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The Terre des hommes Foundation (Tdh), with its headquarters in Lausanne and an office in Zurich, is the leading Swiss child rights organization with more than 2,000 employees worldwide. We stand together with children to uphold their rights, protect their lives, and improve their well-being. We achieve this through innovative programmes focused on health, migration, and access to justice, specially designed to have a positive and sustainable impact.

Tdh has been working in Afghanistan since 1995 and carries out projects related to Child Protection, Mother and Child health, and Livelihood Programs in Kabul, Balkh, Kunar, and Nangarhar provinces.

The nurse at Hazarnaw BHC is responsible for providing nursing care, nutritional support, and pharmacy assistance to patients, including maternal, newborn, and child health services. The Nurse works under the supervision of the Medical Doctor and in collaboration with midwives, MHPSS counselors, community health supervisor (CHS), CHWs, and other staff to ensure quality, accountability, and adherence to BPHS standards, nutrition protocols, and child protection principles.

Main responsibilities:

• Provide nursing care to patients at the BHC: assess health status (vital signs, symptoms, history), assist in primary care consultations, administer medications and treatments under physician/clinical protocol.

• Monitor patients’ progress, maintain accurate nursing records (assessment forms, vital signs charts, input/output logs), and communicate changes to the supervising clinician.

• Ensure infection prevention & control practices are followed (sterilisation, hygiene, waste management) in the facility.

• Participate in health education of patients & families: explain illness, treatments, follow-up, self-care, nutrition implications.

• Support outreach or community health activities as required: working with community health workers (CHWs) and community health posts to promote uptake of services.

• Attend meetings (e.g., mortality & morbidity review, infection control committee) and work to improve the quality of care and patient safety.

• Do screening of children under five.

• Classify children in normal, Moderate Acute Malnutrition (MAM), and Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) categories.

• The SAM cases should be referred to the doctor for adequate treatment.

• Administer Vitamin A if the child has not received Vitamin A supplementation during the previous NID.

• Promote consumption of iodized salt.

• Triage the patients and provide first aid.

• Manage shock, including open vein and control of bleeding.

• Wound care and dressing.

• Identification of fracture, including neck, spinal cord, and its stabilization/immobilization.

• Cooperate with the doctor in the distribution of medicine to the patients.

• Assess the psychosocial status of affected people.

• Provide psychosocial counselling for individuals and groups.

• Refer complicated cases to a doctor or higher levels, and follow up on cases.

• Provide weekly and monthly reports.

Nutrition-Specific Duties

• Conduct nutritional screening and assessment of target groups (e.g., children under five, pregnant & lactating women (PLWs), caregivers) using accepted criteria (e.g., MUAC, weight-for-age, clinical signs).

• Identify children with Moderate Acute Malnutrition (MAM) and Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM), pregnant/lactating women at risk of under-nutrition, in alignment with the nutrition component of BPHS or the implementing partner’s protocols. For example, job ads show: “Screening of all children under five years of age for nutritional status, detect & treat MAM … screening of all pregnant & breastfeeding women … distribution of RUTF, RUSF…

• Develop, implement, and monitor individualized nutrition care plans or feeding support (e.g., counselling, supplementation, therapeutic or supplementary feeding) in collaboration with a dietician/nutrition officer and the nursing team.

• Administer or oversee enteral/parenteral nutrition (where applicable) or feeding formulas, supervise feeding assistants, and monitor for complications (aspiration, intolerance).

• Provide nutrition counselling and education to mothers, caregivers, families, and community groups on healthy diet, infant & young child feeding (IYCF), maternal nutrition, hygiene & sanitation, linkages with other services.

• Ensure availability, proper storage, management, and documentation of nutrition supplies (e.g., RUTF, RUSF, Super Cereal) and medications, and that stocks are maintained and pre-positioned as required. (As noted in a sample job description: “Ensuring adequate availability of nutrition supplies and medicines and ensuring stock is pre-positioned as planned.”)

• Monitor outcomes: weight gain, nutritional status changes, treatment outcomes, referrals of complicated cases (e.g., SAM with complications) to Therapeutic Feeding Units (TFUs) or higher-level facilities. A sample job listing: “Referring complicated SAM and MAM cases to TFUs.”

• Prepare and submit nutrition reports and documentation (weekly/monthly) to the facility in charge and nutrition supervisor, flag any issues or stockouts, and participate in review meetings.

Child Protection Responsibilities

• Identify and referred child protection cases to the social worker in accordance with child protection protocols.

