Responsibilities and particular assignments:
Main Duties & Responsibilities
• Conduct nutrition screening of all children 0-59 months.
• Conduct growth monitoring of all children under two years and register them.
• Conducting the GM of under 2y and on the spot counselling to mother of under 2y children’s.
• Responsible of overall management of acute malnutrition.
• Food demonstration at Health facility
• Prepared the monthly IYCF and GM report
• Conduct appetite tests for all beneficiaries identified as SAM and MAM before registration into the nutrition program and during follow-up.
• Registration of beneficiaries into OPD SAM and MAM program and frequent follow-up until exit from the program as per the national IMAM guidelines.
• Fill out the admission card of SAM and MAM children.
• Regularly conduct nutrition education sessions for caregivers of malnourished children
• Regular collection of nutrition data at the health facility level.
• Development of a nutrition filling system at the health facility level for all data collection tools.
• Regular distribution of nutrition supplies (RUTF, RUSF, and Super cereal plus/LNS) for SAM and MAM treatment.
• Timely submission of therapeutic food distribution reports on a weekly Bi-weekly and monthly basis.
• close follow-up of nutrition commodities consumption with pharmacy technicians or drug dispensers, and provide reports to the office team in case of shortage, near expiration, etc.
• Timely preparation and submission of monthly statistics, biweekly and stock reports.
• Participation and leading the nutrition team during the mass MUAC screening campaign every quarter.
• To accurately and appropriately treat or refer beneficiaries in the nutrition program by adhering to national and international guidelines and organizational procedures.
• Discharge children according to specified discharge criteria and national protocol and guidelines.
• Ensure accurate record keeping of all nutrition activities, filling in forms, cards, registration books, and tally sheets as required.
• Compile reports as required and requested by the Health and Nutrition supervisor.
• Referred all SAM children with complications according to IMAM guidelines to the nearest TFU with proper documents of registration, refer sheets, and cash voucher in case cash service were available with close coordination of HSCs/MHNTs in-charges and other documentation is needed.
Accountability:
• Provide awareness raising on feedback and complaints mechanisms and channels available to every patient/beneficiary;
• Timely inform line managers on channel unavailability or damage at HFs level (IEC material, speakers, etc.);
• Adhere to PU-AMI organizational policies (incl. CoC, Child protection policy, anti-fraud and anti-corruption policy, PSEA policy) and report any policy violations, suspicions, or allegations through the whistle-blower mechanism
