Ongoing Recruitment at Alliance for International Medical Action (ALIMA)

Main Purpose

Provide obstetrical care to pregnant women and their babies, doing follow up before, during and after delivery, according to ALIMA obstetrical and reproductive health protocols, universal hygienic and newborn caring standards and under supervision of the medical doctor, in order to ensure their health conditions and avoid post-delivery complications.

Accountabilities

• Ensure the implementation and continuity of antenatal and postnatal care, family planning, obstetrical care (BEmONC and CEmONC ), neonatal and comprehensive abortion care, management of victims of sexual violence, reproductive tract infections and Fistula care in accordance with ALIMA Reproductive Core Package of Activities and reinforce the implementation of standardised protocols
• Wheen PMTCT is implemented, ensure implementation of the PMTCT protocol in the ANC/delivery and PNC consultations (pre counselling, test and post counselling)
• Collaborate with the medical doctor and/or nurse in the management of Sexual violence cases
• Assess the feasibility for referral of pregnant women from the TBAs to the OPD/MCH for medical evaluation and/or complicated deliveries
• Ensure hygiene and sterilization criteria (including universal precautions) are met according to ALIMA specifications
• Guarantee a regular and ongoing supply of drugs and equipment required for maternity activities (including monitoring/consumption control/ordering of orders)
• Properly follow up all newborn babies from delivery until discharge, informing mothers and relatives about importance of breastfeeding, vaccination and possible complications resulting from harmful traditional practices
• Ensure patients’ right to privacy and confidentiality is respected 
• Supervise that administrative procedures of admissions and hospitalizations comply with national protocols, as well as verify patients are properly informed and receive the documents required (birth certificate, vaccination card, etc.)
• Participate in the organization of the ward in collaboration with other midwives and the maternity ward supervisor ; ensure transfer of relevant information to the next shift team (specially identifying risk cases).
• According to national protocols in force, conduct normal deliveries independently manage obstetric emergencies; identify cases needing referral and send them in time, clean up the newborn, executing and registering first neonatal medical acts (cutting and cleaning the umbilical cord, vaccination, etc.), detecting possible anomalies/infections of the newborn and reporting them to the doctor, in order to ensure successful interventions ; supervise the use of drugs, facilities and obstetric material, in order to ensure, in accordance with number of patients and prescriptions, a rational use as well as pharmacy stock levels are permanently updated, kept under appropriate conditions and above minimum safety point

Requirements

• Education: essential midwife diploma
• Experience: minimum of 2 years’ experience in practice; experience with NGO desirable
• Languages: English language essential; local languages (Kanuri, Shuwa, etc.) are assets
• Commitment, flexibility, professionalism, very good communication, service, stress management, teamwork, results

Contract terms : Two months renewable

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Mission and Main Activities

• The supervisor is responsible for the medical and nutritional follow-up of severely malnourished children at ATFC.
• He is responsible for the proper functioning of the ATFC, the organization of work, the supervision of the team, the continuous training of the staff and the quality of care.
• In collaboration with the Manager, the supervisor consolidates the means implemented in the Health center for the proper functioning of activities concerning malnutrition.
• It ensures the quality of care and medico-nutritional follow-up of severely malnourished children.
• It ensures the availability of inputs to ensure the care of children
• It ensures reference criteria, participates in and assists in the organization of awareness-raising activities with a view to improving access to care.

