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  • Posted: Jun 7, 2017
    Deadline: Jun 11, 2017
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    World Vision is an international Christian relief, development and advocacy organisation working in almost 100 countries world-wide to create lasting change in the lives of children, families and communities to overcome poverty and injustice.
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    BSFP Community Nurse

    Purpose of the Position:

    The project nurse will provide health and nutrition services to the BSFP beneficiaries where required. The nurse will ensure all beneficiaries identified to be malnourished are referred in integrated management of malnutrition (IMAM) program for further management.

    Major Responsibilities

    Project Planning and Implementation

    • Ensure the successful implementation of blanket supplementary feeding program (BSFP) teams

    • Provide health and nutrition services to beneficiaries in BSFP according to MoH guidelines and protocols.

    • Work closely with MoH and other partners to establish a referral mechanisms of both moderately and severely malnourished children to IMAM program.

    • Work closely with the food assistance program Field Monitors to set up a food supply system that maintains a regular supply of foodstuffs, good storage of all commodities and efficient safe distribution to the beneficiaries.

    • Responsible for ordering, storage, accountability of medical drugs and other nutrition commodities.

    • Prepare list of Children referred to IMAM sites

    • Monitor beneficiaries in OTP and SFP to ensure appropriate weight gain.

    • To ensure program reporting protocols are implemented according to both World Vision and BSFP strategy/ guidelines

    • Consolidate/ summarize routine data and reports for timely submission to the Nutrition Project officer.

    • Support/ liaise with nutrition officer for field logistics

    • Preparation of progress reports, stocks and program reports according to UNICEF, WFP and WV requirements.

    Capacity Building

    • Support CHWs offering health education to ensure they deliver quality health talks

    • Work closely with BSFP screeners to ensure they measure accurately and adhere to IMAM protocols when referring children diagnosed with malnutrition

    Qualifications: Education/Knowledge/Technical Skills and Experience

    • Diploma in Nursing and with a valid practicing license from Nursing Council of Kenya

    • At least 2 year experience in health programming in a competitive project

    • Experience in collecting data, organizing and documentation

    • Understanding of World Vision health programming added advantage

    • Good understanding of Ministry of Health standards and guidelines

    • Experienced in local engagement

    • Computer literate

    • Local’s preferred

    Working Environment:

    • Work environment: field based with logistics and reporting done at the office

    • Travel Required: Mainly domestic

    • On call: As required

    Method of Application

    Interested and qualified? Go to World Vision Kenya on careers.wvi.org to apply

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