Nutrition Nurse

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

Position title: Nutrition Nurse

Reporting to: Nutrition Supervisor

Location: Hudur,Bakool,Somalia

Job summary:

The employee is expected to provide a high standard of promoting optimum Nutrition Services, thereby contributing to a safe, efficient and effective service to patients. The employee will also provide assistance to the Nutrition Supervisor and the other Nutritional care team where appropriate, recognizing that the effective management of Nutrition sites depend on effective communication and participation of all members of the team.

Job Responsibilities:

Main duties and Responsibilities:

1.  Promotes the Nutrition of patients

•      Provides primary health care services to benificaires in SOS Nutrition centers

•      Diagnoses, treat and counsels Patients and/or caregivers who visit the static and mobile nutrition sites/services

•      Makes decisions to refer and/or transfer a child to nearing stabilization center in that area or town of operation

•      Participates activities to promoting a good health and hygienic environment in the catchment area to prevent potential health and nutrition hazard in the community

2.  Monitoring and reporting

•      Oversees the overall work of the Screener, registers and distributors to make sure the smoothness of the work and how benificaires are satisfied with the services

•      Receives daily reports from the Screener, and register and at the same time submits all forms of reports to the nutrition Supervisor

•      Monitor all aspects of patient care, including diet and physical activity

•      Monitor, record and report to the Nutrition in charge any symptoms and changes in patients' conditions.

3.  Provides Community  Nutrition Care and Health Education

•      Provides mothers and children from the surrounding community with preventative and curative Nutrition care services.

•      Undertakes visits to the local community, as required, in order to assist community members with Nutrition related matters.

4.  Maintains Expert Knowledge on Nutrition and Health Care Issues

•       Keeps a stock of informative materials regarding -related Nutrition issues, for general use.

•      To work with senior nutrition staff so as to develop their supervision, training and management skills

5.    Helps Ensure Efficient Management of the Site

•      Maintains an accurate record of all drugs / medicines disbursed.

•      Maintains individual files or cards regarding each patient assisted. Keeps accurate records of all treatments, immunizations, weighing etc.

•      Helps ensure all payments are properly collected and receipted.

•      Helps maintain the Nutrition centre in a clean and comfortable condition.

6.  Data protection.

At all times ensures that personal data of donors, sponsors, SOS CV beneficiaries and their families as well as SOS co-workers is handled confidentially and in accordance with prevailing SOS-Kinderdorf International data protection laws.

Essential

✓      Bachelor’s degree in Nurse, PH or related field

✓    Minimum 3 years of progressive professional experience in Managements of Immunization, or had work with Health Partner for MCH Projects

✓     Excellent command in Somali and English

✓      Excellent communication, interpersonal and organizational skills

✓      Ward Management Skills

✓      Basic Knowledge and experience Nutrition

✓    Proactive, result oriented, independent, able to identify and carry out duties with minimum supervision

✓   Problem solving skills

Child Safeguarding Policy:

SOS Children’s Villages Somalia holds strict child safeguarding principles and a zero-tolerance policy for conducts of sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse in the workplace and other places where the organization’s activities are rendered. Parallel to technical competence, recruitment, selection and hiring decisions will give due emphasis to assessing candidates’ value congruence and thorough background checks, police clearance reference check processes. SOS Children’s Villages organization is committed to safeguarding the rights of the children and therefore, is expected that every individual who joins with SOS Children’s Villages Somalia understands his/her responsibility in protecting and keeping children always safe

Interested applicants should send their applications with a CV and scanned copies of your academic and professional certificates indicating telephone numbers and three referees to: this email [email protected] Indicating with the subject line of the position.

Closing date is. 20th November 2024

Competent Female candidates are encouraged to apply.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

This job description outlines only the general scope of activity and the basic tasks and responsibilities associated with this position. It is updated annually in the course of performance appraisal. It may be supplemented with a more detailed definition of tasks, responsibilities and involvement in processes.