Nurse

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• Provide direct patient care in diagnostic and treatment in emergency primary healthcare in case of absence of local health care providers
• Identify the educational needs of community health and local counterparts, workers and supervise on daily basis.
• Monitor and supervise health care delivery by local counterparts and community health workers.
• Teach basic sanitation and public health; theory of disease causation; treatment and prevention; disease diagnosis and drug treatment of common diseases; community nutrition; techniques for the identification of the malnourished child, treatment and growth monitoring, MCH and ANC .
• Ensure that patients have up to date patient cards and are accurately registered and recorded for reporting and case management.
• Ensure aggressive drug management (stockage, dispersment, warehousing, reconciliation).
• Oversee clinic staff and ward management.

• Minimum clinical nursing degree
• Registered Nurse/Midwife
• Experience in overseas programs relating to primary health care, communicable diseases; experience in maternal and child health, reproductive health, HIV/AIDS is useful
• Minimum of 3 years of experience required, of which 1 year should be of developing country experience or resource deprived environment
• Experience in effectively dealing with international and headquarters staff, as well as donor agencies, government officials, and other NGO’s
• The ability to work with a broad spectrum of people.Ability to write reports, and procedure manuals
• Must work independently under difficult conditions
• Fluency in English (both oral and written skills)

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