Accountabilities

• Ensures compliance with the criteria for entry into ATFC, transfer to ITFC and exit criteria from LATFC.
• Controls and verifies the quality and quantities of rations given to beneficiaries. It is the guarantor of the proper implementation of the Protocol.
• Transmits to the manager positive developments and difficulties, proposes and elaborates recommendations in the application of the national protocol
• Disseminates and trains to any evolution of the national protocol in agreement with the NAM of the Project and / or the Referring Doctor
• Controls nutritional monitoring (quality and rhythm of anthropometric measurements).
• In collaboration with the Incharge, decides on the transfer of a child to the ITFC
• Ensures the reference and counter-reference of children
• Performs all emergency medical procedures during the care of children
• Forms or reinforces information regarding compliance with aseptic rules during nursing care.
• Promotes the availability of the necessary means and their use
• Participates with staff in consultations and care of children (if required)
• With logistics, evaluates the quality of hygiene, the availability of water and the impact of hygiene training.
• Organizes with the Incharge the integration of the care of malnourished children, for this, it helps if necessary to better define the responsibilities of the agents of the center and helps in the implementation of the activity.
• Evaluates the means and skills in human resources on the ATFC for which it is responsible.
•  Evaluates the level achieved by ATFC in the integration of care according to the evaluation grid taking into account the general activity of ATFC.
• With the Incharge, ensures the quality of all staff in the management of malnutrition by rotating ATFC’s health care staff to this activity.
• Defines the content of the trainings, develops their schedule with the Major of the Health Center and the NAM of the project.
• Ensures the implementation of validated training with ATFC staff.
•  With the Incharge, ensures the proper completion of the data collection (register, nutritional therapeutic sheet) by the person responsible and their corrections through training or the organization of work meetings.
• Promotes the availability of means of and their transmission
• Collects daily and weekly statistical data.
• Evaluates monthly the actions necessary for the management of malnutrition on ATFC and the actions carried out for the consolidation of integration
• Transmits the difficulties of achieving the objectives and proposes solutions to the NAM of the project or / and Referring Doctor.
• Completed and participates in the analysis of ALIMA information collection documents.
• Ensure the correct completion of the medical order sheet validated by the NAM of the project.
• Ensures compliance with the order schedule and its quality, proposes to the NAM of the project the necessary corrections and promotes its transmission to the Head of the Central Pharmacy of ALIMA.
• Develops and organizes health education sessions.
• Ensures the relevance of messages disseminated to mothers (feeding, weaning, diarrhea, etc.) and their understanding.
• Must ensure at each exit that the equipment used is present and in good condition.
• Provides advice or training on the means and techniques of use of the equipment to THEFC staff.
• Reports any damage to the equipment to the project NAM and/or referring physician.
• Makes a monthly inventory of equipment in partnership with logistics.
• With the Incharge, establishes the needs and their transmissions to the NAM of the project.
• Provides advice or training on the means and techniques of use of the equipment by ATFC staff.
• Ensures the rational and efficient use of the equipment made available to him as part of the project and assumes full responsibility for it.
• Participates in weekly meetings organized by the NAM of the project and/or referring doctor.
• Ensures that coordination information is transmitted correctly and continuously to the rest of his team.

Other – On request:

• Specific context-related activities
• Integrate all project activities with the activities of the health center as much as possible
• Be available at all times and flexible for project activities   
• Strictly respects the hierarchy and procedures in force in the project
• Implementation of prevention measures against abuse of power, gender-based and sexual violence:
• Ensures that his/her team, partners and community members are aware of ALIMA’s policy and have access to information (complaint escalation mechanism, focal point…).
• Facilitates the organization of training and awareness sessions
• Implements standards related to the prevention of abuse of power, gender-based violence and sexual violence.
• Ensures that team members and partners involved in the project (Ministry of Health, national partners, etc.) follow training and awareness sessions and apply the rules for preventing abuse.
• Contributes to creating and maintaining a nurturing and protective environment for his/her team, community members and project partners.

Required Qualifications

Education & Experience:

• Education: B.Sc Nursing or Diploma in Nursing with nutritional training essential.
• Minimum of 2 year experience in CMAM management. Experience with NGO desirable.
• Experience with medical international NGO, an asset
• Team management and supervision skills
• Perfect knowledge of MS Office package, especially Excel
• Rigorous, stress resistant and good adaptation capacity
• English is mandatory (written, read, spoken), Hausa is essentiel

Applicant qualities:

• Sense of organization, method and autonomy – Adaptable and diplomatic
• Used to working in a team in multicultural contexts – Skills in training and support

Languages:

•  English is mandatory (written, read, spoken), Hausa is an essential

Contract terms: Two months renewable