Job Description

JOB DESCRIPTION – SCREENER/MEASURER

Job Grade: Band 2

Location          Mogadishu

Reports To: OTP Nurse

Direct Reports: 

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• To ensure that you take correctly the anthropometric measurement such as; MUAC, Weight  Height, Z-Score and  Oedema
• To ensure that you perform prioritising approach to the beneficiaries those are at the triage so as to identify the severe ones and get the service first
• To ensure that you prepare and organise your relevant work place of the triage
• To be aware of that the equipment of the measurement be a good and working condition
• To perform tally sheet at the triage point to tally each and every child and mothers arrived and served to
• To organize and arrange the screening area in a suitable manner of lined and sitting positions so as to get every client a time to serve
• To attend training as requested
• To attend team meetings on a regular basis
• To take part in nutrition surveys and mass screening assessments quarterly and as required

Experiences and Qualifications

Requirements:

• Auxiliary nurse or any other relevant profession and experience 
•          Good communication skills and a willingness to be respectful, kind, sensitive and empathise with all beneficiaries and their carers
•  Willingness and capacity to be flexible and accommodating when faced with difficult and frustrating working conditions
•  Prepared to live and work in an uncertain security environment
• Ability and willingness to frequently travel and stay at the field.
• Fluency in written and speaking mother language and some English ·         Previous experience of working such this field.
• Experience of emergency nutrition work (ideally measurement or screening)
• Able to demonstrate in-depth knowledge in the subject of nutritional assessment and support

Team work

• Maintains a good working relationship with all clinic staff, BHO and SRCS Branch staff through continuous communication and feedback on activities.
• For a temporary period, the employee may be asked to perform duties and task not covered in this job description as well as to provide support to other departments when and if necessary

Code of conduct

• Required to follow the SRCS Code of Conduct at all times

Skills Required

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