Job Location:
Nationality: National
Category: Health Care
Employment Type: Full Time
Salary: AAH Salary Scale
Vacancy Number: AAH/AFG-2024-097
No. Of Jobs: 4
City: Kabul – Arzan Qemat
Organization: Action Against Hunger
Years of Experience: At least two year of experience in nutrition, pediatric activities,
Contract Duration: 31 Mar 2025
Gender: Female
Education: Nurse Graduated degree
Close date: 2024-10-27
About Action Against Hunger:
Action Against Hunger/Action Contre La Faim (AAH/ACF) is a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) that was created in France in 1979. AAH/ACF has been active in Afghanistan in the medical, nutrition, food security, and water and sanitation fields since 1995. AAH/ACF improved access to health and nutrition services for the most vulnerable people, who live in remote areas without a local health system. In particular, the country team supported pregnant and breastfeeding women and children under five, who are at greater risk of malnutrition. Nutrition programs rely on an integrated approach, addressing both primary and underlying causes, in order to have a lasting impact on nutritional status. The country team worked at community level, in villages and at provincial level, strengthening the public health system. It also worked at national level to ensure reliable information about the nutritional situation reached the wider humanitarian community. Covid-19 prevention was integrated into all interventions and additional response activities were implemented, such as the disinfection of health facilities and public places, cash assistance, psychosocial support and the distribution of hygiene kits to affected populations.
Job Description:
Goal
Apply medical and nutritional protocols to ensure the care of the patients in nutrition centers Provide nursing care, treatment, and follow-up for children suffering from severe malnutrition, according to national protocols, universal hygienic standard,s and other procedures, in order to ensure a good delivery of care and improve their nutritional conditions
Objective 1: Providing preventive and curative health care to SC admitted patients
Admission of children:
Understanding and applying the SC admission criteria
In collaboration with the nutrition worker:
Measuring the children’s, detectinthe g presence of oedemas
Calculating weight/height percentages
Identifying the degree and types of malnutrition
Noting admissions in the register with all the requested information
Informing mothers of the results
Drawing up nutritional surveillance forms and milk cards for the children
Tracing the children’s weight-target line and noting their temperatures
Administering treatment prescripte after medical consultation
Checking the children’s vaccination status, referring them to the vaccination station if necessary
Explaining to mothers what the hospitalization involves: giving advice if required
Medical follow up
Ensuring medical parameters are taken (temperature, heart and respiratory rate, weight, weight/height accordance, presence of oedemas, etc.) following the protocols in use, noting the results on the corresponding forms in the patients’ files
Taking part in the daily medical round and noting changes in prescription according to the patients’ state
Checking the prescriptions are signed and dated
Distributing treatments according to individual medical prescriptions. Following the doses, administration methods and times and signaling any problems
Ticking off and counter-signing treatments taken in the medical files
Ensuring external care and dressings, referring the children for complementary examinations if required
Following the rules of hygiene and asepsis during the delivery of all health care (washing hands, sorting waste, what to do in the case of accidental blood exposure, etc.)
Detecting all anomalies in the children’s health and behavior, providing first aid whilst waiting for a doctor to arrive
Nutritional follow up (in collaboration with the nutrition worker)
Inserting naso-gastric tube for feeding, responsible of checking the good position before feeding, evaluating and notifying any complications
Establishing the children’s food ration according to their weight and degree of malnutrition
Informing mothers about the importance of meals
Informing mothers about the children’s diets and the number and frequency of meals
Encouraging mothers to continue breast feeding during the hospitalization
Inciting mothers to give the children liquid intake
With the nutrition worker, being present and ensuring that the children eat all their meals correctly
Noting the quantities absorbed and any identified problems (vomiting, diarrhea, etc.)
Watching over the weight curves
Ensuring the children’s correct and regular growth by examining their weight curves
Identifying all anomalies in the curves and informing the doctor in the case of weight loss
Organizing daily information and education sessions in the SC
Leaving the SC
Managing the children’s exits according to the criteria set out in the protocol and after medical agreement
Measuring the children’s brachial perimeters
Weighing and measuring the children to calculate weight/height associations
Checking that oedemas have disappeared
Reporting all this information on the follow up forms and noting the exits in the register
Providing handover note on each team changeover
Informing mothers of measures to be taken and giving them nutritional advice adapted to the state of their children
Objective 2: Managing the premises, medicines and medical equipment
Being responsible for the material used
Ensuring the follow up of medicine consumption during the inpatient phase, drawing up an order with the supervisor if needed
Handing over the pharmacy and consumable medical equipment on each team changeover
Prepare Oral Rehydration Solution on a daily basis, following the rules for doses, dilution and storage conditions
Ensuring the cleanliness of the premises and work surfaces
Objective 3. Communication and teamwork
Introduce yourself to each patient, be polite.
Explain how to take any treatment prescribed and the importance of following them correctly.
Respect medical confidentiality at all times
Working in collaboration with the medical and paramedical team
Being responsible for the correct execution of tasks by the team under his supervision
Organizing and managing training sessions if required
Ensuring written and oral handovers within the team and between the teams
Participating in departmental meetings and ongoing training sessions
Referring to the SC HoP/ Health Officer in the case of any problems
Use language that the translator can understand
Ensure good communication with the team
Report problems encountered in the center or within the team to the SC PM
Propose solutions to solve any problem faced and report them to the SC PM
Objective 4: Recording and Reporting
Being responsible for the correct upkeep of registers and hospitalization forms
Participating in daily data collection (number of admissions and exists, morbidity, etc.)
Participating in the calculation and analysis of weekly statistics (calculating weight gain, length of stay, etc.) in collaboration with the Health Officer and the SC PM
Reacting as necessary according to the results
Follow clearly appropriate protocols and guidelines – National.
Participate in the weekly/ monthly reporting of TFU activities
Support organization of transfer if needed (transport, paper…)
Job Requirements:
Background/qualifications
Nurse Graduated degree
At least two year of experience in nutrition, pediatric activities,
Humanitarian spirit
Good organization,
Interpersonal and communication skills
Good team interaction and positive attitude
fluent in Local language
Action Against Hunger
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