Posted on: Tue 23-01-2024

Zinnok Initiative for Women and Children - Our partner, the Catholic Caritas Foundation of Nigeria (Caritas Nigeria), is a Not-for-Profit Humanitarian and Development Agency established by the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN), to coordinate the social and development interventions of the Catholic Church in Nigeria. Caritas Nigeria works to fight hunger, disease, and ignorance as well as responds to humanitarian crises and emergencies by mobilizing resources from within and outside the Church to meet the basic needs of affected persons, regardless of religion, nationality, or ethnicity.

They are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: ART Nurse

Location: Umuahia, Abia

Job Summary

The incumbent will provide comprehensive nursing services in collaboration with ACCESS project technical teams to ensure the successful delivery of HIV care and treatment services at the community level including home delivery, services at cluster locations, documentation and reporting, and liaison with partner treatment facilities. S/he will also provide comprehensive HIV care and treatment services at the community level within the assigned ACCESS project LGAs in the States in compliance with national and donor guidelines and policies. Key Areas of Accountability:

Provide effective support in the following regards;

ART Nursing Services

Program Integration:

• Making sure that patients are triaged at every clinical encounter. All vital signs are taken and documented.
• Ensures that patient education happens at every clinical encounter.
• Ensure provision and documentation of routine clinical assessments such as clinical TB and STI screenings, nutritional assessment, setting of prevention goals, plotting of pediatric growth chart, etc.
• Booked patients’ next appointments and ensured documentation in the appointment diary and registers.
• Responsible for completing and regular updates of the ART register.
• Carry out nurse refill services to eligible patients in conjunction with the supervising physician.
• Visit cluster locations to provide ART services.
• Serve as liaison between the health facilities and CBO on clinical-related services.
• Ensure prompt referral to facilities whenever indicated.
• Ensure that all clients on refill get evaluated at each refill visit, document findings in the ART Care Card and the nurse refill registers, and report any abnormality to the physician.
• Ensures all clients have access to nutrition education and counseling at each visit.
• Follow up on the client’s nutritional plan.
• Provide technical support for integration of the project’s technical approaches for the achievement of successful project implementation using evidence-informed, innovative, and best practices.
• Participate in any other duties as assigned.

Additional Responsibilities:

The Responsibilities (Above) are not intended to be all-inclusive. The employee will also perform other related tasks as required and will be responsible for reporting and communicating the progress and achievement of the specific assigned tasks.

Qualification and Experience

• B.Sc / Registered Nurse qualifications with current practicing license by the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria.
• A minimum of 3 years experience providing direct technical support in the implementation of health service delivery projects with specific experience in HIV service delivery projects,
• Hands-on experience in HIV service delivery and technical coordination, proven experience and familiarity with SMOH/GON health systems,
• Excellent interpersonal and supervisory skills, capable of directing and managing change, effective delegation, inspiring teamwork, and motivating staff and partners to achieve results,
• Computer literacy,

Key Competencies:

Should possess good skills in:

• Planning, Coordination and Control
• Communication & influencing
• Public speaking and professional presentations.
• Facilitation, mentorship, and team building.
• Multi-sectoral team and support collaboration with multiple stakeholders.
• Working in a complex project implementation environment with multiple tasks, short deadlines, and intense pressure to perform.
• Must have computer skills, vast in the use of MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Ability to work as a team.
• Data analysis and ability to make informed decisions from Data.

Method of Application

Interested and qualified candidates should submit a Letter of Application with a recently updated CV as a single PDF file format (as an attachment), and send it to: [email protected] using the Job Title and applicant's name as the subject of the email. E.g. "Usman OBI- ART NURSE or Johnson Bunmi- Programme Officer.

Note: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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