Nurse for AWD Clinical Cases
Job by LIDOSOM
(Job Id: 00021 | 0021) Posted 17th May 2023
Expire Date: 21st May 2023
Category: Health Care
Location: Luuq Gedo Somalia
Career Level: Mid-Level ( 2+ – 5 years’ experience)
Employment Type: Full time
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Job Description
LIDOSOM NGO is an exciting and dynamic independent humanitarian, non-profit, non-governmental, relief and development organization that supports the people with disability, women and children to build better lives througah social integration, skill Nurse for AWD Clinical Cases development, and have a useful representation in all aspects of life, the organization was formed in the year 2015 and follows a holistic approach to achieve more for PWD, Women and children and use its resources in an efficient and sustainable way. In every programming we aim to achieve results at scale, build a partnership to influence others and increase our impact; look for innovative solutions to the problems PWD, women and children face, campaign for better practice, and ensure that their voices are heard.
LIDOSOM NGO is an organization for talented people with different backgrounds and perspectives. We are proud that our people are representative of the people with disabilities, women and children, we work with and we thrive on our diversity. We are an equal opportunity organization dedicated to our core values of Impartiality, Trust/trustworthiness, Transparency and accountability, Commitment, Credibility, Non-violence and Neutrality, Gender fairness, Respect of community values, traditions and beliefs, Respect of equity and fairness when dealing with Donors, beneficiaries and general communities.
LIDOSOM NGO offers sound employment conditions with opportunities for personal growth and development. If you are interested to work in an organization that is determined to achieve dramatic change for the most vulnerable members of the community (People with Disability, women and children), we encourage you to look through the job profile below.
POSITION I
| Job Title | Nurse for AWD Clinical Cases |
| Code | LIDOSOM/016/2023 |
| Place of Work | CTC Luuq town |
| Program/Unit | AWD |
| Monthly Salary | As per the organization’s scale |
| No. of Positions | 01 |
| Length of Contract | Six Months |
ROLE PURPOSE:
The post is an emergency health response position where the incumbent expects to provide technical and operational support in regard to disease outbreak responses (AWD) in Gedo Region. The position holder is also expected to play a consistent and high-quality technical role in relation to case management and will assist, PHEM/, strengthen the surveillance system, and oversee the quality of case management. The position holder is responsible for closely working with the RHB, DHO, Trocaire, WHO, and stakeholders in regard to strengthening surveillance and outbreak responses.
Reports to: Project supervisor
Dimensions:
- Diverse and complex problem-solving, requiring professional knowledge field experience, and an understanding of development and humanitarian work.
- Creates opportunities to develop work plans within a framework plan.
- Experience in development and humanitarian work gained in professional work inside and outside LIDOSOM NGO.
- Advice and problem-solving are often given over distance with limited information
- Decisions on programs, especially if involved in assessment, can be fundamental to whether a program takes place, and its shape, size, and quality.
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:
Technical
- Ensure patients are properly admitted and received the required basic care.
- Facilitate consultations and medical procedures
- Carry out basic patient care and case management as per the MOH protocols.
- Ensures that patients requiring care received appropriate assistance especially in regard to patient feeding and hygiene
- Ensure proper admission, assessment of patient’s health, and identification of emergency situation or any deterioration,
- Conduct health education as required
- Facilitate training of staff with special focus in following all appropriate protocols and procedures and ensuring quality cases management.
- Ensure documentation of patient records and confidentiality of patient records,
- Ensures proper waste management: separation of different kinds of waste, correct use of sharp boxes.
- Ensure availability of cases management-related technical guidelines and reporting formats.
- Ensure quality of clinical procedures in regard to patient’s cases management.
- Support follow up of cases admitted, through consultations and examinations, prescribing the necessary treatment procedures following MOH protocols.
- Provide technical leadership for assessments, ensuring assessment findings are documented and analyzed, and that all assessments include a specific analysis of children’s needs
- Responsible for the training of health worker’s cases management and surveillance.
- Ensure patients records and clinic registers/line lists are completed according to MOH requirements.
- Ensure use of established reporting formats for data collection, analysis and report.
- Work with logistics to ensure medicines and medical supplies management.
- Oversee and ensure that the referral system is functioning.
- Represent at relevant coordination meetings, and bilateral meetings with local health authorities and partners.
- Responsible for weekly and monthly program activities report
Job Requirement
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
Essential
- BSc in Nursing.
- Minimum of four years of working experience out of which two-year’ experience in clinical management, outbreak response, and PHEM.
- Experience in outbreak response
- Proficiency in spoken and written English, and Local language.
- Good technical knowledge of policy and practice in the field of AWD cases management and treatment procedures as well as other cross-cutting issues
- Computer literate in word processing and Excel packages and soft wares like Auto cad, water cad
Desirable
- Ability and willingness to frequently travel to villages and willingness to reside in rural areas
- Training on AWD case management.
- Willingness to work additional hours in order to meet tight deadlines
- Willingness and capacity to be flexible and accommodating when faced with difficult and frustrating working conditions like long-distance walking to distribution sites
- Good interpersonal and communication skills
- Experience in closely working with regional and district Offices
- Previous experience working for NGOs as an asset
How to Apply
Interested applicants should send their applications with a CV and scanned copies of your academic and professional certificates indicating telephone numbers and three referees to: this email hr.recruitment@lidosom.org Indicating with subject line of the position.
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Closing date is. 21st May 2023