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MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES
Under the supervision of the Medical Doctor, the Nurse will be responsible for the following main activities to ensure the quality of care in the mobile clinics:
- Realization of the patients triage and taking vital signs
- Realization of paramedics acts including vaccination
- Implementation of health education sessions
- Collection, computerization and analysis of weekly epidemiological data
- Reporting and attendance to different meetings
TASKS DESCRIPTION:
Preparation of the medical site
- Installation of the clinic setup and the material before the start of each mobile clinic
- Prepare all the necessary drugs, material and equipment for mobile clinics and ensure that everything is ready before starting the activities
Realization of the patients triage and taking vital signs
- Prepare all the necessary drugs, material and equipment for mobile clinics and ensure that everything is ready before to leave MdM office
- Keep always the nurse tools clean and organized
- Do the triage of the patients with the medical doctors and give an MDM number to the patients needing a medical consultation
- Take weight, temperature and BP for all the patients who have been registered
- Give deworming drugs to all the targeted children according to the protocol
- Ensure patient confidentiality is respected and treat all the patients with respect and dignity
- Identify medical emergencies and refer them immediately to the medical doctor
Realization of paramedics acts including vaccination
- Follow the basic medical rules of hygiene when performing paramedics acts
- Realize malaria rapid diagnostic tests according to necessity and/or prescription
- Urine dipstick tests to the patients according to necessity and/or prescription
- Haemoglobin test according to prescription
- Make dressings according to MdM protocols
- Do injections according to necessity and/or prescription
- Ensure the cleaning and sterilisation of dressing material on a daily basis
- Check the immunization status of the children and proceed to proper immunization of targeted children according to EPI calendar
- Evaluate the right quantity of vaccines and consumables per day
Health education sessions
- Give health education sessions to the patients in the different waiting areas
- Spread main messages about health education for the following topics: hygiene, safe water, nutrition, immunization (explain vaccination importance to mothers and caregivers, explain immunization schedule, ensure that all mothers or caregivers have understood adverse event following Immunization), antenatal care, post-natal care, assisted delivery, family planning, ARI, diarrhea, malaria, cholera,
Collection, computerization and analysis of weekly epidemiological data
- Perform the daily data collection regarding paramedics acts
- Participate to the weekly computerization and analysis of the paramedics data
Reporting and attendance to different meetings
- Prepare a weekly activities report to submit to Medical Doctor
- Participate in a pro-active way to MdM internal meetings (medical, security…)
- Participate to all the trainings organized by MDM
OTHERS:
- Give suggestions to improve the functioning of MDM mobile clinics
- Participate to the loading and unloading of the vehicles and to the setting up of the mobile clinics
- Participate to weekly physical inventory of mobile clinic pharmacy
- Be flexible in performing his/her duties to ensure that beneficiaries are getting good quality services
- Perform other additional duties on request of the team leader
- Inform immediately the security focal point in case of any security problem in the field
Education / Qualifications
- Diploma/Bachelors Degree in Nursing
- Other health related certification is of added value.
Professional Experience
- At least 3 years relevant professional experience in a similar position in humanitarian sector or supervision of health facilities.
- Experience in emergency response, outbreak management, and clinical care.
- Experience managing multidisciplinary teams
Technical Skills
- Strong communication and report-writing abilities.
- Good knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel.
Personal Skills
- Culturally sensitive, respectful, and adaptable.
- Ability to work under pressure, manage priorities and make rapid, informed decisions.
- Flexibility and readiness for irregular working hours during emergency response.
Languages
- Fluency in English required.
- Knowledge of local language is an added value.
Given the operational context, employees are strongly encouraged to reside in Daura LGA which is proximal to Zango LGA the implementation area.
DISCLAIMER: Please note that MDM does not engage in or accept bribes in exchange for job opportunities. Any attempts to offer or accept bribes will result in immediate disqualification from the recruitment process.
Due to the nature of this role, we will be reviewing applications on an ongoing basis, and the role might be filled and closed before the closing date. Early applications are encouraged.
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