Overview
The Nurse will provide clinical and nutritional care for complicated cases of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) admitted at the stabilization Centre (SC). The role involves maintaining accurate patient records and contributing to the smooth functioning of the SC.
Key Responsibilities
- Admit all patients presenting into the SC in line with the admission criteria.
- Provide quality nursing clinical care to complicated cases of SAM admitted at the Stabilization Centre (SC).
- Ensure Nursing and clinical care provided at the SC is in accordance with the National guidelines for In-patient Management of SAM.
- Stabilize all critical patients in line with the protocols in collaboration with the doctor and other team members.
- Patient monitoring for patients in Phase 1, transition phase and Phase 2 in line with guidelines.
- Report any medical or clinical complications on timely basis to the doctor and other team members.
- Ensure nursing records and monitoring charts are up-to date and well maintained.
- Mentor and provide on-the-job training on stabilization care and documentation to Dieticians, help mothers deployed to the SC.
- Ensure the utilization of medicines, medical supplies, nutrition-related commodities are routinely documented in the relevant tools.
- Ensure timely collection and compilation of quality data for the production of quantitative and qualitative reports regarding all SC activities.
- Support the nurse in charge in the development of weekly and monthly reports on activities, and any other ad hoc report that may be required.
Required Experience
- At least three years post-graduation experience
- Previous experience as SC-Nurse
- Previous experience with INGOs
- Experience in Nutrition and in community-based programmes
- Training and experience on treatment of acute malnutrition
- Work experience in health/public health and in a health/public health organisation, including as a trainer
- Experience with providing institutional support and technical assistance to development partners, government/community institutions
Qualifications
• Degree or Diploma in General Nursing from a recognized/accredited University in Nigeria
