Job Detail

Medair is an international humanitarian organization established in 1988. Medair has been operating in Afghanistan since 1996 with programs mainly in the Health, Water & Sanitation, and Livelihoods sectors with significant reconstruction activities in remote areas. Current projects are Water & Sanitation, Food Security, & Disaster Risk Reduction

Medair Afghanistan has been operating since 1996 and currently works in three provinces: Daykundi, Uruzgan, and Kandahar. The country's main office is in Kabul, with multiple field offices. Medair implements WASH, Food Security, Health and Nutrition programming.

Overall Purpose

To be a member of a Health & Nutrition team providing integrated health & nutrition services to targeted communities. The Nutrition Nurse will deliver appropriate treatment for malnourished children under 5 years and pregnant and lactating women (PLWs) following National IMAM, and IYCF guidelines.  The Nutrition Nurse is responsible for taking history, conducting physical examination of children under 5 years, identifying PLW and care takers who require Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) counselling and making appropriate referrals. The Nutrition Nurse provides treatment and/or refer beneficiaries in the nutrition program, provide nutrition, health, hygiene education and IYCF counselling to PLWs and care takers of children. Nutrition Nurse is required to assist the Health Assistant on screening children under 5 years and PLW using MUAC tape, weight and Height following National IMAM, IMIYCN, MNCI and IYCF guidelines and record keeping amongst other activities

Project Overview

Medair is implementing an integrated IMAM, PHC (IMNCI, ANC, PNC & FP) and IYCF project in Kandahar Province. Medair’s Health and Nutrition project in Kandahar Province is designed to increase access to quality of life saving PHC and nutrition services for underserved communities, through integrated mobile health and nutrition teams (MHNT). This includes treatment of most common coexisting childhood illness, RH (ANC, PNC & FP) and treatment of malnutrition and other causes of morbidity and mortality, management of acute malnutrition in children under 5 years and pregnant and lactating women, increasing access to routine immunisations through referrals to the nearby health facility, treatment of communicable disease for children U5 and PSS. The project promotes improved Maternal Infant and Child Nutrition (MIYCN) practices and health and hygiene behaviours linked to unnecessary deaths amongst vulnerable populations. The project also aims to reduce the transmission of COVID-19 and reduce the impact of COVID-19 on health and nutrition outcomes of women and children.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• To work as part of a mobile nutrition team covering multiple sites
• To accurately and appropriately treat or refer beneficiaries in the nutrition program by adhering to national and international guidelines and organisational procedures
• To provide nutrition, health, hygiene education and IYCF counselling to pregnant and lactating women and care takers of children
• To ensure accurate record keeping of all activities, following the provided data collection templates
• To ensure safe storage and handling of the stock (food products, medicines, equipment)
• To ensure appropriate History taking and physical examination of children under 5 years and pregnant and lactation women.
• To ensure safe storage and handling of the stock
• Any other activities not listed in the JD but requested by Line manager and Nutrition supervisor

MAIN ACTIVITIES

Technical

• Assist the Health Assistant with the screening of children under 5 and PLWs whenever there is a high need.
• Admit beneficiaries to OPD SAM or MAM according to admission criteria and national guidelines
• Conduct appetite test and support care takers in feeding the children
• Conduct physical examination and history taking of admitted children and pregnant and lactating women and provide appropriate nutritional and medical treatment following National IMAM guidelines
• Examine admitted children for any signs of co-existing illnesses and provide appropriate nutritional and medical treatment or referral according to IMNCI guidelines
• Identify caretakers of children under 5 year and pregnant and lactating women who need psychosocial support, using validated screening scales and to refer it to MHPSS team
• Identify pregnant and lactating women and care takers that require Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) and other nutrition or health counselling and provide this support to them
• Give appropriate nutrition, health and hygiene education to the beneficiaries and care takers in individual and group sessions
• With the approval of the Health & Nutrition Supervisor refer children with severe or moderate acute malnutrition and medical complications to the nearest IPD SAM or paediatric inpatient facility
• Discharge children and pregnant and lactating women according to specified discharge criteria and national protocol and guidelines.
• In collaboration with the Nutrition Supervisor provide support to the community-based Nutrition Extension Workers (NEW) and liaise before and after each site visit to identify beneficiaries that need follow up (absentees, defaulters, non-responders)

Quality Management

• Ensure adherence to the provided internal and external protocols and guidelines
• Ensure accurate record keeping of all nutrition activities, filling in forms, cards, registration books and tally sheets as required
• Compile reports as required and requested by Health and Nutrition supervisor
• Conduct on the Job training to Health assistant and NEWs based on need.

Logistics

• Ensure safe storage of all supplies, medicines and medical material and equipment
• Ensure accurate record keeping of stock movements
• Assist the Health and Nutrition Supervisor in preparing stock requests

Interested applicants should forward their CV and applications via this link: https://form.123formbuilder.com/5821821/form (copy & paste and open with a new page)

  by not later than 23-October-2022, late applications will not be considered after 5pm. 

For technical questions only, please message jobs-khr@medair.org

Note: PLEASE indicate the position vacancy number & position tittle both in your CV  or  in your Cover Letter. 

“Medair is committed to safeguarding the protection of beneficiaries, volunteers, staff and partners, and particularly children. Therefore, we do not employ staff whose background we understand to be unsuitable for working with children. Medair staffs are required to give the utmost respect to, and comply with, Medair’s accountability policies and best practices”