OTP/TSFP Nurse, Nutrition
Job Description
Title: OTP/TSFP Nurse, Nutrition
Company Name: Relief International
Vacancy: Not specific
Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Ukhia)
Employment Status: Full-time, Contractual
Educational Requirements:
∎ Diploma in Nursing
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 2 year(s)
Job Context:
∎ The OTP/TSFP Nurse, Nutrition will work to ensure high quality health and nutrition services for Nutrition Program beneficiaries (SAM/MAM).
∎ Duty Station: Ukhiya, Kutupalong Refugee Camp- Camp 3
∎ Report To: Nutrition Site Supervisor
∎ Expected Start Date: 1st April 2023
∎ Contract length: Up to 30th June, 2023 (With possibility of Extension subject to funding, program needs and performance of incumbent)
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Ensure good triage of patients/beneficiaries in the facility.
∎ Ensure that every beneficiary receives an adequate medical examination, appropriate diagnosis, treatment and referral for additional treatment following national protocols and standard guidelines.
∎ Conduct medical examination to all beneficiaries which include vital signs physical examination and medical history.
∎ Prescribe routine medications and provide treatment according to standard CMAM guidelines and treatment protocols including Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses.
∎ Follow CMAM protocols in assessing, admitting and treating beneficiaries in CMAM (OTP/TSFP) program.
∎ Timely referral of children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) with medical complications to the nearby stabilization Centre (SC).
∎ Identifying and referring unimmunized children to the nearest health facility for EPI services.
∎ To ensure that any beneficiary requiring further medical assistance is referred to the nearest health facility in accordance with protocols.
∎ Correctly record all relevant information (symptoms, diagnosis, measurements, treatment plan) for each beneficiary on appropriate forms (child card, patient file, etc.) of beneficiaries and medication given and complete the child's card at every visit.
∎ Keep an up-to-date record of all medication used and be responsible for stock management and reporting (distribution monitoring, use of non-expired drugs, stock ordering etc.).
∎ Follow standard infection prevention and control measures in all activities.
∎ Ensure wastes (medical and non-medical) are adequately disposed of at the facility.
∎ Provide health education and counselling to all caretakers.
∎ Prepare regular and ad-hoc reports as requested and timely submit to site supervisor.
∎ Build capacity of other members of nutrition team through on-the-job training.
∎ Participate in trainings as requested.
∎ Attend team meetings and other meetings as requested.
∎ Ensure that all equipment is in good working condition and clean, including disinfection where needed.
∎ To handle the beneficiaries in a sensitive and reassuring manner.
∎ Report any problems or broken equipment to site supervisor.
∎ Undertake other tasks as requested by supervisor.
∎ Maintain up to date records on above functions for provision of reports to supervisor as requested.
∎ Health & Safety
∎ Comply with established health and safety policies with regard to handling of instruments, storage of drugs and disposal of sharps and other potentially dangerous equipment and substances.
Additional Requirements:
∎ Age 20 to 30 years
∎ Both males and females are allowed to apply
∎ Two years of experience of OTP/TSFP in the nutrition field is an added advantage.
∎ Good spoken and written English
∎ Ability to work under minimal supervision, hard situations with minimal resource
∎ Ability to promote RI vision and mission including gender, child protection and PSEA.
Salary:
∎ Negotiable
∎ As per RI National Pay Scale Policy in Bangladesh
Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Weekly 2 holidays
∎ Festival Bonus: 2
∎ Severance Benefit: 8.33% on Gross Salary
Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.
Application Deadline: 10 Mar 2023
Company Information:
∎ 4 Mar 2023
∎ Relief International
∎ Address : Bangladesh Office: White House, Level-5, Bypass Road,
Kolatoli, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.
∎ Web : www.ri.org
∎ Business : Relief International, headquartered in USA, is a leading international non-government organization working in 16 countries to relieve poverty, ensure well-being and advance dignity. We specialize in fragile settings, responding to natural disasters, humanitarian crises and chronic poverty.
Relief International (RI) has been working in Bangladesh since 2004, implementing programs covering emergency response, health, economic opportunity, trafficking in persons, gender equality and youth empowerment. RI has been present in Cox’s Bazar since 2014 where it was implementing a trafficking in person’s project in Ukhiya and Teknaf supporting old caseload refugees as well as host communities prior to the large-scale influx. Since 2017, RI has scaled up its operations in Cox’s Bazar to support the emergency response by providing integrated, multi-sectoral programming for refugee and host communities, covering health services, child protection, SGBV. Relief International is currently implementing a large scale refugee response program in Cox`s Bazar in Bangladesh in collaboration with multiple partners including UNHCR.
Relief International combines humanitarian and development approaches to provide immediate services while laying the groundwork for long-term impact. Our signature approach which we call the RI Way emphasizes local participation, an integration of services, strategic partnerships, and a focus on civic skills. In this way, we empower communities to find, design and implement the solutions that work best for them.
Category: NGO/Development
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Source: bdjobs.com
Deadline Expired on 10th Mar 2023
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