Community Nurse BSFP,
Kenya
World Vision
Closing date: Sunday, 11 June 2017
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Purpose of the Position:
The project nurse will provide health and nutrition services to the BSFP beneficiaries where required. The nurse will ensure all beneficiaries identified to be malnourished are referred in integrated management of malnutrition (IMAM) program for further management.
Major Responsibilities
Project Planning and Implementation
- Ensure the successful implementation of blanket supplementary feeding program (BSFP) teams
- Provide health and nutrition services to beneficiaries in BSFP according to MoH guidelines and protocols.
- Work closely with MoH and other partners to establish a referral mechanisms of both moderately and severely malnourished children to IMAM program.
- Work closely with the food assistance program Field Monitors to set up a food supply system that maintains a regular supply of foodstuffs, good storage of all commodities and efficient safe distribution to the beneficiaries.
- Responsible for ordering, storage, accountability of medical drugs and other nutrition commodities.
- Prepare list of Children referred to IMAM sites
- Monitor beneficiaries in OTP and SFP to ensure appropriate weight gain.
- To ensure program reporting protocols are implemented according to both World Vision and BSFP strategy/ guidelines
- Consolidate/ summarize routine data and reports for timely submission to the Nutrition Project officer.
- Support/ liaise with nutrition officer for field logistics
- Preparation of progress reports, stocks and program reports according to UNICEF, WFP and WV requirements.
Capacity Building
- Support CHWs offering health education to ensure they deliver quality health talks
- Work closely with BSFP screeners to ensure they measure accurately and adhere to IMAM protocols when referring children diagnosed with malnutrition
Qualifications: Education/Knowledge/Technical Skills and Experience
- Diploma in Nursing and with a valid practicing license from Nursing Council of Kenya
- At least 2 year experience in health programming in a competitive project
- Experience in collecting data, organizing and documentation
- Understanding of World Vision health programming added advantage
- Good understanding of Ministry of Health standards and guidelines
- Experienced in local engagement
- Computer literate
- Local’s preferred
Working Environment:
- Work environment: field based with logistics and reporting done at the office
- Travel Required: Mainly domestic
- On call: As required
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