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Senior Neonatal Nurse Specialist

JOB SUMMARY
Company	USAID Ghana I...
Industry	NGO/IGO/INGO
Category	Public Health
Location	Accra,Ghana
Job Status	Full-time
Salary	N/A
Education	Qualified
Experience	3 years
Job Expires	Nov 17, 2024
Contact	Meimuna Diaki...

Company Profile

Project HOPE, the People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. is a US based non-profit global health organization established in 1958. It is dedicated to providing long-lasting solutions to health problems and improving the quality of life for the world’s most vulnerable people. Project HOPE has implemented more than 500 programs in over 130 countries in a wide range of healthcare areas including HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis (TB), malaria, reproductive maternal new-born and child health, and non-communicable diseases. Our work has involved strengthening health systems through established functional health management information systems, supply chain management, and strengthening the health work force to improve quality and delivery of care.

Project HOPE is legally registered to operate in Ghana (registration number ET001021222) since December 2022 to conduct and support programs and activities aimed at solving some of the world’s greatest public health challenges, with a specific focus on enabling health workers to have the greatest possible impact on the health of the people they serve, strengthening and improving health systems, providing disaster and humanitarian relief and fostering and promoting health policy research and thought leadership.

Job Description

BACKGROUND ON Ghana IHP

The purpose of the USAID-funded Ghana Integrated Health Partnership (IHP) activity to strategically contribute to the Government of Ghana’s strategies to reduce preventable maternal, newborn and child deaths, including stillbirths, and improve their overall health and well-being by 2030. Activities are expected to advance Ghana toward increased localization, strengthening the capacity of Ghana institutions and local organizations to introduce, deliver, scale-up, and sustain the use of evidence-based, quality RMNCH, voluntary family planning, malaria, and global health security services. The project will increase access, utilization and quality of maternal and child health, family planning, malaria, and nutrition services to reduce preventable maternal, newborn and child deaths in northern Ghana.

POSITION SUMMARY
Project HOPE seeks a Senior Neonatal Nurse Specialist to support the design, implementation, and monitoring of high-quality newborn interventions (including small and sick newborn), while working closely with relevant units at all levels of the Ghana Health Service, respective national level stakeholders and within targeted regions. The specialist will work with the project and GHS mentors to strengthen the quality of newborn care including both in the delivery room and in the NICU. He / She will provide direct NICU mentorship at the tertiary level delivery rooms and NICUs to ensure quality in these busy and complex settings and represent the project at various national Newborn technical working groups and committee meetings, as suggested by the RMNCH Senior Technical Advisor. She or He will capture key lessons learned and ensure deliverables within these technical areas are implemented according to the set workplan, with necessary adjustments, as required, based on learnings and best practices.

Roles & Responsibilities

Work with other program leads, the RMNCH Senior Technical Advisor, and implementing partners to plan, implement, monitor, report, and revise the needed activities for ensuring integrated quality respectful essential Newborn care, small and sick newborn care, referral from community level through primary health care to hospitals, with focus on evidence based routine and emergency newborn care in the delivery room, including immediate skin to skin, initiation of breastfeeding, pre-referral stabilization, care during referral, care at the NICU and Kangaroo Mother Care. Establish/maintain relationship with relevant stakeholders to ensure ownership, participation, and sustainability in all project areas, including strengthening/establishing newborn and child TWG and ensuring that newborn indicators are part of ongoing QI activities.
Work together with knowledge management colleagues for regular sharing of newborn programme implementation best practices internally within Project HOPE and with external stakeholders through stories, and abstracts.
Build relationships with leading national and regional projects and agencies, including USAID and the private sector, to exchange knowledge and understandings.
Fulfill other duties and responsibilities as may be reasonably assigned by supervisor.

Required Skills or Experience

Must be an experienced Neonatal Nurse Specialist with public health and programming experience.
Minimum of 3 years' experience in successful programming and implementation of neonatal programs.
Experience implementing WHO newborn care guidelines (Helping Babies Breathe, Essential Care for Every Baby, Essential Care for Small Babies, KMC etc)
English Fluency, fluency in local languages important
Comfortable with Microsoft program

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical demands:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee must be mobile in an office environment and able to use standard office equipment.
Must be able to communicate in verbal and written form.

How To Apply

Click on the link and Apply directly here: Career site (csod.com)

Due to the substantial number of inquiries we receive, only candidates who have met the required experience and qualifications for this position will be considered. No phone calls please.

However, since we are active around the world in the field of public health, we may wish to retain your CV in our database for other/future opportunities, unless you direct us otherwise

All positions will be based in Ghana. Ghana nationals are strongly encouraged to apply.

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