Ensure the implementation of all nutritional related activities of the program and coordinate and manage the team under their responsibility according to the MSF protocols in order to improve the nutritional conditions of the target population.

• Schedules and organizes all nutrition related activities, its organization design and sizing as well as its associated budget in order to efficiently maintain the continuity of the nutritional healthcare at the standard quality levels. 
• Supervise, in close coordination with the HR department, the associated processes (recruitment, training, evaluation, development and communication) of the nutrition staff of the project in order to ensure both the sizing and the amount of knowledge required, improve people capabilities and skills. 
• Supervise the implementation of the nutritional program according to MSF protocols, standards. This includes: 
• Draw up outpatients activity planning, 
• Follow up the evolution of patients and discuss the problem cases taking part in the medical assistant’s round, and install referral system 
• Check that medical and nutrition prescriptions are carried out. 
• Check the diffusion, knowledge and application of medical, nutritional and anthropocentric protocols. 
• Supervise nursing care and hygiene circumstances.
• Ensuring  that all staff  using medical devices are qualified and trained. Ensuring  cleaning and minor maintenance tasks are performed according to the protocols. Reporting any malfunction to the project biomedical service.
• Ensure that mothers are well informed about the functioning of the center, the state and evolution of their child: their tasks (help with cleaning, feeding their child, etc)   
  • Supervises, in cooperation with the pharmacist and project medical referent, the management of the pharmacy, ensuring reception and storage of orders, preparing new orders when required, supervising expiration terms and consumption patterns, in order to ensure, a rationale use as well as pharmacy stock levels are permanently updated and above minimum safety point.  
• Ensure correct nutritional data collection (registers, nutritional forms, morbidity forms), compile weekly and monthly statistics for the outpatients unit, report this information to the line manager and provide feedback on the results to the team. In these sense, this function includes all kind of nutritional information that nutritional supervisor has in his /her hands.

In April 2023, conflict broke out in Sudan. MSF Holland has maintained a consistent humanitarian presense in Khartoum State throughout the war, with activities largely supporting Ministry of Health hospitals.

To date, MSF Holland has been invovled in the Inpatient Therapeutic Feeding Centre (ITFC) of an MoH hospital.  Activities have so far focused on logistical support and IPC interventions. MSF will increase its clinical role in the ITFC by collaborating with the nutrition team of the hospital. 

Additionally, this Nutrition Supervisor succesful candidate will take a primary role in the ambulatory threpautic feeding (ATFC) activities planned in MSF Holland primary healthcare activities going forward.

The role of the Nutrition Supervisor will include work across all of MSF Holland Omdurman sites, depending on the patricular activities required. It will be important to adhere to MSF protocols and also collaborate with staff at hospitals and Pimary Healthcare Centres (PHCCs) who may be using national protocols.

In addition to general accountabilities above, ITFC specific responsibilities include:

• Participate in daily morning rounds in the ITFC 
• Collaborate with the nutrition staff and clinical team at the ITFC to formulate specific nutrition plans for each patient, including advancing diet 
• Train staff on appropriate preparation of threapuetic milks  eg. F75, F100, as well as milk formula to minimuze possibility of infection transmission and coordinate/align all infection prevention trainings with the Infection Prevention Control (IPC) Supervisor
• Ensure that staff are preparing and administering feeds in an appropriately timely fashion for all patients
• Support the nutrition staff with appropriately filling out the Patient Nutrition Cards and following up the entries; using the data/information from the cards to feed back to the clinical staff about the condition of the patients in a timely fashion
• If patients are discharged to an MSF Holland-supported ATFC, participate in patient follow up
• Ensure adequate data entry and capture in line list/patient register for MOH surveillance and reporting purposes 

PHCC/ATFC responsibilities include: 

• Collaborate with MOH PHCC staff in helping to supervise the care of SAM/MAM ATFC patients
• Through supporting relevant consumption monitoring at ward/dispensary levels, ensure adequate supply in the ATFC/ITFC to prevent ruptures 
• Train PHCC staff on proper use of MUAC, height, and weight measurements as well as proper paramaters for diagnosing various subtypes of malnutrition (MAM, SAM)
• Support refferals from the ATFC to the ITFC at Albuluk hospital and ensure care provided meets appropriate MSF/MOH nutritional standards
• Following up appropriate vaccinations for malnourished patients 
• Support content formulation for relevant Nutrition-related subjects in Health Promotion activities with the Health Promotion Supervisor 

Personal development:

• Ensure you are up to date with the most recent IPC guidelines, protocols and procedures
• Activley participate in all training opportunities
• Engage in ongoing assessment and evaluation process as per MSF policy.
• Be prepared to adapt to the specific needs of the project as they arise.

Education: Nurse qualification. Desirable with a nutritionist diploma.

Experience: Minimum 2 year experience as nut nurse. Previous working experience with MSF strongly desired.

Languages: Essential – project working language: ENGLISH; local language: ARABIC.

Knowledge: Essential - Computer literacy (word, excel and internet).

Competencies: 

• Results
• Teamwork
• Flexibility
• Commitment
• Stress management

Documents: Motivation letter, Updated CV, License and national ID copy must be uploaded directly to your application via www.sudanjob.net 

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