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 PM, where medical care is felt to be below the accepted standards of 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.
