Nutrition Assistant

Ensure effective management of clinical and other ailments at community and facility level 

• Plan and organize OTP/CMAM activities at designated health and nutrition sites.
• Work closely with DoH Health staffs to ensure all aspects of the program understood and appropriate referrals take place to and from the CMAM outreach and well-integrated into the Primary Health Care.
• Work closely with the health facility staff (MO/FMO/LHV), and LHWs to ensure all children are screened correctly at health facility/community facilitation and within targeted area.
• Ensure all criteria are respected and understood by the team and community groups, including; admission, discharge and transfer to and from the community or other source.
• Ensure correct clinical diagnosis at the time anthropometric assessment so that the SAM patient receives appropriate treatment and enrollment-based OTP admission criteria.
• Timely identification of complications, non-responder, and referrals to the NSC and strong follow up until discharge for re-admission in OTP.
• Ensure adequate availability of all medical and Therapeutic food supplies and ensure stock is pre-positioned as planned by discussing with Nutrition Officer and logistics.
• Follow-up and provide feedback to the health facility Incharge and nutrition coordinator on the amount and quality of the treatment supplies if it does not comply with specified quality standards.
• Regular and strong coordination with PHC/CMAM, NSC and Outreach staff on referral and integrated case management package.
• Through liaison with the community groups, provide effective follow up of all cases: particularly tracing of children who are absent from the program, sick children, long stay children, children not gaining weight, and children with social problems etc.
• Provide key Health and Nutrition education messages to beneficiaries based the protocol and guidelines
• Respond to inquiries regarding the technical aspects of the program admission and discharge whenever necessary at the CMAM sites.
• Provide success stories/case studies in the intervention with coordination of Health facility in charge, Nutrition coordinator.
• Comply with National CMAM Guideline (including Simplified Protocols) strictly for SAM case management.

Supervise medicine administration in OTP activities

• Follow and respect the current protocols specially SAM case management or administration i.e. for de-worming, EPI schedule and MNP, IFA / Vitamin A supplements targeting children and PLW with proper documentation.
• Ensure that all the nutrition activities linked to health and nutrition education in the protocols
• Follow the treatment of the beneficiaries through home visits with support of community groups.
• Participate in the follow-up of stock request and consumption.
• Achieve ideal MUAC and weight gain for enrolled patients as early as possible.
• Ensure proper documentation and reporting of the stock distributed through OTP/Outreach activities.
• Compile the statistical data with MEAL, NIS or Data Officer (admission, default, cured, absent, death) and draft a report on activities with timely submission to the program.

Network and coordinate with the relevant sectors

• Establish good relationship with the relevant stakeholders (DOH/and community)
• Respond and coordinate properly with Nutrition Coordinator.
• Establish a network with the other actors in the working area (I/NGO)
• Establish a good understanding of the program within the community
• Establish link and meetings with the community leaders and different group existing in the working area.
• Establish good coordination with caregivers coming to the OTP for service.

Declaration:

Our organization has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. It also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.