Pediatric Specialist (Roster-based)

General Conditions of Employment

In this role, you are responsible for fostering a culture of accountability, participation, and safeguarding and for promoting and maintaining a safe and respectful workplace. You are accountable for ensuring the protection of beneficiaries, staff, contractors, suppliers, and anyone collaborating with PU-AMI from harm.

You are required to sign PU-AMI’s code of conduct and model ethical leadership, ensuring compliance with the PU-AMI’s ethical framework, including the prevention of sexual exploitation, abuse, and harassment (PSEAH), child safeguarding, fraud, corruption, and other forms of misconduct within your area of responsibility. 

You must complete all mandatory training and ensure that all team members and affiliated personnel are aware of, understand, and adhere to the Code of Conduct and safeguarding policies. You are responsible for ensuring that safe, confidential, and accessible reporting and feedback mechanisms are in place and known to all stakeholders, and that concerns are reported, handled, and referred in a timely, survivor-centered, and confidential manner.

You are expected to support the effective implementation of ethical framework policies and procedures and to ensure consistent enforcement, risk mitigation, and duty of care, in accordance with PU-AMI’s safeguarding standards and reporting/referral requirements.
The employee shall abide by this job description, his/her employment contract, and the PU-AMI Afghanistan National Staff Regulations, including their annexes and attachments, as well as any rules, regulations, and internal policies that may be adopted by PU-AMI Afghanistan.

د استخدام عمومي شرایط
کارمند باید د دې دندې د تشریح، د خپلې کاري قرارداد، او د (PU-AMI) د بشري منابعو د تګلارې له ضمیمو او اړوندو اسنادو سره سم، همدارنګه د هغو ټولو اصولو، مقرراتو او داخلي تګلارو پر بنسټ چې د (PU-AMI) له‌خوا منل کېږي، عمل وکړي.

Work Relationship

·       Works under the responsibility of (د چا تر مسؤلیت لاندې کار کوي): TFU Supervisor

·       Supervises (څوک تر نظارت لاندې لري): TFU-Staff

·       In direct cooperation with (په مستقیمه همکاري کې له): Health and Nutrition team, pharmacy team, logistic team, HR team, MEAL Team, MHPSS team, office management team, Security team and PO

Responsibilities and particular assignments           

Responsibilities 

Making sure that nutrition services in TFU including IPD SAM, OPD SAM is well organized and delivered.

Making sure that screening process is going well for all less than 5y children.

Respecting recommended MoPH and WHO guidelines in the treatment of patients.

Conduct regular examinations on complicated acutely malnourished children and record their health and normal physical development in TSS, MSS and treatment cards

Recommend and manage treatment, medication, and additional specialized medical care to prevent or treat diseases and complications that are associated with malnutrition

 monitor progress and conditions and revise treatments as needed

Examine sick children with malnutrition to determine their condition and ask intuitive questions to gather information about symptoms

Reach an informed diagnosis based on scientific knowledge and individual medical history

Prescribe medications and give detailed instructions for administration for each Complicated case to care givers and nutrition nurse

Prescribe and interpret appropriate lab tests to gain more information for possible infections or abnormalities

Advise caregivers on children’s diet, food diversity, immunization, balance food exercise and disease preventive measures

Making sure that all the reports are well recorded and reported on monthly or weekly bases as required.

Making sure that nursing care of IPD children well respected.

Clearly record all patient data, including history, exams performed, past and current medications, vaccination information, diagnosis and treatment plans

Making sure that all the default patients are followed and traced

Making sure that the nutrition supply is enough and sufficient and informing the supervisors in case of shortages to avoid the stock out

Making sure that TFU assets use and maintenance is respected.

Provide night duty services if required as per HF schedule.

Provision of visibility charts of TFU services and their updating monthly wise.

Attending relevant meetings and trainings.

Follow up of feedbacks which provide by management team or external monitors and ensure it follow up with the HF team

Qualification/ Requirements

Graduated from recognized medical faculty and provide the MoPH attested specialization document.

Sensitive to public health issues.

Priority will be given to those who has already worked as a nutrition pediatrician.

Ability and willingness to stay overnight at service delivery

Good understanding of Kunar/Nuristan will be an asset.

Good communication skills.

At least 2 years’ experience working with NGO

دکارورځی: د شنبی څخه تر پنجشنبی پوری

دکارساعتونه : د سهار د اتو څخه تر ماسپښین دری نیمو پوری

نوټ :د ايمرجينسي واقعاتو او يا د پروگرام د ضرورت په وخت کي به دا ساعتونه زیاتیدای یا تبد يليداي هم شي چی پرسونل بايد ددي دپاره امده واوسي.

Dear candidates, 

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While applying, if you face any technical issues, please send only a message to the WhatsApp number below: 0093708265988 

Make sure to press submit at the end of the application. 

Please note:

•                 You are allowed to apply only before the closing date 

•                 Only the candidates who meet the mandatory qualifications/requirements will be considered for the longlist. 

•                 A maximum of 15 best candidates from the ones who meet the mandatory qualifications/requirements (longlist) will be invited for a technical test (shortlist)

•                 If you are not invited for a technical test within a month period, please consider that your application was not considered for this vacancy.

•                 Validated copies of academic certificates/diplomas will be requested only if called for an interview 

Kind regards, 

The PU-AMI HR Team