We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world
treats children by 2030:
·
No child dies from preventable causes before
their 5th birthday
·
All children learn from a quality basic
education and that,
·
Violence against children is no longer tolerated
We know that great people make a great organization, and
that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for
children. We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career,
along with a collaborative and inclusive workplace where ambition, creativity,
and integrity are highly valued.
Save the Children is committed to ensuring that all our
personnel and programmes are absolutely safe for children.
Job Title: Medical
Officer
Location: Borno
Job Type: Full Time
Department: Humanitarian
Role Purpose:
The Medical Officer will provide quality treatment services
to complicated cases at the Stabilization Centre (SC) and also at the
Outpatient Therapeutic Programme (OTP), work with the Nurses to ensure that all
cases on admission receive quality care and be responsible for the
documentation of commodities, medicines/consumables utilized daily.
Key Areas of
Accountability:
Programme implementation
Provision of high-quality care to complicated SAM cases
- Provide clinical care to complicated cases of SAM admitted at the Stabilization Centre (SC)
- Ensure clinical care provided at the SC is in accordance with the National guidelines for In-patient Management of SAM
- Mentor and provide on-the-job training on stabilization care and documentation to nurses and other health workers deployed to the SC to ensure:
- Respect of approved protocols for management of acute malnutrition
- Correct use of programme monitoring and evaluation (recording) tools
- Appropriate use of resources, stock control and ordering procedures
- Strengthen clinical services at the OTP
- Ensure effective triage in the OTP sites and that children are promptly referred
- Support health workers in the OTP to correctly take the medical history of new admissions and conduct physical examination for all cases (new and old) of SAM
- Ensure medical complications among SAM cases in the OTPs are correctly identified and proper management instituted
- Provide on-the-job training (knowledge update) to health workers in the OTP on clinical care in the management of SAM
Programme Documentation
Ensure the utilization of medicines, medical supplies,
nutrition-related commodities are routinely documented in the relevant tool
Ensure timely collection and compilation of quality data for
the production of quantitative and qualitative reports regarding all SC
activities
Support the development of weekly and monthly reports on
activities, and any other ad hoc report that may be required
Support the production of case studies related to inpatient
care, at least one per quarter or as per line manager’s request
Representation and relationships
Participate in Nutrition related Meetings, Seminars and
Workshops and feed information acquired back into programming
Work and strengthen the relationship with Borno State
Ministry of Health and Hospital Management Board, UNICEF and other partners
implementing CMAM and Stabilization Care in the State
Other - Other ad-hoc
tasks as requested by Line Manager
Skills, Experience and
Education
- Medical Degree (MB,BS; MB, BCh) from a recognized/accredited University in Nigeria
- At least three years post NYSC experience
- Previous experience with other local and international NGOs
- Experience in Nutrition and in community-based programmes
- Training and experience on treatment of acute malnutrition
- Advocacy and logistics experience
- Computer literacy (MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint)
- Fluency in English and Hausa, spoken and written
- Ability to work in partnership with government and other NGO staff
- Good interpersonal skills
- Ability to work within a team setting
- Independence, adaptability and flexibility with good workload management, multitasking and ability to meet tight deadlines
- Excellent communication skills
Additional
Qualifications
Work experience in health/public health and or in a
health/public health organisation, including as a trainer.
Experience with providing institutional support and
technical assistance to development partners, government/community institutions
Additional skills
Ability to work effectively both independently (with minimal
supervision) and as a member of a team
Commitment to gender equity, child rights, community
empowerment, and grassroots development approaches
Effective planning and organising skills
Effective interpersonal skills – oral and written
communication skills
We undertake rigorous procedures to ensure that only people
suitable to work with children are allowed to join our organisation and all
candidates will be therefore be subject to this scrutiny.
We need to keep children safe so our selection process
reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.
Applicants are advised that Save the Children International
does not require any payment or expense during the entire recruitment process.
Any request in this direction should be immediately reported as it is contrary
to the values and practices of our organization.
Due to the volume of applications received, Save the
Children may not provide feedback to all applicants. Only shortlisted
candidates will be contacted.
Qualified candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as
possible, as applications will be reviewed as received. Save the Children
reserves the right to change the closing date, if considered necessary.
Application Deadline
12th October, 2018
How to Apply
Interested persons should click here to apply
Good Luck!!!
