Goal
Consult, diagnose, treat and monitor all patients presenting to TFU according to National Protocols, as well as universal health standards. Apply medical and nutritional protocols to ensure the care of the patients in nutrition centers
Objective 1: Ensure the provision of high quality medical and nutritional care in the TFU
Admission of children:
Understanding and applying the SC admission criteria
- Carry out the daily rounds in the assigned ward – approximately 20-28 patients.
- Clinical examination of patients daily in order to determine any change in their clinical status
- Carry out any appropriate and available investigations that may adjust the diagnosis
- Prescribe medications and therapeutic foods according to patients’ diagnosis, age, and weight, and be aware of possible drug interactions.
- Ensure timely consultation and/or referral for complex medical cases which require higher medical support,
- Re-evaluate critical patients regularly during the day and night
- Carry out the admission visit, prioritize the emergency, take a comprehensive history, and clinical examination, medical and nutritional prescription
Objective 2: Supervise the TFU
- Ensure that the protocols are strictly followed and implemented;
- Provide technical training to the team and new staff upon arrival regarding the management of severe malnutrition with complications;
- Ensure implementation of the activities linked to care practices;
- Collect the orders for the TFU, and check them prior to transmitting them to the PM ;
- Collect and cross-check weekly statistics data and analyze
- Computerize the data in the absence of the data entry clerk;
- Draft weekly and monthly reports for the nutritional program;
- Participate in the definition of the program, follow up, and évaluation.
- Being responsible for the material used
- Ensuring the follow-up of medicine consumption during the inpatient phase.
- In collaboration with the pharmacist, supporting the management of consumables and medicines
Objective 3. Recording and Reporting activities
Activities
• Write note clearly and neatly on health card or admission chart
• Document clearly the admission and discharge diagnosis for each patient according to national statistical definitions to enable good analysis by the SC team
• Write prescriptions clearly and neatly on health card or prescription chart
• Properly fill TFU multi-chart and tally sheet at the end of each day
• Ensure any investigations carried out are clearly marked on the health care or admission chart
• Report any incident to the TFU PM, where medical care is felt to be below the accepted standards of Ethiopia/ACF
• Participate in the weekly/ monthly data compilation and reporting of SC activities
Objective 4: Team management
- Draw up work schedules for each position;
- Update the personnel register;
- Carry out regular assessment interviews with team members;
- Organise training for the project team.
- Organise monthly meetings with the team;
- In the event of problems, identify the issue and seek solutions or refer up to management staff.
- Handle any conflicts within the team.
- Verify the manner in which the team interacts with beneficiaries and assistants;
- Organize and participate in weekly meetings with the team.
- Any other assignment was given by senior management.