Albarka Health Spring Foundation (AHSF) is a non-governmental organization dully registered with Nigerian government through Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC/IT NO: 91613). Existing since October 2016, AHSF focuses on improving the quality of life of vulnerable population across communities in Northeast Nigeria. AHSF operates both in emergency and developmental context and have its program principally rooted in identifying gaps that affects population or increases vulnerability of population and bridging those gaps through resource base planning and implementation.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Nurse
Location: Mafa & Bama - Borno
Employment Type: Contract
Contract Duration: 6 Months.
Expected Start Date: As soon as possible
Slot: 8 (4 per location) Openings
Main Responsibilities
Under the supervision of the clinical Supervisor, the EPI Nurse will be responsible for the following main activities in order to ensure the quality of care in the mobile clinics:
Realization of the patient’s triage and taking vital signs
Realization of paramedic’s acts including vaccination
Implementation of health education sessions
Collection, computerization and analysis of weekly epidemiological data.
Reporting and attendance to different meetings
Tasks Description
Preparation of the medical site
Install the furniture and the material before the start of each mobile clinic
Prepare all the necessary drugs, material and equipment for mobile clinics and ensure that everything is ready before starting the activities
Realization of the patient’s triage and taking vital signs
Prepare all the necessary drugs, material and equipment for mobile clinics and ensure that everything is ready before to leave AHSF office
Keep always the nurse tools clean and organized
Do the triage of the patients with the medical doctors and give an AHSF number to the patients needing a medical consultation
Take weight, temperature and BP for all the patients who have been registered
Give deworming drugs to all the targeted children according to the protocol
Ensure patient confidentiality is respected and treat all the patients with respect and dignity
Identify medical emergencies and refer them immediately to the medical doctor
Realization of paramedic’s acts including vaccination
Follow the basic medical rules of hygiene when performing paramedics acts
Realize malaria rapid diagnostic tests according to necessity and/or prescription
Urine dipstick tests to the patients according to necessity and/or prescription
Haemoglobin test according to prescription
Make dressings according to AHSF protocols
Do injections according to necessity and/or prescription
Ensure the cleaning and sterilization of dressing material on a daily basis
Check the immunization status of the children and proceed to proper immunization of targeted children according to EPI calendar.
Evaluate the right quantity of vaccines and consumables per day
Health Education Sessions
Others:
Give suggestions to improve the functioning of AHSF mobile clinics
Participate to the loading and unloading of the vehicles and to the setting up of the mobile clinics
Participate to weekly physical inventory of mobile clinic pharmacy
Be flexible in performing his/her duties to ensure that beneficiaries are getting good quality services
Perform other additional duties on request of the team leader
Inform immediately the security focal point in case of any security problem in the field
Profile
Education (Essential): Diploma / Bachelor's Degree in Nursing
RN/RM/RPHN
Experience: 2 years and or field experiences
Confidentiality, Team Player, ability to work with little or no supervision, people management, Report Writing
Additional Skills: Ability to work in low resource field environments.
Language Skills: Fluent in English (Speaking, Reading, Writing), Kanuri and Hausa are added advantage
Personal Skills:
Ability to work under tight deadline team-work, negotiation skills and flexible working hours.
Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse:
Actively promote PSEA (Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse) standards within Albarka Health Spring Foundation (AHSF) and amongst beneficiaries served by Albarka Health Spring Foundation (AHSF).
Any other duties that may be assigned from time by supervisors.
Compliance& Ethics:
Promotes and encourages a culture of compliance and ethics throughout Albarka Health Spring Foundation (AHSF). As applicable to the position, maintains a clear understanding of Albarka Health Spring Foundation (AHSF)’ and donor compliance and ethics standards and adheres to those standards. Conducts work with the highest level of integrity.