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Post:              Clinic Officer

Location:       Imo State

Number:       1 position

OVERVIEW OF THE FUNCTIONS OF THE POST

The Clinic Officer play a crucial role in delivering reproductive health and family planning services. They ensure high-quality, client-centred healthcare while promoting sexual and reproductive health rights (SRHR) in line with PPFN’s mission and national health policies.

Key Functions:

    • Offer family planning counselling and services, including contraceptive methods and reproductive health education.
    • Conduct medical examinations, screenings, and routine health check-ups.
    • Provide maternal and child health services, including antenatal and postnatal care.
    • Diagnose and manage minor reproductive health-related ailments and refer cases as necessary
    • Educate clients on family planning options, safe sex practices, and sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV/AIDS prevention.
    • Provide pre- and post-test counselling for HIV/AIDS and other STIs.
    • Support adolescent and youth-friendly services, ensuring confidentiality and accessibility.
    • Administer contraceptive implants, intrauterine devices (IUDs), and other medical procedures in line with best practices.
    • Ensure proper sterilization of medical instruments and adherence to infection prevention and control protocols.
    • Maintain a hygienic and safe clinical environment for staff and clients.
    • Maintain accurate medical records and ensure proper documentation of client visits and treatments.
    • Conduct follow-ups with clients to ensure adherence to treatment plans and contraceptive use.
    • Address client concerns and provide appropriate medical advice
    • Participate in community health outreach programs to raise awareness about reproductive health services.
    • Support mobile clinic activities and outreach interventions in underserved areas.
    • Adhere to medical ethics, client confidentiality, and professional conduct guidelines.

Requirements:

    • B.Sc. in Nursing or Registered Nurse /Midwife
    • Certificate in Family Planning.
    • Five (5) years of relevant work experience in SRH&R/FP provision.
    • Excellent contextual, analytical, writing and oral communication skills.
    • Team leadership and team playing qualities/experience.
    • Familiarity with the WHO eligibility criteria for contraceptives use.
    • Computer literacy skill (a key requirement for use in Clinic Information Management System)

 

Method of Application:  Suitably qualified persons are invited to send in their one page letter of application indicating the position applied and justification for their applications, comprehensive career resume (not more than 4 pages) and personal contact address (not post office address please) not later than 2 Weeks of this publication to: Email: coser@ppfn.org

The Executive Director

Planned Parenthood Federation of Nigeria

4 Baltic Crescent, off Danube Street, Maitama, Abuja

Each applicant is advised to access “Applicant’s Forms 1 and Applicant’s Forms 2”  download, fill and submit along with his or her application to the email address as indicated above. PPFN subscribes to all best practices when working with children and vulnerable adults and advocates that they (children and vulnerable adults) should be treated with respect regardless of their race, colour, gender, language, religion, opinions, nationality, ethnicity, social origin, property, disability or other status.

PPFN does not discriminate on grounds of race, creed, ethnic origin, political belief, gender, disability, age, education or social status especially in applications for membership, providing information or services, in recruiting staff, or in any other aspect of PPFN’s work and in the pursuit of its objects”.  Female applicants are encouraged to apply.  Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.