Nutrition Counsellor

Job Description

Title: Nutrition Counsellor

Company Name: Terre des hommes

Vacancy: --

Age: Na

Job Location: Cox`s Bazar (Teknaf)

Salary: Tk. 65844 (Monthly)

Experience:

• At least 1 year

• Bachelor of Public Health

• At least 1 year

Experience :

• Bachelors degree or equivalent in Nutrition, Public Health or similar qualification.

• Essential working experience of at least one year in nutrition activities related jobs.

• Extra courses or trainings will be an asset. 

Knowledge and Skills:

• Previous experience working in the humanitarian sector essential, including managing MAM, SAM and IYCF programs.

• Experience of teaching other staff about assessment, monitoring and treatment of MAM and SAM·

• Experience of breastfeeding counselling is needed.

• Willingness and ability to work within the FDMN environment.

• Language: English and Bengali essential and Rohingya would be an asset.

1. Nutrition Assessment & Counselling:

• Conduct nutritional assessments for patients, especially pregnant/lactating women, children under 5, and patients with NCDs.

• Provide individualized nutrition counselling and develop dietary plans.

• Educate patients and caregivers on healthy eating habits, food hygiene, and locally available nutritious foods.

2.Provide nutritional counselling to mothers of young children, focusing on children in the first 1000 days of life:

• Provide breastfeeding advice when required, advising lactating mothers on diet and referring them to the PHC breastfeeding area.

• Advise on balanced diet, using flip charts, diagrams and other other IEC materials to convey information.

• Advise on food hygiene and the importance of preventing diarrhoea and parasites in promoting nutrition.

• Liaise with BEmONC staff to ensure correct nutritional advice is being provided for pregnant and lactating women.

3. Assess all children presenting with low MUAC or other forms of malnutrition symptoms, treating and referring to local agencies as appropriate:

• Develop and strengthen links with local organsiations.

• Ensure that all children under 5 have MUAC measured, weight taken and height measured at point of triage.

• Provide assistance and capacity building for clinical staff at PHC to assess and treat all forms of malnutrition.

• Liaise with medical and nursing teams regarding treatment of MAM and SAM in PHC IPD, providing capacity building among staff where necessary.

• Work closely with the paeditrician to identify SAM children needing inpatient facility and supporting as per protocol.

4.Work closely with Community Health Team to ensure that nutrition messages are integrated into all community education activities:

• Provide capacity building where required for Community Health Team.

• Liaise with Community Health Team Leader to ensure that correct nutritional messages are being delivered in the community.

• Refer patients requiring follow-up to Community health Team.

Other responsabilities

• Accept other responsibilities as assigned by the Line Manager

• Two Festival bonuses

• Severance pay

• Life insurance for employees

• Health insurance for the employees and dependents

• Mobile bill

• Two weekly off days

• 18 days annual leave, 14 days sick leave, 10 days casual leave, along with special leave as per organizational policy.

These benefits are administered following national staff regulations and it`s amendments.