Health Promoter IEC Officer (Noma Focus) at Medecins Sans Frontieres

Main Objective and Responsibilities of the Position

• Implement Health Promotion/IEC (Information, Education, and Communication) activities with patients and local population to raise their knowledge and skills on relevant medical topics.

Accountabilities

• Inform patients and communities about MSF and services it provides.
• According to medical priorities, deliver information to the patients and community on specific health topics.
• Implement activities of health education and awareness (sessions in schools, churches, community), under the indications and supervision of the HP Supervisor.
• Under the guide of HP Supervisor, assess the impact of activities (with questions, verifications and behaviours observations), and report problems, success and constraints to him/her.
• Collect all type of information related to specific health and living conditions of the population, in particular to identify the most vulnerable populations to target.
• Report to HP Supervisor: activities, problems met, strengths and constraints.
• Establish and maintain contacts with social partners, including other NGO’s, governmental health services that can provide answers to social problems.
• Keep education and communication areas clean and tidy and professional materials available.
• Participate in creation of any material needed for the activities of information, education and communication.

MSF Section / Context-Specific Accountabilities

• Plan and organize weekly sensitization and awareness campaigns/meetings/health education sessions on NOMA with different target groups in collaboration with focal and key persons in the community and in the Noma Children Hospital.
• Provide weekly mentorship to focal persons on health promotion activities with a strong emphasis on prevention of NOMA in the community.
• Participate in the development and translation of IEC materials targeting prevention of NOMA disease.
• Promote MSF free medical services available for NOMA patients through focal and key persons in the community during health promotion activities. Inform patients and communities about MSF and services it provides.
• Ensure a strict adherence to the principle of data confidentiality while managing patients and caregivers information’s.
• Conduct the tracing of patients who have defaulted, and those who missed appointments with focal persons and ensure patients are back to medical care after proper counselling. Share with medical data supervisor.
• Data: Ensure call register of patients community follow up are up-to-date.
• Report daily /weekly activities to the HP supervisor, including narrative for the monthly medical report.
• Plan and organize weekly disease surveillance with focal persons and ensure early detection and referral of NOMA cases to Hospital for treatment
• Conduct MUAC screening at the communities to identify SAM cases and refer to the ATFC or ITFC accessible areas. Report data of MUAC screening activities.
• Quarterly visitation to PHCs to discuss early referral of SAM cases and report to the HP supervisor
• In collaboration with your team, and focal persons, organize calling of Stage 5 Noma patients for the Noma surgical intervention every quarter of the year.
• Flexibility in undertaking assigned tasks, due to the changing nature of MSF operations

Requirements
To apply for this role applicants MUST meet the following criteria:

• Education: Degree / Diploma in Social Sciences (Sociology, Social Work), Health Promotion, Public or Environmental Health, nursing science, community health extension worker
• Experience: Preferable two years previous experience in teaching, nursing or social work or community mobilization.
• Languages: Local language (Hausa) and mission language (English) essential.

Knowledge:

• Computer literacy

Competence:

• Results, Teamwork, Flexibility, Commitment, Service and Stress Management.