Nutrition Screener at Medecins Du Monde

Job Description
Following main activities in order to ensure the quality of care in the mobile clinics:

• Identify and manage MAM &SAM cases
• Implementation of health education session.
• Collection computerization and analysis of weekly epidemiological data
• Reporting and attendance to different meetings

Tasks Description
Identify and manage MAM & SAM cases:

• Prepare all the necessary drugs, material and equipment for mobile clinics and ensure that everything is ready before starting the activities
• Install the furniture and materials before the start of each mobile clinic
• Always keep the national screener tools clean and organized
• Follow the bacis medical rule of hyigeine
• Calculate zero score for all the 6-59 months children
• Take the weight snd height and the MUAC of all 6 -59 months children
• Check presence of edemas for all the 6 -59 months children
• Take the MUAC for all PLW
• Point out to the medical doctor all malnourished children admitted in OTP
• Perform the apetite test for all the malnourished admitted in OTP
• Follow the malnourished children admitted in the program and participate in collaboration with CHWs in active search for avoiding defaulters

Implementation of health education session:

• Provide nutritional health education to the malnourished children caretakers
• Provide nutritional health education to the malnourished PLWCollection, computerization and analysis of weekly drugs consumption
• Collect the daily mobile clinic consumption
• Participate to the weekly computerization and analysis of the drugs consumption

Collection computerization and analysis of weekly epidemiological data:

• Fill in proper nutrition screening form
• Write on the registration form the nutritional information regarding all the children between 6 and 59 months
• Perform daily data collection regarding nutritional screening
• Participate to the weekly computerization and analysis of the nutritional data

Reporting and attendance to different meetings:

• Prepare a weekly activity report to submit to team lead
• Participate in proactive way to MDM internal meetings(medical ,security)
• Participate in all training organised 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
• Be flexible in performing his/her duties to ensure that beneficiaries are getting good quality services
• Is responsible for the proper use and maintenance of assigned equipment
• 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

Profile Required

• Community Health Extension Worker (CHEW)
• Experience in similar position for at least 2 years
• Good knowledge in nutrition
• Capacities in team management
• Strong sense of responsibilities and organization skills
• Strong work ethic and rigor
• Languages (spoken and written): English
• Flexibility
• Team player