Location: Konduga, Maiduguri Borno Reports to: Reproductive Health Midwife Scope of Work
The RH clinic assistant is responsible for supporting RH midwives in direct patient care, registering new clients, assessing patients’ reproductive health state, determining what care they need etc.
Primary Responsibilities The responsibilities of the RH clinic assistant include but are not limited to the following: Main Duties
Assist RH midwives in direct reproductive health service provision
Conduct initial consultations for patients attending the clinic according to IRC RH guidelines
Assess signs and symptoms of illness, take vital signs and enter them in medical charts, develop a nursing diagnosis and triage patient to the appropriate provider
Register new patients and provide STI and FP counselling
Provide technical nursing support for RH services
Ensure referral for all transfer patients are coordinated with necessary health care intervention and diagnoses
Ensure all necessary information concerning the patients or activities in the clinic are reported to the supervisor in a timely manner
Maintain the register for medical consultation, of all the present RH services
Monitoring responsibilities:
Ensure all patient registers are properly filled on daily bases
Ensure data tracking sheets a properly filled and reported to supervisors in a timely manner.
Other duties:
To perform any other responsibility as directed by supervisor.
Professional Standards:
All IRC staff are required to adhere to THE IRC Way Standards for Professional Conduct and the IRC country employment policies.
Requirements: This section outlines the minimum professional experience, academic training, etc. necessary for a candidate to be successful, as well as any additional desirable qualifications. If there is a gender requirement (i.e. GBV case worker or other gender-sensitive positions, depending on cultural context), please list here Minimum Qualifications
Gender requirement (if applicable): Female
Qualified CHEW or Nurse with Nurse diploma/certificate
At least 2 years of working experience in nursing care
NGO experience preferred
Experience in RH , BEmONC (EmONC), and working at community level
Communication skills to educate and sensitise on sensitive RH topics
Works well in and promotes teamwork, comfortable in a multi-cultural environment, is flexible and able to handle pressure
Good spoken and written English
Computer literacy; Word, Excel and Powerpoint
Working Environment:
The positions is located in Konduga the situation in northeast Nigeria continues to be volatile and the security phase is orange or red depending on location. This is a national position.
Benefits
Competitive Monthly salary,
13th Month Salary Inclusive,
Health Insurance Coverage for Family, Pension, and Creche Facilities available for Women with babies under 24 Months.
Applicants should send their CV’s and cover letter to “The Senior Admin/HR Manager, International Rescue Committee” via: IRCNigeria.Recruitment@rescue.org Application Title should Read: RH Clinic Assiatant, Konduga/Maiduguri Note: Hand delivery applications should be submitted in Maiduguri Field office (Rolling Basis)
Apply via :
IRCNigeria.Recruitment@rescue.org
