Nurse/Midwife at Save The Children

ROLE PURPOSE: 

• The Nurse will work with the Field Medical Doctors to provide clinical care for childhood and maternal health needs. S/He will also maintain accurate patient records, provide input into SCI reports and actively participate in the smooth functioning of the supported PHCs.

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

Provision of high-quality Nursing care to complicated SAM cases.

• Triage all patient coming to the primary healthcare centers
• Work with MOH staff to conduct detailed history taking, vital signs, physical examination and rapid testing
• Provide quality nursing clinical care to all patients seeking care at the supported health facilities
• Ensure Nursing and clinical care provided is in accordance with the National guidelines
• Ensure caregiver are well informed about the health condition of their patients
• Work closely with facility staff to conduct regular health information sessions on adequate nutrition, health seeking behaviour, facility delivery, childhood immunization, family planning etc.
• Provide group and one-on-one counselling during ANC and PNC
• Provide adequate support to mother with special needs
• Ensure all ANC attendees receive routine care
• Ensure delivery are conducted in line with best practice
• Ensure rooming-in and bedding-in and essential newborn care
• Provide adequate counselling for patients with chronic non-communicable diseases
• Report any medical or clinical complications on timely basis to the doctor and other team members.
• Mentor and provide on-the-job training on clinical topics and documentation to CHEW and J-CHEW
• Respect of approved protocols for management of childhood and maternal conditions.
• Correct use of programme monitoring and evaluation (recording) tools in reporting and recording.
• Appropriate use of resources, stock control and ordering procedures.
• Ensure requisition for medicines are done on a timely manner considering buffer stocks
• Ensure compliance with standard medical precaution and standard medical waste management
• Work with the field medical officer, MOH team to conduct outreach services providing quality live saving health interventions
• Support community level health meetings, trainings and other engagement in close coordination with community health mobilization assistant.
• Ensure the utilization of medicines, medical supplies, other medical commodities are routinely documented in the relevant tools
• Ensure timely collection and compilation of quality data for the production of quantitative and qualitative reports regarding all SC activities.
• Support the nurse in charge in the development of weekly and monthly reports on activities, and any other ad hoc report that may be required. 
• Participate in medical meetings
• Conduct weekly disease surveillance reporting

Skills and Behaviours (Our Values in Practice)

Accountability:

• Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
• Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved

Ambition:

• Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves (and their team), takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages others to do the same
• Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
• Future orientated, thinks strategically

Collaboration:

• Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, members and external partners and supporters
• Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
• Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to

Creativity:

• Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
• Willing to take disciplined risks 

Integrity:

• Honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity.

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

Essential

• B.Sc. Nursing or RN,RM
• At least two years post-graduation experience
• Previous experience with NGOs  and humanitarian setting
• Experience in Nutrition and in community based programmes 
• Training and experience on treatment of acute malnutrition
• Computer literacy (MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint)
• Fluency in English, Kanuri and Hausa
• Ability to work in partnership with government and other NGO staff 
• Good interpersonal and communication skills 
• Valid practice license

Additional skills

• Ability to work effectively both independently (with minimal supervision) and as a member of a team
• Commitment to gender equity, child rights, community empowerment, and grassroots development approaches
• Effective planning and organising skills
• Effective interpersonal skills