SOS Children’s Villages invites applications from suitably qualified and interested candidates who fulfill the eligibility criterion for the below position.

Position Title      :             Screener

Reporting to       :               Nutrition Supervisor

Location               :               Baidoa

Position Summary

As the Screener for Nutrition the employee is expected to carry out preparation for nutrition activities carried out at SOS Main Hospital. Additionally, s/he will be registering children under 5 years within the program. The employee will work under the guidance of the Nutrition Supervisor.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

The following are key responsibilities of the Screener role

·         Check   anthropometric   measures, MUAC, and   oedema   and   cases   to appropriate structure.

·         Record properly all screening results and write daily, weekly, monthly reports.

·         Explain purpose of admission

·         Identify absentees or defaulters and inform the outreach workers

·         Organize home visit for absents to avoid them to default from the program.

·         Check at home the environment and provide advices to the caretaker: hygiene, health education

·         Fix a bracelet with an identification number

·         Assist to a feeding time to observe the child and caretaker in their environment and provide advices.

·         Receive the patients admitted, together with those accompanying them, and give them information on how the center functions.

·         Record in the screening book all beneficiaries screened, and refer them to the appropriate structure using a referral ticket

·         Give the patient or the person accompanying him the treatment card, a food ration, and an appointment for the follow-up

To   carry-out   any   other   duties   and/or   responsibilities   assigned   by   the supervisor