Assistant Technical Officer, Nurse/Midwife at Family Health International

Project Description:

• Northeast Nigeria is currently facing a growing humanitarian crisis with a vast number of Internally Displaced Persons in need of emergency assistance.
• These IDPs are living among host communities, lacking access to livelihoods and resources, ultimately leading to unprecedented levels of malnutrition and food insecurity.
• FHI 360 has been working in Nigeria for over 30 years and responded to the humanitarian crisis in the NE for five years. In anticipation of a new project, and in support of ongoing ones, FHI360 seeks an experienced Assistant Technical Officer, Nurse/Midwife to support our response to the humanitarian crisis in NE Nigeria.

Basic Function:

• Providing nursing and midwifery care, treatment and follow-up of patients, according to doctors’ prescriptions, protocols applied in service and universal hygiene standards/precautions, in order to ensure the quality and continuity of care for the targeted population.
• Using your midwifery skill assist female patients in all stages of pregnancy, childbirth and post-delivery.
• He/she will also provide antenatal and postnatal advice and support to women and their families

Duties and responsibilities:

• Works as part of a multidisciplinary team of staff to provide high quality patient care to an extremely vulnerable population.
• Ensuring patients are properly received and installed and that those with lack of autonomy are assisted, especially regarding their feeding, personal hygiene, movements and comfort.
• Ensuring triage of patients in waiting areas, wards or during emergencies, detecting the priority acute/emergency cases, carrying out first aid care and referring them to the doctor when necessary.
• Knowing, promoting, implementing and following up the universal hygiene standards/ precautions.
• Organizing and carrying out care and treatments according to medical prescriptions, and assisting during consultations, daily rounds and other medical procedures.
• Participating in health education of the patient (and family) when necessary.
• Carrying out admission, surveillance and follow-up of patients (i.e. assessment of the evolution of their state of health and the identification of any emergency situation or deterioration.
• Carrying and supervising administrative procedures and documents (fill in patient’s files, forms, consumptions, statistics, registers, health files, etc.)
• Co-work with Community Health Extension workers and other RN/RM volunteers working within your unit, including capacity building
• Adheres to the relevant Code of conduct and ethics
• Participates in outreach and community health programs (as required)
• Participates in Continuing Professional Development (i.e. trainings, mentoring)
• Plans care of the patient in collaboration with the site doctor.
• Provision of direct nursing care i.e. Administration of IV medications, wound dressings clinical observations etc.
• Maintains all reusable equipment by cleaning and sterilizing appropriately.
• Maintain adequate and correct records of patient care including consumables & instruments utilized(if any)
• Ensure high quality Nursing and Midwifery health services at all project sites.
• Works with technical support and M&E teams to collect appropriate baseline data over the life of the project
• Compiles and submits periodic reports
• Ensures adequate infection prevention and control measures are maintained at all times.
• Performs any other duties as may be assigned.

Knowledge, Skills & Attributes:

• Ability and willingness to stay and rotate to any LGA within Borno state is required.
• Willingness and capacity to be flexible and accommodating when faced with difficult and frustrating working conditions like long-distance walking to distribution sites.
• Excellent spoken and written Local (Hausa, Kanuri, Fula, or any other) languages spoken in NE and fluent English languages.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills.
• Previous experience working in a clinical and maternity setting is an asset.
• Ability to prepare weekly and monthly program reports.
• Be flexible and adaptable with regard to the implementation of the daily work

Qualifications and requirements:

• BSc. Nursing or Midwifery with more than 3 years post NYSC relevant experience.
• Registered Nurse or Registered Midwife with a valid practicing license is Mandatory
• Additional public health certificate or other closely related field certificates from a government - recognized institution is an added advantage.
• Familiarity with Nigerian public sector health systems and NGOs and CBOs is highly desirable.
• Previous experience working in a humanitarian crisis is highly desirable.
• Do not apply if you have not completed the mandatory NYSC program.