• Ensure child-friendly practices in BHC activities, including privacy, dignity, and safety during consultations and treatments.

• Promote awareness of child rights, protection principles, and safe health practices among staff, patients, and caregivers.

Key Competencies:

• Clinical reasoning and nursing care delivery within the primary health centre setting.

• Nutrition screening, intervention, and monitoring skills.

• Patient & family education and communication skills.

• Quality assurance, record keeping and reporting.

• Teamwork and collaboration across cadres (nursing, nutrition, public health, community outreach).

• Commitment to standards: patient safety, infection control, ethical practice.

• Cultural sensitivity, empathy for vulnerable populations (children, pregnant women, lactating mothers), and a community engagement approach.

Please note: CVs will be screened on a rolling basis and that Tdh reserves the right to contact suitable candidates from other recruitment pools.

Education :

• Degree/Diploma in Nursing

• Passed the exit exam of the MoPH

• Received training of nutrition package in an emergency

• Needed training:

  • Nutrition package in an emergency

  • PHTLA

  • BLSS

  • First Aid

  • Psychological Counselling

  • Basic information about the hospital sections

Experience / Skills :

Minimum three (3) years of experience in the BPHS/EPHS health facilities as a practical nurse

Based at a Basic Health Centre (BHC) with involvement in outreach activities

Liaison with CHS, CHWs, and community health posts

Travel within the catchment area for screening and follow-up activities

Ability to work under high workload, limited resources, and remote/rural conditions

Experience supporting BPHS service delivery elements, including:

Maternal & newborn care

Child health & immunisation

Health promotion

Nutrition

Ability to work with community leaders and CHWs to optimize the use of services by the community

Languages:

Be able to communicate in local language.

Skills :

Knowledge of indicators and consequences of abuse, exploitation, and violence against children

Ability to present project health activities and concerns verbally and in writing

Understanding of report writing and proposal writing

Working knowledge of national and international legal frameworks on health issues

Monitoring performance indicators including:

Nutritional screening coverage for children under five and pregnant/lactating women

Weight-gain outcomes for malnourished cases

Stock-out rates of essential nutrition supplies

Completeness and timeliness of documentation and reports

Community education sessions with caregiver participation

Patient and family satisfaction with services

Tdh General Code of Conduct and Ethical Policies :

• Commits to promoting and complying with the Global Code of Conduct, systematically reporting any violations of the Code through Tdh's formal reporting mechanisms and dealing with any violations of procedures and processes appropriately.

• Raises awareness of the Foundation of the risks of policy non-compliance, violence and abuse, and related rights, towards children, community members, and our own employees.

• Undertakes to comply with key ethical policies and guidelines, including the Safeguarding Policy, the Anti-Fraud and Corruption Policy, the Conflict-of-Interest Policy and other policies related to the prevention of terrorist financing and criminal activities, as well as workplace behavior.

• Commits to putting values and principles into practice through exemplary behavior, in full compliance with the Code of Conduct, and always respecting established procedures and processes.

• Commits to developing a compliant and enlightened management culture within the organization and in our work with children and the communities in which we operate.

Procedure:

Only complete applications (updated and accurate CV + covering letter) received through Tdh online application platform will be processed. It is essential that all information provided is complete, truthful and verifiable, as any discrepancies may affect your eligibility in the recruitment process.

Additional documents (diplomas, work certificates, etc.) will be requested at a later date. 

Please note that

• Only applications submitted through the online platform will be considered. Applications submitted by email, in person, or through other means will not be accepted.

• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for the next stages of the recruitment process.

• Tdh upholds the principles of equal opportunity, diversity, and inclusion, and maintains a zero-tolerance policy toward any harm, abuse, or exploitation of children or vulnerable adults by staff, representatives, or partners.

• Female candidates and persons with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply. Tdh values the diversity, perspectives and contributions each individual brings to the team. 

References :

Please note that all job offers will be subject to satisfactory references and checks (criminal record and anti-terrorism funding check). Terre des hommes will ask the Human Resources of previous organisations to provide references on any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment as well as fraud and corruption, during employment, or incidents under investigation at the time the candidate left employment.

Interested and qualified candidates are invited to apply through the Tdh online application platform via the following 

https://jobs.tdh.org/en-GB/jobs/internal/707b2b2e-8f2a-4bab-9794-fb22bac942d1

https://jobs.tdh.org/en-GB/jobs/internal/707b2b2e-8f2a-4bab-9794-fb22bac942d1