Clinical Nurse

About the role

World Vision is hiring a Clinical Nurse for a local fixed-term position in the Tigray region. The nurse plans, implements, monitors and reports primary health care and nutrition interventions at woreda, health facility, community and IDP site levels, strengthening health and nutrition services through direct service, capacity building, technical support, supervision and coordination with government health structures and community stakeholders.

Key responsibilities

• Plan weekly and monthly activities in line with approved project work plans and budgets, and prepare training plans, schedules and terms of reference for capacity-building activities.
• Coordinate with Woreda Health Offices, health facilities, community structures and other stakeholders on emergency health interventions, and take part in project reviews, coordination forums and emergency response planning.
• Deliver primary health care through health facilities, outreach and mobile health teams, including patient assessment, triage, treatment, stabilization, referral and follow-up according to national guidelines.
• Provide maternal, newborn, child health and reproductive health services, including antenatal and postnatal care, and refer patients needing specialised care.
• Ensure adherence to infection prevention and control standards and quality-of-care protocols.
• Screen for malnutrition, support nutrition activities, provide health and nutrition education, and link patients to nutrition services.
• Take part in rapid, baseline, joint and health facility assessments, disease surveillance, outbreak investigation and emergency preparedness and response.
• Maintain patient records, registers and service reports, compile weekly, monthly and ad hoc reports, and take part in data collection, analysis, monitoring and evaluation.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in nursing with at least three years of relevant experience.
• Certification in clinical case management, PHEM, MHPSS, IMNCI/ICCM and family planning.
• At least three years of experience in risk identification, outbreak detection, PHEM, OPD consultation, ICCM/IMNCI, maternal health and supply chain management.
• Preferred: experience in mobile health and nutrition screening, risk communication, OPD/inpatient consultation, outreach EPI, health education, sanitation and child health.
• English; knowledge of the local language is advantageous.
• Applicants must meet World Vision's safeguarding criteria for working with children and vulnerable adults.