Health Officer at Action Against Hunger | ACF-International

Duty Station:     Maiduguri, Borno
Closing Date:     20th March, 2017. 

Position Overview:
To support the effective implementation of the health component of multi-sectoral project, particularly in management of childhood illness and CMAM in Maiduguri, Borno State.

Specific Objectives: 

• Together with the respective hospital authorities, conduct training need assessment for the PHC staff in the respective health facilities  on the CMAM and IMNCI.
• Together with the respective PHC authorities & the State Nutrition Officer (SNO), plan & organize trainings on CMAM  and IMNCI for the relevant Health Workers (HWs) based on the findings from the training assessment.
• Work closely with the health facility staff of the MoH & ACF team to establish strong referral linkage between health facilities and hospitals for malnourished children.
• Work in close collaboration with SPHCDA organize LGA level meetings for establishment of Health committees monthly.
• Develop good working relationship between the HWs in health facilities and hospitals.
• Conduct regular monitoring and supervision visits to all respective hospitals to ensure the quality of the CMAM in-patient care services.
• Together with the respective Health facility authorities and/or SNO, conduct joint supportive supervision visits, at least once in every month, to follow up the quality of the service care in all respective  health facility and outreaches.
• Together with the HWs at the respective hospitals, monitor the use of all the medicine and therapeutic products (F-75, F-100, RUTF) for the treatment of malnourished children.
• Together with the HWs at the respective hospitals, ensure the treatment protocols for the treatment of  malnourished children are properly followed.
• Together with the HWs at the respective hospitals, ensure the hospital staff send the stock reports (medicine and therapeutic products) to the respective authorities at monthly basis.

Qualifications:
Bachelor of Science with a major in Nursing, Pharmacy/or Medical Doctor with Primary health care Major or Nursing degree with solid experience in Management of childhood illness and CMAM.  1 year experience in inpatient nutritional treatment essential, IMNCI and CMAM approach.

Essential Skills and Experience:

• Previous experiences on CMAM programing.
• Previous experiences on In IMNCI.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong coaching/mentoring skills, able to train and build capacity in others.
• Experience in reporting; written English skills essential.
• Solid general management, teamwork spirit, community participation approach.
• Microsoft Office Skills (Outlook, Excel, Power Point, Word).
• Able to network effectively with local representatives of international aid organizations for exchange of information.
• High level of self-discipline, time management, organization, self-motivated and able to work with little day to day supervisions but meet deadlines and program objectives.
• Transparency and adherence to medical codes of conduct and patient, confidentiality and child protection.
• Commitment to ACF values and principles.

Preferred Skills and Experience:

•  Experienced in working in Northern Nigeria and well integrated into local community.
• Trained in adult education/learning and effective training techniques.