Skills

  • Healthcare

Experience

Jennifer Samson

Work experience
  • Facilitate the delivery of the nutrition activities at the field level and provide technical support to HWs and CNMs
  • Supporting targeting of beneficiaries; formation and establishment of Care groups; selection of community volunteers and members of community structures.
  • Work closely with care group promoters and lead mothers to ensure all aspects of the program are understood and agreed and appropriate referrals take place to and from the community to health facilities.
  • Work closely with CNMs to ensure all children are screened correctly.
  • Ensure comprehensive health checks and correct clinical diagnosis at the time of assessment according to the CMAM protocols so that the patient receives appropriate treatment in the relevant program.
  • Ensure timely identification of complications, non-responders, and referrals to the SC.
  • Ensure correctness, consistence, and completeness of the information in the nutrition registers.
  • Ensure adequate availability of all medical and food supplies and ensure stock is pre-positioned as planned by discussing with logistics.
  • Through liaison with the community volunteers provide effective follow up of all cases: particularly tracing of children who are absent from the program, sick children, long stay children, children not gaining weight, and children with social problems… etc.
  • Provide key health and nutrition education messages to beneficiaries based on the protocol and guidelines.
  • Respond to inquiries regarding the technical aspects of the program admission.
  • Follow-up and ensure CNMs interact with the beneficiaries properly.
  • Provide a daily and weekly CMAM report to the nutrition officer.
  • Documents lessons learned in specific technical areas.

Related persons

Hajjagana BukarProject Management