Country: Nigeria
Base: Maiduguri/Jere with field visits to other locations in Nigeria
Duration: 6 Months
(Renewable depending on the availability of funding)
Start Date: As soon as possible
Reporting to: Medical Officer
Qualifications, Experience and Knowledge Requirements :
- Qualified Emergency Medical Technician or equivalent.
- Primary healthcare systems primary health care, Integrated community case management, malaria and vector
borne disease control programmes and community health provision in Nigeria, including organisation and
management of medicines in Mobile Clinics and outreach consultations - Knowledge of Clinical protocols and drugs dispensing practice including transcribing and verifying prescriptions,
dispensing and delivering, administering, patient education, monitoring and reporting. - Previous experience in dispensing medicines and supplies in primary care facilities.
- Previous experience of working with an INGO preferred
Languages:
Fluency in English and Kanuri mandatory. Knowledge of Hausa is a distinct advantage
Other Skills: Good organisational skills, Excellent communication skills, Good management skills, Ability to work
both independently and with a team.
The MENTOR Initiative is a specialist tropical disease control INGO, working with the Borno State Ministry of
Health to reinforce and build capacity for the establishment and maintenance of effective lifesaving health
services, including surveillance and control of life-threatening vector borne diseases.
The MENTOR Initiative is seeking an experienced Medical Assistant to work in Maiduguri-Borno State as part of
an Emergency Response Programmme to ensure access to improved lifesaving disease prevention and health
services for vulnerable communities in Borno State.
Summary of duties and responsibilities
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 MENTOR 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
- Manage emergency cases according to MENTOR protocols and regulation
- Fill in the registration form for each patient, according to the diagnosis of the morbidity surveillance form
- 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
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- 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 in the periodic 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 MENTOR internal meetings (medical, security…)
– Participate to all the trainings organized by MENTOR
Others
- Give suggestions to improve the functioning of MENTOR mobile clinics
- Participate in 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
Adhere to the agreed MENTOR Code of conduct on Ethics and Integrity and safeguarding including
Whistle blowing policy.
As the MENTOR Initiative is working in a constantly changing humanitarian aid environment, reasonable
specific work duties may be requested that may not fit into the above job description, but which will help promote
over all programs goals and aims. Similarly, while work on weekend will not normally be required, requests to do
so should be regarded as falling within the 40hr working week stipulated within the MENTOR-Initiative’s standard
working contract, of which this job description forms a part.
INTERESTED CANDIDATED ARE REQUIRED TO APPLY by e-mail to: [email protected] ON OR BEFORE 20 TH NOVEMBER 2024. Using the job title as the subject of the email.
FEMALE CANDIDATES ARE HIGHLY ENCOURAGED TO APPLY. THE MENTOR INITIATIVE IS AN EQUAL
OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER AND DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT
PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING).
