Mobile Health and Nutrition Nurse Assistant

Job Summary

The position holder (MHNT Nurse-Assistant) will provide integrated preventive, promotive and curative services for children, women and vulnerable populations through mobile health outreach services and support nutrition, immunization and disease prevention activities

Job Requirements

Education:

• Diploma or Bachelor's Degree in Nursing, HO from a recognized university/health college

• Training in IMNCI, EPI, CMAM and emergency health is an advantage.

Experience:

• Minimum of one year of experience in clinical management, emergency health/nutrition programs, MHNT, and community-based services

• Experience working in remote or humanitarian settings preferred

Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide integrated child health, nutrition, and immunization services in line with national guidelines and IMNCI protocols.

• Assess, treat, and refer sick children, including management of common childhood illnesses and complicated cases.

• Conduct growth monitoring, MUAC screening, malnutrition identification, SAM/MAM management support, and IYCF counseling.

• Deliver routine immunization services, manage vaccine cold chain, and conduct defaulter tracing.

• Promote preventive health, hygiene, sanitation, disease prevention, and community health awareness activities.

•  Support disease surveillance, active case search, and risk communication/community engagement initiatives.

• Ensure proper management of medical supplies, equipment, stock records, infection prevention, and waste management practices.

• Provide emergency first aid, stabilization, referrals, and support outbreak response activities.

• Maintain accurate patient records, HMIS data, and timely submission of weekly and monthly reports.

• Promote child protection, safeguarding, gender equality, inclusion, and the rights of children and vulnerable groups in all program activities.

• Perform other duties as assigned by the supervisor.

Safeguarding Children and Program Participants (Safeguarding) and Gender Equality and Inclusion (GEI) 

• Understands and puts into practice the responsibilities under Safeguarding and GEI policies and Plan International’s Code of Conduct (CoC), ensuring that concerns are reported and managed per the appropriate procedures.

• Ensures that all staff in the unit/function/department are properly inducted on and understand their role in upholding Plan International’s safeguarding and GEI policies;

• Ensures that Plan International’s global policies for Safeguarding Children and Young People and Gender Equality and Inclusion are fully embedded in day-to-day work.

• Ensures that Plan Ethiopia contributes to Plan International’s global efforts to ensure safeguarding and GEI, including making sure that relevant reporting and data are submitted.

Skills & Competencies

• Extremely flexible, able to work independently, and have the ability to cope with stressful situations and frustrations.

• Ability to work and create the partnership with key government and peer partners and stakeholders

Languages required:

• Excellent English verbal and written skills.

• Knowledge of local language (Afaan Oromoo) -mandatory

How To Apply

Qualified candidates should submit their application with the links provided below.

• For internal applicants: - Link

• For External applicants: - Link

This position is only open to Ethiopian Nationals, who must be eligible to live and work in Ethiopia.

Please note that:    

Only Shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

We are not accepting CVs that are not sent through the indicated links.

Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert early.

Female candidates are highly encouraged to Apply

More information about Plan International can be found on http://plan-international.org 

References will be taken and background and anti-terrorism checks will be carried out in conformity with Plans Child Protection Policy. Plan operates an equal opportunities policy and actively encourages diversity, welcoming applications from all persons meeting the skills and experience required. 

As an international child centered community development organisation, Plan International is fully committed to promoting the realization of children's rights including their right to protection from violence and abuse. That means we have particular responsibilities to children that we come into contact with.

Plan International believes that in a world where children face so many threats of harm, it is our duty to ensure that we, as an organisation, do everything we can to keep children safe. We must not contribute in any way to harming or placing children at risk.