNT midwife and nurses to deliver high quality care according to standard guidelines and best practice. Oversee provision of IMNCI, RH (ANC, PNC & FP), injury and trauma care and community health activities. Along with the Health and Nutrition Supervisor, coordinate with EPI outreach provider to increase immunization access at mobile locations, establish referral pathways to strengthen links between project locations and existing static health facilities.
Project Overview
Medair’s Health and Nutrition project in Daikundi Province is designed to increase access to quality of life saving PHC and nutrition services for underserved communities, through integrated mobile health and nutrition teams (MHNT). This includes IMNCI, RH (ANC, PNC & FP), management of acute malnutrition in children under 5 years and pregnant and lactating women, increasing access to routine immunisations through referral to existing services, and PSS. The programme also addresses key determinants of ill health and malnutrition through promotion of improved Maternal Infant and Child Nutrition (MIYCN) practices and health and hygiene behaviours. The programme aims to reduce the transmission of COVID-19 and reduce the impact of COVID-19 on health and nutrition outcomes of women and children.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Provide outpatient consultation for women and children under 5, including IMNCI. Provide clinical lead supporting IMNCI nurse and midwife to manage cases and ensure high quality of care delivered.
- Direct involvement in clinical care delivered in mobile clinic; treatment of childhood illness, vaccination screening, RH (ANC, PNC & FP), injury and trauma care as first aid support including first dosage of treatment and urgent referral in the assigned locations.
- Ensure all staff in the mobile health team are following national guidelines and organizational protocols.
- Coordinate with existing Community Health structures (Health Shura, CHNWs,) and health promotional communication, in the assigned catchment areas.
- Ensure daily data collection process is followed and recorded for all curative health activities.
- Establish appropriate clinical referral pathways from each mobile site to appropriate facilities.
- Ensure medicine stock management at clinic site correctly managed and submit time stock requests to logs team for medicine, supplies and equipment
- Any other activities not listed in the JD but requested by line manager and Health & Nutrition Project Manager.
MAIN ACTIVITIES
Supervisory Responsibilities
- Provide daily clinical supervision of health activities at the assigned mobile team locations.
- Coordinate with staff and check patient flow and organize the team and the site efficiently and according to quality standards.
- Oversee the implementation of IMNCI, RH, injury and trauma care, and support community health activities, establish referral pathways to strengthen links between project locations and existing static health facilities in project areas of operation.
- Assist with on-the-job training of health mobile team and nutrition staff in managing co-existing illnesses, triage, and thorough assessment and referral.
- Ensure adherence to the organization’s values and professional behaviour of all nutrition staff and take the lead in resolving problems if needed.
- Support PSS staff with referral and follow up of cases requiring referral to Mental Health PHC consultation or specialised care.
Technical Responsibilities (involvement as needed)
- Provide medical assessment of children and women provide attending for PHC services and provide appropriate medical treatment following national protocols, IMNCI and RH guidelines.
- Examine children admitted to nutrition programme for co-existing illnesses/IMNCI or complications and provide appropriate medical treatment or referral according to IMCI guidelines.
- Review complicated IMNCI cases and especially children under 6 months and take the final decision on referral to the hospital.
- Review complicated RH beneficiaries and take final decision on their referral.
- Ensure appropriate education and counselling is given to the beneficiaries and care takers.
- Ensure treatment is given according to guidelines and protocols approved by National MoPH
Quality Management:
- Ensure accurate record keeping of all activities at the mobile health site or in the communities.
- Submit required daily, weekly, and monthly reports. Carry out required quality checks according to provided checklists.
- Clinical supportive supervision and on the Job training to mobile team and community staff
External Representation
- Liaise with stakeholders providing health in the same location, especially for referral
- In collaboration with the Health Manager and other MHNTs operating in the same district ensure staff of referral facilities are informed of all aspects of the program including referral pathways
- Assist in mapping of villages and communities that have poor access to health and nutrition services.
- In collaboration with the Health Manager and supervisor, establish referral pathways to appropriate health facilities, paediatric and inpatient facility.
- Provide feedback to the Health Manager, Supervisor, Health & Nutrition Project Manager on community specific challenges and barriers.
Logistics
- Prepare regular stock requests to ensure sufficient stock (medicine, medical supplies, and non-medical supplies) is available at each assigned mobile team location.
- Support and provide guidance to Pharmacy Assistant in safe storage of all medicine’s medical supplies and equipment.
- Monitor expiration dates to ensure stocks are used prior to their expiration date.
- Report any suspected or identified fraud cases at the Health and Nutrition site to the Project Manager
Job Requirement
PERSON REQUIREMENTS
Educational Background
- Graduate from recognized medical faculty BPHS /PHC related training, IMNCI, RH, Immunization in Practice training
- Pediatrician
- RMNCH, IMNCI, RH trainer
Relevant Experiences
- Minimum 2 years relevant post graduate experience
- Experience in implementation of IMNCI and RH activities
- Experience implementing BPHS/PHC/ IMNCI/ EPI programs
- Working/implementing in mobile team
- Working with an international organization
Language Skills
- Dari oral and written skills
- Good command of Englis
- Good English oral and written skills
Computer Skills
- Strong MS Excel, MS Word and ODK
- Proficiency data analysis and reporting
- Familiar with DoPH, PHC, and HMIS reporting
Organizational Capacity
- Ability to organize a mobile health site efficiently and orderly, coordinating team members and beneficiaries, identifying bottlenecks, and providing solutions
- Ability to work with community leaders to arrange clinic sites, access, and security.
Team Building
- Willingness to cover tasks of other team members when needed.
- Good training and coaching skills
Adaptability
- Ability to work under pressure.
- Ability to plan work efficiently and delegate or fill gaps if needed
Problem Solving & Initiative
- Excellent problem-solving skills with a solution-oriented attitude
- Able to recognize and resolve team conflicts productively.
Character
- Respectful attitude towards team members and beneficiaries
- Honest and dependable, with strong anti-fraud principles and high level of integrity.
- Flexible in working hours
Communication Skills
- Maintains clear and consistent communication with line manager and other team-members.
- Willingness to listen and consider differing opinions
Submission Guideline
Interested applicants should apply and forward their applications through the online JOB APPLICATION FORM which could be found under the submission email. The link should be copied, pasted and opened in a new page.
Note: Please indicate the position tittle and vacancy number in your application letter. Applications received after the closing date or without the exact position title and vacancy number will no be given consideration. Please, if you receive no authomatic reply, then there should not be concerned. Please, if you receive no authomatic reply, then there should not be concerned.