Program Description:     The USAID funded Urban Health Initiative (UHI) Program’s goal is to improve health outcomes of people living in urban areas, particularly focusing on the health of women and children and other vulnerable populations. Interventions aim to increase demand, access and quality of health services. Lead by Jhpiego and implemented by a dynamic consortium of organizations, UHI is implemented in five cities in Afghanistan – Kabul, Herat, Mazar-e-Sharif, Jalalabad and Kandahar.

Responsibilities:

• Advocate for mentorship and negotiate with hospital / facility management for buy-in to
onsitementoring and quality improvement
• Support formation of facility quality improvement team and selection of onsite clinicalrepresentative
for mentorship program
• Facilitate initial assessment, analysis and action plan for improvement of service delivery and
datastrengthening in nutrition and MNH service delivery
• Develop detailed mentoring schedule for routine visits to each facility including: service
deliveryimprovement plan follows up, learning activities and data review
• Support preparation for learning sessions (e.g. training supplies, care of models,
commodities,learning tools)
• Facilitate monthly mentoring visits for quality improvement, learning and data strengthening
• Role model behavior and practices (e.g. respectful maternity care) and provision of clinical care
andservices
• Support the hospitals treatment centers.
Strengthen community-based referral system for malnourished children.
• Support the team on community awareness and SBC on Wasting and Stunting.
• Ensure the availability of facility based counseling for nutrition.
• Work with onsite clinical for mentorship program to plan for on-site practice
• Coordinate mobile phone-based mentoring to service providers and support practice of skills
• Support facility team to discuss and analyses data and submit data every month
• Ensure adequate and organized record keeping of activities including mentoring
plans,implementation progress, mentoring visits
Share records with relevant stakeholders and supervisors as needed
• Write and submit timely reports as required including key issues, achievements,
successes,challenges and lessons learned
• Coordinate with other relevant project activities e.g. community engagement, leadership
andgovernance
• Coordinate with clinical advisors for MNH and nutrition clinical interventions
• Provide regular feedback of the planned activities and issues as they arise (e.g. daily and weekly)
• Participate in routine progress review and data presentations identifying trends and adapting as
needed
• Any other task assigned by the supervisor

Required Qualifications and Experience:

• Graduate degree of midwiferyI.H.S or recognized institute at least 5years’ clinical experience
including maternal,newborn health, family planning and nutrition
• Previous experience with conducting competency-based trainings and providing
supportivesupervision is advantageous
 

Abilities/Skills:
• Ability to work successfully in teams, across a diverse team in a complex environment with
multipletasks, short deadlines and intense pressure to perform
• Strong skills in facilitation, team building and coordination
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills including strong writing, analytical
andcommunication skills in Dari, Pashtu and English (preferable)
• Experience working with Microsoft Office software applications (Excel, Word, Outlook Explorer,Power
Point) is advantageous

In order to apply for this position, please click below link and apply through our online recruitment platform called iCIMS: -

https://jobs-jhpiego.icims.com/jobs/6504/clinical-specialist-mnh-nutrition-balkh/job?mode=view

 1Jhpiego offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive employee benefits package.

Applicants must submit a single document for upload to include: cover letter, resume, and references.

For further information about Jhpiego, visit our website at www.jhpiego.org

Note: The successful candidate selected for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background investigation.

Jhpiego is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer

Jhpiego, a Johns Hopkins University affiliate, is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of gender, marital status, pregnancy, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, other legally protected characteristics or any other occupationally irrelevant criteria. Jhpiego promotes Affirmative Action for minorities, women, individuals who are disabled, and veterans.

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