Nurse ITFC at Alliance for International Medical Action (ALIMA)

Main Purpose

Provide nursing care, treatment and follow-up of patients according to ALIMA protocols, universal hygienic standards and other procedures, in order to ensure a good delivery of care in Inpatient therapeutic feeding center (ITFC)

Accountabilities

• Implement and follow at all times the universal hygiene standards, bio-hazard, Prevention and infection control, security rules and other protocols and procedures regarding nursing and children nutrition matters.
• Organize and carry out care and treatments according to medical prescriptions, as well as assist them during consultations/ daily rounds and other medical procedures 
• Supervise the daily activities of the nutrition Assistants to ensure patients are given the right feed, quantity and timely.
• Ensure triage of patients in waiting areas, detecting the priority acute cases, carrying out first aid care when necessary and referring them to the doctor if necessary.
• Carry-out all patient’s related tasks for the admission, weighing and measuring the children, identifying the degree and types of malnutrition, administration (patient card, register, etc.
• Ensure that medical and nutritional care is properly delivered to the patients and to daily follow the evolution of the patients.
• Carry-out surveillance and follow-up of patients’ medical and nutritional evolution, identifying possible emergency situations arising and keeping doctors informed if necessary.
• Provide advice and inform children’s families about everything concerning the hospitalization, participate in the health education of the mothers and/or treatment process.
• Participate in the department-related pharmacy and medical equipment control and maintenance 
• Control all pharmacy, food, and medical equipment (carrying out inventories, checking its quality and its functioning, storage conditions, doing follow-up of expired drugs, etc.).
• Carry-out and supervise administrative procedures and documents (fill in patients files, forms, statistics, etc.), ensure an appropriate written/oral handover, and report any problematic situations and cases arising.
• Attendance at weekly medical and project meetings
• Cover the gap of nurse colleagues when required in the project.
• This position profile can be modified, depending on the evolution of the job
•  In addition to the tasks listed above, the nurse may be required to perform other tasks assigned by the supervisor as required by the mission

Requirements

Education

• Education: Nursing diploma/BSc Nursing with nutritional training essential.

Experience

• Experience: Previous experience required. Experience with NGO desirable.

Languages                     

• Languages: English language essential. Local language desirable.