Overview
The Stabilization Doctor will be responsible for running day-to-day activities of the MAIDUGURI stabilization center, ensuring the implementation of quality clinical care for children admitted to the center in accordance with National and international standards.
Key Responsibilities
- Run day-to-day activities of MAIDUGURI stabilization center.
- Ensure implementation of quality clinical care of children admitted to the center.
- Identify gaps in SC and take necessary steps to address them.
- Provide technical oversight assistance in planning, implementing, and monitoring of high impact intervention.
- Provide support in system strengthening and promotion of childhood nutrition.
- Directly supervise clinical staff and ensure staff maintain high professionalism.
- Ensure quality of services in the stabilization center CMAM PROGRAM.
- Strengthen capacities on the clinical management of SAM.
- Facilitate integration of services related to newborn and child health.
- Oversee night coverage activities/services provided to admitted cases.
- Responsible for documentation and stock management of commodities, medicines/consumables and data tools.
- Daily calculation of the quantity of food needed.
- Order food for the SC in collaboration with the hospital dietician.
- Order drugs for the SC in collaboration with the pharmacist and the SC matron.
- Manage the daily collection of the number of new admissions and exits and attendance.
- Weekly checks and transmit statistics.
- Give feedback to the team and take appropriate action.
- Compile monthly reports.
- Provide high-quality care to complicated SAM cases.
- Ensure clinical care provided at the SC is in accordance with National guidelines.
- Mentor and provide on-the-job training to nurses and other health workers.
- Monitor the in-patient Management of SAM.
- Supervise the use of medicines, medical supplies, and nutrition related commodities and data tools.
- Participate in the development and review of programme monitoring and evaluation tools.
- Ensure timely collection, compilation, and analysis of quality data.
- Produce quantitative and qualitative reports.
- Produce case studies related to patient care.
- Evaluate regularly the impact of the activities and propose changes for improvement.
- Prepare weekly and monthly activities reports.
- Support the supply chain management and forecast for medicines, medical supplies, Nutrition commodities and data tools.
- Monitor the stock of commodities, medicines, medical supplies.
- Plan logistics and materials needs for the SC.
- Participate in stakeholder meetings on crosscutting health issues.
- Facilitate integration of services for a holistic approach of SAM.
- Check the pharmacy correct drug preparation, storage and stock balance.
- Check food stock: food consumption and cleaning of the store.
- Ensure meals distributed on time and respect of the quantity.
- Maintain and supervise quality of medical care dispensed.
- Ensure correct application of the medical protocols.
- Ensure correct measurements and follow-up of the weight and edema.
- Ensure correct filling of individual cards and the attendance register book.
- Ensure and quality checks admission and exit.
- Ensure and role-model respect for the dignity of the patients and the accompanying caretaker.
- Resolve problems occurring between the patient and the personnel.
- Ensure that mothers are well informed about the functioning of the center, the state and the evolution of their child.
- Set work schedule to include overnights shared with emergency hospital physicians.
- Clinical examination of all patients with signs of complicated pathologies or presenting complications or refer by the nurses.
- Prescription management and follow up of severe and complicated cases.
- Adaptation and change of specific medical treatment and differential diagnosis.
- Authorize and interpret rapid clinical laboratory.
- Referral of patients to hospital and between hospital.
- Training of hospital IRC nurses on routine treatment prescription.
- Work in collaboration with the nurses to ensure medical care of quality.
- Work as a member of the team taking into consideration the non-medical problems encountered by the patients.
- Develop relationship with medical counterparts with hospital.
- Maintain an updated job description.
- Conduct interviews, orient new staff to the IRC and the stabilization center manager.
- Supervise the stabilization center staff.
- Provide ongoing leadership to the project team and oversee implementation and coordination of activity plans.
- Provide ongoing supervision, leadership, training and technical support and guidance to nutrition staff.
- Ensure all stabilization center staff adhere to best-practice principles.
- Overall responsibility for stabilization center staff team’s timesheet, workplan vacation schedules and staff training/development activities.
- Ensure performance management system documentation for all staff is in place and followed up regularly.
- Build staff capacity in workplan development and reporting.
- Recommend and implement a capacity building/development plan for project staff.
- Ensure stabilization center staff understands and follows IRC and donor policies and procedures.
- Participate in nutrition related meetings seminars and workshop.
- Work and strengthen relationship with Borno State ministry of health and Hospital Management board UNICEF, BOSPHCDB and other partners.
- Hire, supervise, and build the capacity of team members.
- Coach, train, supervise and mentor direct-report staff.
- Maintain open and professional relations with team members.
- Hold high-quality meetings with each direct report.
- Provide a measurable development plan.
- Identify staff performance issues and work with Human Resources to document and address these.
- Promote and monitor staff care and well-being.
- Support appropriate interventions in response to identified staff care needs.
- Look for opportunities to support staff in their career growth.
- Identify, train and develop capability and capacity of national staff.
- Adhere to and act in accordance with the IRC Global HR Policies and Procedures.
- Conduct research on best practices in nutrition programming.
- Analyze program data to inform decision-making and optimize outcomes.
- Support learning and capacity-building initiatives for team members.
- Identify trends, challenges, and opportunities in nutrition programming.
- Contribute to reports, proposals, and other written materials.
- Coordinate with internal teams, partners, and stakeholders.
- Represent the organization in meetings, workshops, and other forums.
- Build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders.
- Ensure compliance with organizational policies, donor requirements, and regulatory frameworks.
- Facilitate information sharing and collaboration across teams and partners.
Required Experience
- At least two (2) years post-graduation experience.
- Previous experience with other local and International NGO’S.
- Experience in Nutrition in community-based programs.
- Training and experience in treatment of acute malnutrition.
- Advocacy and logistics experience.
Qualifications
• Medical Degree (MBBS) from a recognized/accredited university in Nigeria and registered with Nigeria Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria Dentist on board.
