Clinical specialist MNH/Nutrition

Position Overview
Clinical Specialists/Mentors will be based in each of the nahias/cities cities and will work with a
team to implement integrated whole team, on-site mentoring to improve the quality of care and
strengthen delivery of health services at selected Tertiary, Secondary and Primary Health
Facilities (Public and
Private).

sponsibilities
• Advocate for mentorship and negotiate with hospital / facility management for buy-in to onsite
mentoring and quality improvement
• Support formation of facility quality improvement team and selection of onsite clinical
representative for mentorship program
• Facilitate initial assessment, analysis and action plan for improvement of service delivery
and data strengthening in nutrition and MNH service delivery
• Develop detailed mentoring schedule for routine visits to each facility including: service
delivery improvement plan follows up, learning activities and data review
• Support preparation for learning sessions (e.g. training supplies, care of models,
commodities, learning tools)
• Facilitate monthly mentoring visits for quality improvement, learning and data strengthening
• Role model behavior and practices (e.g. respectful maternity care) and provision of clinical
care and services
• Support the hospitals treatment centers.

• Strengthen community-based referral system for malnourished children.
• Support the team on community awareness and SBC on Wasting and Stunting.
• Ensure the availability of facility based counseling for nutrition.
• Work with onsite clinical for mentorship program to plan for on-site practice
• Coordinate mobile phone-based mentoring to service providers and support practice of skills
• Support facility team to discuss and analyses data and submit data every month
• Ensure adequate and organized record keeping of activities including mentoring plans,
implementation progress, mentoring visits

Share records with relevant stakeholders and supervisors as needed
• Write and submit timely reports as required including key issues, achievements, successes,
challenges and lessons learned
• Coordinate with other relevant project activities e.g. community engagement, leadership and
governance
• Coordinate with clinical advisors for MNH and nutrition clinical interventions
• Provide regular feedback of the planned activities and issues as they arise (e.g. daily and weekly)
• Participate in routine progress review and data presentations identifying trends and adapting as
needed
• Any other task assigned by the supervisor

Required Qualifications and Experience:
• Graduate degree – Ob/Gyn specialist at least 5 years’ clinical experience including maternal,
newborn health, family planning and nutrition
• Previous experience with conducting competency-based trainings and providing supportive
supervision is advantageous

Ability to work successfully in teams, across a diverse team in a complex environment with multiple
tasks, short deadlines and intense pressure to perform
• Strong skills in facilitation, team building and coordination
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills including strong writing, analytical and
communication skills in Dari, Pashtu and English (preferable)
• Experience working with Microsoft Office software applications (Excel, Word, Outlook Explorer,
Power Point) is advantageous

Graduate degree – Ob/Gyn specialist at least 5 years’ clinical experience including maternal,