Nurse Aide/Infection Prevention Officers at Marie Stopes

Location: Jigawa, Kaduna, Katsina, Kano, Yobe and Zamfara
Reporting to: Outreach Team Coordinator

Responsibilities:

• Keep the client care areas and all used medical equipment tidy, neat and clean at all time
• Encourage a commitment to accommodating clients' special needs such as flexibility on working hours, strict privacy and confidentiality to generate demand for integrated MNCH services .
• Ensure proper management and disposal of both general and medical waste.
• Assist the outreach team in providing quality integrated services and adhering to infection prevention practices during training and supportive supervision.
• Assist with maintaining medical stock, drug inventory and ordering register
• Ensure all clinical Instruments are washed, sterilised and stored properly
• Ensure all the drapes are properly washed and stored.
• Promote and maintain a welcoming, friendly, professtonat and effieient atmosphere towards all clients at all times
• Assist with administrative work within limits when necessary.
• Carry out any other lawful duties assigned by the outreach team coordinator.

Qualifications, Skills & Experience

• Must have at least basic education to be able to read and write English.
• Organisation, initiative, tidiness and courtesy.
• Ability to speak English and local languages
• At least 2 years' experience working in a similar role {Essential}
• Experience of working in a clinical environment {Essential}
• Excellent provider-client interaction skill {Essential}
• Good written and verbal communication skills {Desirable}