Nutrition & Health Supervisor

Job Summary:

Assignment :
 Management of the medical and nutritional treatment of severely acute malnourished children in the mobile clinic
 Supervision, monitoring and follow up of the medical treatment of severely malnourished children in the mobile clinic

Provinces to travel:

Skills Description:

 Management of the medical and nutritional treatment of severely acute malnourished children in the mobile clinic
 Supervision, monitoring and follow up of the medical treatment of severely malnourished children in the mobile clinic

Duties & Responsibilities:

Responsibilities:
Objective 1: Supervision, monitoring and follow up of the Mobile team activities
- Ensure that the admission criteria are respected: severely malnourished cases with medical complications admitted in the TFU and none medical complications are to the OTP
- Follow-up the history from each patient and conduct the clinical examination (looking after medical complications and their treatment; diarrhea, dehydration, hypothermia, hypoglycemia, anemia, skin disease, pneumonia, and other infections).
- Examine systematically all the patient everyday
- Check each treatment chart daily and follow up the
- treatment protocol together with the OTP nurse
- Ensure that systematic treatment and drugs are given correctly by the nurse.
- Make sure that the breastfeeding counseling given to all the lactating mothers
- Ensure that discharge criteria are respected, immunization is up to date and health and nutrition education given.
- Make sure that daily, weekly and monthly record of beneficiaries (admissions, cured, defaulters, death, transfer, gain of weight, length of stay, etc) is in place and fulfill efficiently.
Objective 2: Provide medical support to the beneficiaries in the OTP and IMCI consultation
- Examine systematically the beneficiaries admitted in OTP based on the needs.
- Examine the beneficiaries with medical problem in the OTP.
- Supervise, monitor and follow up the medical treatment in the OTP
- Provide support to the infants and mothers in the breastfeeding corner in OTP.
- Responsible of the IMCI consultation and treatment
Objective 3 : Manage the pharmacy :
Activities :
- Prepare the medical and nutrition requisitions for mobile team activities (RUTF and medications).
- Manage the pharmacy and medical equipment in coordination with logistic;
Objective 4 : Team management :
Activities :
- Train the team in the rules of hygiene, prescriptions and medical supervision ;
- Work in team with the nurses, measurer and the registrar ;
- Establish a work plan for his team ;
- Control the planning of his team ;
- In case of absence of a direct team members, manage who will take over the activities
- Organize training sessions ;
- Carry out appraisal interviews
Objective 5 : Reporting
- Do a medical consumption report
- Monthly morbidity and mortality report
- Follow up the monthly statistics report
- Participate to the APR

Job Location:

Qualifications:

Educational / Professional Background :
 Graduated degree Medical Doctor

Required Competences & Skills :
 At least 2 years’ experience in the field of health and nutrition.
 Previous experiences working in TFU/OTP will be an asset
 Organization skills are necessary.
 Ability to manage staff according to local culture
 Ability to use Microsoft Word, Excel
 Fluent in English, Dari and/or Pashto
 Knowledge of the Kabul Informal Settlement (KIS) area would be an asset