Health Officer

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Contract Type

Description
Requirements
  • Degree in Nursing science from a recognized institution, with strong public Health background.
  • Must possess valid practicing license by Nursing and Midwifery council of Nigeria

Work Experience:

  • Experience in supervising health staff at the primary health care level.
  • Ability to work with displaced communities with diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds.
  • Able to work in a location with basic living conditions and with limited communication options.
  • Experienced in report and proposal writing a (highly recommended)
  • Experience in training, capacity development, and on the job coaching on relevant SRHR topics; FP, PAC, CCSAS, BEmONC, ANC/PNC and safe delivery.
Responsibilities

Program implementation and service delivery

  • Ensure provision of essential lifesaving health and SRH services across implementation sites.
  • Provide service once in a week, rotating within supported facilities as part of health system and capacity strengthening of PHC staff and incentive workers.
  • Work with supply chain to ensure timely submission of item forecast, delivery of procured items, store release and distribution of project items to the targeted beneficiaries.
  • Ensure all project documents are well archived on Box folder and hardcopy of waybills, distribution plan, distribution list, delivery notes are stored securely for audit, verification and reporting purpose.
  • Ensure Infection prevention and control (IPC) and waste management are adhered too across NHF implementation sites

Staff supervision, learning and development

  • Supervise incentive staff working at the IRC outreach facilities and government supported PHC
  • Supervise incentive community mobilizers, referral agents, CHVs, TBA's, Henna and Kayan Mata women to ensure demand generation and community participation in health programming.
  • Ensure training and capacity building on emergency preparedness and response, MISP for SRH and IMCI
  • Hold high-quality meetings with implementation team on a regular and predictable basis, at least monthly

Reporting

  • Ensure timely submission of weekly statistical report and monthly data summary for tracking and reporting.
  • Reporting community engagement activities and reach per month across all intervention locations
  • Ensure timely submission of service delivery data to M&E team for documentation and reporting.

Health promotion and community engagement activities

  • lead the implementation of health community engagement strategies across project implementation site
  • Lead capacity development of local community structures on demand creation for health and SRH services, RCCE and SBCC across implementation
  • Actively participate in community-based surveillance and early warning for disease outbreaks across intervention locations.


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