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Primary Health Care Officer
Save The Children • Yobe
Posted: 15 October 2026Deadline: 29 October 2026
📋 Requirements
- •Registered Nurse/Midwife or B.
- •Sc.
- •Nursing/Midwife, Medicine & Surgery MBBS, or any other relevant health related field Experience And Skills: Recommended a minimum of 2 to 3 years’ experience in a humanitarian and development environment, including significant field operations experience and experience working with MOH.
- •Commitment to working in deep field locations Extensive knowledge of Nutrition and Health interventions.
- •Extensive experience in in stakeholders’ management, participation in TWGs, and other coordination meetings.
- •Significant knowledge of humanitarian and development systems, institutions and donors and best practices in emergency management Ability to analyse information, evaluate options and to think and plan strategically.
- •Excellent interpersonal communication and presentation skills Fluency in written and spoken English and at least one major Nigerian Language Ability and willingness to travel frequently, live and work in difficult physical conditions in an area of potential insecurity.
- •Commitment to and understanding of Save the Children’s Vision, Mission, Values and Practices The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies and procedures.
- •We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.
- •The post holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI anti-harassment policy The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures.
📝 Description
- •Team/Programme: Health & Nutrition
- •Contract Length: 11 Months
- •Grade: 4
- •Reports to: Primary Health Care Technical Coordinator
- •Staff reporting to this post: None
- •Role Purpose
- •The Primary Health Care Officer will ensure the quality of services in targeted health facilities in Geidam LGA.
- •The post holder will strengthen health workers’ clinical management capacity in accordance with national and WHO guidelines and facilitate the integration of newborn and child health services.
- •With the support of the Primary Health Care Technical Coordinator, the officer will oversee day-to-day activities and services provided at supported primary health care centres, including, direct lifesaving health consultations, documentation, stock management of medicines and medical consumables, and maintenance of health information and reporting tools.
- •Scope Of Role
- •The PHC Officer will provide direct lifesaving, technical and programmatic support to supported health facilities and community-based health interventions.
- •The role involves coordinating with the MoH health workers, volunteers, community structures, and implementing partners to ensure effective, safe, and quality primary health care service delivery.
- •Key Areas Of Accountability
- •Clinical and Technical Support:
- •Provide day-to-day technical and programmatic support for clinical, nutritional, and integrated medical services at health facilities, in line with national guidelines, strategies, and standard operating procedures.
- •Ensure accurate clinical triage, history taking, examination, diagnosis, and management of communicable and non-communicable diseases across supported facilities in Geidam LGA.
- •Support MoH staff in identifying patients requiring referral to higher-level health facilities and facilitate appropriate referral pathways.
- •Collaborate with MoH staff, doctors, nurses, and midwives to plan and conduct outreach services that provide life-saving primary health care interventions.
- •Promote the integration of newborn, child health, nutrition, and other essential PHC services.
- •Ensure compliance with SCI Global Medical Procedures, clinical standards, and reporting tools, including prompt reporting of medical incidents.
- •Capacity Building and Supportive Supervision:
- •Strengthen the capacity of existing health workers through on-the-job training, coaching, and mentoring.
- •Organize and support training for Community Health Workers CHWs to improve the quality of community-based health services.
- •Provide day-to-day technical guidance and mentoring to health facility staff.
- •Support regular integrated joint supervision of health facilities in collaboration with MoH counterparts.
- •Identify clinical and operational capacity gaps and recommend appropriate corrective actions.
- •Monitor the implementation of agreed recommendations from supervision visits and training sessions.
- •Medical Equipment, Supplies, and Logistics:
- •Support MoH staff in promoting the rational use of medicines, pharmaceutical products, and medical equipment.
- •Monitor the consumption of medicines and medical supplies to support appropriate stock management and prevent stock-outs or wastage.
- •Ensure that essential medical equipment is available and functional across supported facilities.
- •Support routine troubleshooting and maintenance of medical equipment and facilitate the timely repair or replacement of damaged equipment.
- •Identify and communicate facility-level needs for medicines, consumables, equipment, and other essential supplies to the line manager.
- •Community Health and Outreach Services:
- •Oversee community-level health activities through close coordination with nurses, midwives, and the Community Health Mobilization Assistant.
- •Provide oversight for community-level meetings, health promotion activities, and stakeholder engagement.
- •Support community mobilization and participation in primary health care interventions.
- •Develop work plans for facility-based PHC services and community health interventions in line with project objectives and timelines.
- •Strengthen links between community health structures and supported health facilities to improve access to essential services.
- •Monitoring, Evaluation, Reporting, and Learning:
- •Support the development and maintenance of effective systems for monitoring programme progress against objectives, indicators, and monitoring and evaluation frameworks.
- •Ensure accurate documentation and reporting of clinical services, community activities, and programme achievements.
- •Contribute to the development of lessons learned from clinical, nutritional, and integrated medical service interventions.
- •Apply lessons learned to improve ongoing activities and inform the design of new programmes.
- •Contribute to the development of programme strategies, sub-project documents, activity plans, and work plans.
- •Work closely with assigned team members to ensure that activities are implemented in accordance with approved plans and standard operating procedures.
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