The Nurse Mentor will be critical in driving improvement in quality processes in the facility. The Nurse Mentor is expected to work at the health facilities at district/block/ sub-block level to interact with the health facility staff, facilitate self-assessment exercises and action planning, identify mentoring needs and provide onsite mentoring to facility and outreach staff providing MNCH services. The position requires the candidate to travel within the block to facilitate mentoring during outreach.
Key Responsibilities:
- Conduct facility assessment to identify gaps in provision of MNCH services; develop micro-plans to plug gaps and improve availability and quality of services
- Conduct skills assessment of Nurses/ANMs; develop mentoring plans to improve quality of services in the facility
- Support the establishment of Mini Skill Labs in the facility and ensure the lab is maintained as utilized as per plan.
- Mentor Staff Nurses and ANMs to improve knowledge, skills and practices resulting in improved quality of MNCH services across the continuum of care in the facility
- Mentor ANMs to improve identification, line listing and tracking of high risk pregnancies during VHNDs
- Support the facility and outreach staff in improving quality of data for services provided
- Any other work assigned by the line manager.
- Minimum 2-3 years of proven experience at MNCH.
- Experience working clinical (preferably in obstetric and neonatal nursing care)
- Women candidates from tribal community will be added advantage
- Essential education qualification: Bachelor s Degree in Nursing.
Key Competencies:
Technical Competencies:
- Technical knowledge and experience in public health; experience in maternal, newborn and child health programs would be strong asset
- Experience working with government/development agency in facility-based and community based intervention
- Good understanding of quality improvement process
- Demonstrated analytics skills
- Good understanding of Indian health care system with knowledge of Madhya Pradesh context at the district and community level.
- Excellent computer skills (MS Word/Excel/PowerPoint)
- Fluency in written and spoken English and Knowledge of local language.
Behavioural Competencies:
- Experience with mentoring, team building, and facilitation approaches
- Leadership and organization skill
- Ethnic, cultural, gender, religious, and socioeconomic status sensitivity
- Must be flexible and able to work in a challenging environment.
