MdM Clinical Health Officer Damboa Jobs in Nigeria
MdM Clinical Health Officer Damboa Jobs in Nigeria
Main Responsibilities Under the supervision of the Medical Supervisor, the Clinical Health Officer will be responsible for the following main activities in order to ensure the quality of care in mobile clinics:
Provision of free of charge curative health consultation
Admission, weekly medical follow-up and discharge of the malnourished children in OTP program
Collection, computerization and analysis of weekly epidemiological data
Reporting and attendance to different meetings
Tasks Description
Provision of free of charge curative health consultations:
Prepare all the necessary drugs, material and equipment for mobile clinics and ensure that everything is ready before to leave MdM office
Follow the basic medical rules of hygiene when performing curative health consultations
Participate actively in triage activities before to start curative health consultations
Perform curative consultations
Take a proper medical history including
Reason for consultation
Duration of the illness or complaints
Main symptoms
Past medical history and treatment.
Perform a correct physical examination:
Inspection, auscultation, percussion, palpation
Systematic checking of signs of severity
Diagnose and treat the diseases according to protocols in use (i.e. clinical guidelines)
Write the most important complaints, signs, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment on the patient's registration form.
Explain the treatment to the patient
Give individual health education related to the patient's disease
Manage emergency cases according to MdM protocols and regulation
Fill in the registration form for each patient, according to the diagnosis of the morbidity surveillance form
Check the immunization status for all EPI targeted children and referred the unvaccinated children to the vaccinator
Investigate any information regarding unusual health events or diseases outbreak, provided through any source
Ensure patient confidentiality is respected and treat all the patients with respect and dignity
Admission, weekly medical follow-up and discharge of the malnourished children in OTP program:
Ensure that all the 6-59 months children have been screened (MUAC, H/W and edemas)
Admit new cases in OTP program according to the criteria's of national nutrition protocol and give systematic treatment for SAM cases
Ensure weekly follow up of SAM cases and adapt RUTF doses
Discharge cases according to the criteria's of national nutrition protocol
Refer complicated SAM cases to identified Stabilization Center
Fill in the specific OTP form
Collection, computerization and analysis of weekly epidemiological data:
Perform the daily data collection regarding curative consultations
Participate to the weekly computerization and analysis of the medical data
Reporting and attendance to different meetings:
Prepare a weekly activities report to submit to team leader
Participate in a pro-active way to MdM internal meetings (medical, security)
Participate to all the trainings organized by MDM
Others:
Give suggestions to
improve the functioning of MDM 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
Because of the emergency relief nature of MDM's work, working hours may be irregular and employees are expected to be flexible in their approach to working hours under emergency conditions.
Qualifications and Experience and Attributes
Bachelor's Degree
Certificate in Community Health with a valid License
At least 3-5 years post qualifying experience in a similar environment / context
Possession of a valid practicing certificate.
Background / familiarity with Emergency is an added advantage.
Good command of written and spoken English. Knowledge of Kanuri and Hausa Languages will be an advantage.
Strong interpersonal and team building skills and excellence as a team player.
Must possess the ability to learn with speed and ease.
Excellent computer skills (Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, Power Point Presentation etc.)
Strong sense of responsibility, methodical and accurate with high organizational skills
Honesty and integrity and able to cope with stressful situations.
Manages effectively his own time as well as flexible and available to work overtime when needed
Willing to be deployed to the newly liberated local government areas.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV and Cover Letter in one single attachment via email to:
recruitment.nigeria@medecinsdumonde.net using "Clinical Health Officer" as the subject of the mail.
Note: Applications without the correct subject will not be treated.
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