Supervisor HFs (Nurses/ Midwives)

About ACTIN AGAINST HUNGER (AAH)

Action Against Hunger (AAH) is a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) that was created in France in 1979. AAH has been active in Afghanistan in the medical, nutrition, food security, water and sanitation and Mental Health fields since 1995.

Job Summary

medical equipment, medicine, stationaries and basic items, specific protocols

Duties & Responsibilities

Objective 1: Supervision, monitoring and follow up of the activities in HFs.

-         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).

-         Check the immunization status of every child in the TFU.

-         Examine systematically all the patient everyday

-         Check each treatment chart daily and follow up the treatment protocol together with the nurse

-         Ensure that systematic treatment and the nurse gives drugs correctly.

-         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 : 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 3 : Reporting

-         Compile and submit statistics on nutrition activities at HFs on a regular basis.

-         Do a medical/ dietary supply consumption report

-         Monthly morbidity and mortality report

-         Ensure that HFs compile monthly statistical report

-         Participate to the APR

Job Requirements

Degree in nursing/ midwifery

At least 2 years experience in the field of health and nutrition.

Previous experiences in conducting health/ nutrition capacity building activities  

At least 2 years experience in the field of health and nutrition.

• Previous experiences in conducting health/ nutrition capacity building activities 
• Organisation skills are necessary.
• Ability to manage staff according to local culture
• Ability to use Microsoft Word, Excel
• Fluent in Dari and English, Dari and Pashto
• Knowledge of the targeted area would be an asset                      

Submission Guideline

Please send your CV and application letter to Human Resources Department,

(1) Qala-e-Fatullah, Street 08th, House 02th Kabul, Afghanistan.

lease mention the position title in your email subject line otherwise it will be rejected

We thank all the applicants for their interest, however; only the shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an interview.

If you do not receive a reply to your application within 2 months, your file has not been shortlisted. We would also like to draw your attention to the fact that, because we receive a very large number of applications, only those candidates selected for interviews will receive an explanation as to why their applications were ultimately unsuccessful upon request

Functional Area

Health/Medical

Countries

Submission Email

admin-ghor@af-actionagainsthunger.org

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