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Primary Health Care Officer
About this role
The role is for a Primary Health Care Officer based in Geidam, Yobe, funded by Save the Children. The officer ensures quality primary health care services at targeted health facilities, strengthens clinical management of staff, and supports newborn and child health integration. The job involves day-to-day management of services, data and stock, and collaboration with the Ministry of Health, nurses, doctors, and partners. It includes clinical support, capacity building, logistics management, community outreach, and monitoring and reporting. The contract is for 11 months and reports to the Primary Health Care Technical Coordinator within the Health & Nutrition team.
What you would do
- Provide day-to-day technical and programme support for clinical, nutritional, and integrated medical services at health facilities
- Ensure accurate triage, history taking, examination, and management of diseases across facilities
- Identify patients needing referrals and facilitate referral pathways
- Plan and conduct outreach services with MoH staff and health workers
- Promote integration of newborn, child health, nutrition and PHC services
- Strengthen health workers through on-the-job training and mentoring
- Support training for Community Health Workers to improve community-based services
- Guide and mentor health facility staff in daily operations
- Support joint supervision of health facilities with MoH counterparts
- Monitor implementation of supervision and training recommendations
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