Stabilization Center Doctor at INTERSOS

Location: This position is based in Magumeri LGA

Scope of Work

• The Stabilization Doctor will be based in the field location and is responsible for running day to day activities in the stabilization centre and he/she reports to the Stabilization center manager
• and works closely with the Health and Nutrition Manager for administrative issues.
• The stabilization center Doctor ensures the implementation of a quality clinical care of children admitted to the center in accordance with National and international standards.
• The Medical Doctor will identify gaps in SC care and will take the necessary steps to address those gaps.
• He/she provides technical oversight assistance in planning, implementing, and monitoring of
• high impact intervention and provides support in system strengthening and promotion of childhood nutrition, with special focus to the most vulnerable and unreached populations
• groups.
• He/she will directly supervise clinical staff and ensure staff maintain high professionalism throughout.
• The stabilization Doctor will ensure quality of services in the stabilization center CMAM PROGRAMME through strengthening capacities on the clinical management of SAM and
• facilitating integration of services related to newborn and child health.
• The stabilization center Doctor will oversee night coverage activities/services provided to admitted cases (and caregivers) at the stabilization center.

Key Areas of Accountability
Under direct supervision of the stabilization center manager, the stabilization center Doctor Will
stabilization center functions:

• Daily prescription of the quantity of food needed for the day to day based on the number of children present in phase I and transition/rehabilitation phase.
• Order the drugs for the SC In collaboration with the pharmacist.
• Manage the daily collection of the number of new admissions and exists and attendance from the register.
• Weekly checks and transmit the statistics to the stabilization center manager
• Give feed back to the team and take appropriate action
• Provide high quality clinical care to complicated cases of SAM admitted at the stabilization
• center(SC) in accordance with the National guidelines for inpatient Management of SAM

Mentor and provide on the- job training on stabilization care and documentation to nurses and other health workers deployed to the SC to ensure:

• Respect of approved protocol for management of acute malnutrition
• Correct use of programme monitoring and evaluation (recording tool)
• Appropriate use of resources, stock control and ordering procedures
• Programme Management and Documentation
• Monitor the in-patient Management of SAM
• Participate in the development and review of programme monitoring and evaluation tools where necessary
• Produce case studies related to in patient care, at least one per quarter or as per line manager’s request
• Facilitate integration of services for a holistic approach of SAM by working in collaboration with partners

Maintains and supervises quality of medical care dispensed: drugs distribution correct application of the medical protocols: clinical follow up, rehydration , detection in times of the
medical complication
Nutritional follow up: ensuring correct measurements and follow-up of the weight and edema, and that good records are kept - individual cards and the attendance register book
Ensure and quality checks admission and exit: respect of criteria
Ensures and role-models respect for the dignity of the patients and the accompanying caretaker
Resolution of problems occurring between the patient and the personnel
Ensure that mothers are well informed about the functioning of the center, the state and the evolution of their child.
Clinical Functions:

• Set work schedule to include overnights shared with and hospital physicians
• Clinical examination of all patients with signs of complicated pathologies or presenting complication or referral from by the nurses
• Prescription management and follow up of severe and complicated cases in consultation with hospital physician
• Adaptation and change of specific medical treatment and differential diagnosis in partnership with other colleagues
• Authorizes and interprets rapid clinical laboratory
• Referral of patients to hospital and between hospital
• Training of hospital INTERSOS nurses on routine treatment prescription (theoretical and on the job training)
• Works in collaboration with the nurses to ensure quality medical care
• Works as a member of the team taking in consideration the non-medical problems encountered by the patients (feeding and psychosocial)
• Develop relationship with medical counterparts with hospital
• Staff Management:
• Maintain an updated job description, conduct interviews, orient new staffs to the INTERSOS protocols and reports to the SC Manager.
• Supervise the stabilization center staff (Nurse, help mothers, Mothers) directly provide
• ongoing leadership to the project team and overseeing implementation and coordination of activity plans to ensure targets are met
• Provide ongoing supervision, leadership, training and technical support and guidance to nutrition staff and ensure all stabilization center staff adhere to best-practice principles in all
• aspects of program implementation
• Holds responsibility for stabilization center staff team’s timesheet, workplan vacation schedules and staff training/development activities
• Ensure Internal Review documentation for all staff is in place and followed up regularly
• Recommend and implement a capacity building/development plan for project staff based on documented capacity needs assessment exercise
• Ensure stabilization center staff understands and follows INTERSOS and donor policies and procedures
• Participate in nutrition related meetings seminars and workshop and feed information acquired back into programming

Requirements

• Medical degree (MBBS/MBChB) from a recognized/accredited university in Nigeria and
• registered with Nigeria Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria and have a valid practice license
• At least three years post-graduation experience
• Previous experience with other local and International NGOs would be an advantage
• Experience in Nutrition in community-based programs and Stabilization Center care
• Training and experience on in-patient treatment of acute malnutrition
• Advocacy and logistics experience
• Fluency in English, Hausa spoken and written, Kanuri added advantage
• Experience in managing Nutrition program in complex emergencies
• Excellent management skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Ability to live under pressure in an unstable security environment
• Excellent computer skills MS Word, Excel, Power-Point, Epi- info/SPSS outlook and the internet