Job Description
Oversee the daily functioning of assigned Oral Rehydration Points (ORPs) while ensuring compliance with national cholera treatment protocols and uninterrupted service delivery.
Assess and manage patients with acute watery diarrhoea/cholera, administer ORS for mild cases, stabilize patients, and promptly refer moderate and severe cases to Cholera Treatment Centres (CTCs).
Enforce IPC measures, including hand hygiene, proper PPE use, environmental cleaning, safe waste management, and prompt reporting of IPC concerns.
Conduct health education on cholera prevention, hygiene, sanitation, safe water practices, early treatment seeking, and strengthen community referral systems.
Monitor and maintain adequate stocks of ORS, Zinc, PPE, medicines, and consumables through proper inventory management, storage, and timely replenishment.
Keep accurate patient and referral records, submit regular reports, support disease surveillance, monitor ORP performance, and collaborate with health authorities and humanitarian partners.
Adhere to organizational policies, including safeguarding and PSEAH standards, report safeguarding concerns, and ensure accountability to affected populations.
Requirements
Bachelor's Degree in Nursing (B.NSc.), Public Health, or a related health discipline, with valid professional registration where applicable.
Additional training in cholera case management, IDSR, Infection Prevention and Control (IPC), or emergency health is an added advantage.
Minimum of three (3) years' experience in humanitarian or public health programmes, including cholera outbreak response, emergency health, or communicable disease control.
Previous experience working in Oral Rehydration Points (ORPs), Cholera Treatment Units (CTUs), Cholera Treatment Centres (CTCs), or with NGOs/international humanitarian organizations is desirable.
Strong clinical assessment, patient management, organizational, reporting, communication, and supervisory skills, with knowledge of cholera treatment protocols and IPC standards.
Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook
Fluency in English; knowledge of Hausa and Kanuri is an added advantage
The position is based in Maiduguri and requires frequent travel to project sites, as well as availability to work weekends, public holidays, and extended hours during outbreak response.