Integrated Maternal and Child Peer Navigator

Integrated Maternal and Child Peer Navigator

Integrated Maternal and Child Peer Navigator

The Center for Clinical Care and Clinical Research is an indigenous, non-profit organization registered in Nigeria in 2010 to promote best practices in health care delivery, medical training, and research using locally adapted models of health systems strengthening.

Integrated Maternal and Child Peer Navigator Job Type Full Time Qualification Secondary School (SSCE)

Experience

• Location Niger

• Job Field Medical / Healthcare

• Background

• CCCRN operates a cluster-based structure in which the health facilities it works with in Niger State are grouped into three geographic clusters: Minna, Bida and Suleja.

• Each cluster brings together facilities located in and around its hub town, so that they can be coordinated, supported and monitored together.

• Two ad hoc Integrated Health Optimizers will serve each cluster, reporting to and working with the regular project Integrated Health Optimizer/Associate where designated, or the named cluster technical supervisor.

• They will support high-volume facilities and PHCs through scheduled portfolios.

• Facility/service centre leadership provides day-to-day direction; project cluster personnel provide line supervision and verify deliverables.

• Assignments reflect workload, government capacity, approved scope and demonstrated competencies.

• Integrated delivery includes coordinated client flows, eligible service linkage, referral completion, approved records and mentorship of named government counterparts.

• Clinical support nursing proposal for leadership review: Preserve the three existing ESM Nurse functions as Integrated Clinical Support Nurse assignments where verified facility gaps justify deployment.

• Confirm qualifications, current licensing, competencies and funding. Nurses will provide authorized clinical triage, nursing care, treatment-continuity assessment, maternal/child linkage and escalation under the facility clinical lead, with protected clinical time and coordination with cluster Optimizers.

• Review as government capacity improves.

• Role Purpose

• Provide non-clinical peer support for pregnant/postpartum women, mother–infant pairs and caregivers across maternal and child service pathways.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide peer navigation and support to pregnant and postpartum women, mother–infant pairs and caregivers.

• Provide health education and adherence counseling on ANC, prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT), maternal nutrition, exclusive breastfeeding, malaria prevention (IPTp, LLIN use), and TB prevention.

• Support linkage, appointment follow-up and referrals across antenatal care (ANC), PMTCT, early infant diagnosis (EID), postnatal care (PNC), TB screening and referral, malaria testing and prevention, immunization and nutrition services.

• Support the screening of clients for TB using WHO 4-symptom Screen (W4SS), malaria symptoms/fever per approved SOPs and facilitate timely referral.

• Encourage continuity of care and follow-up for mothers and infants in line with approved facility procedures, including tracking for EID milestones and immunization schedules.

• Conduct appointment reminders and defaulter tracing through phone calls and home visits in collaboration with facility and community teams.

• Help clients and caregivers understand available services and navigate referral pathways, including community structures.

• Document support, referral, screening, and tracing activities appropriately in approved tools (ANC/PMTCT registers, referral registers) while maintaining confidentiality and respectful, non-discriminatory engagement.

• Work with facility and community teams (including WDCs, TBAs, community volunteers) to identify service-navigation barriers and support timely referrals.

• Adhere to safeguarding, confidentiality, infection prevention, and data protection procedures and follow approved project, government and facility procedures and remain within the role’s defined scope (non-clinical).

• Minimum Qualifications and Experience

• SSCE or equivalent with relevant peer-support or community-health experience.

• Experienced Mentor Mothers and maternal/child peer supporters are encouraged to apply. Nursing, Midwifery, Community Health, Social Work or related qualifications are an advantage. Trust-building, confidentiality and reliable follow-up are required. HIV-status disclosure is not a recruitment requirement.

General Requirements:

• Ability to work collaboratively with facility and community teams in the assigned location.
• Commitment to continuity and quality of integrated health services.
• Willingness to comply with approved project, government and facility procedures, including confidentiality and relevant safety requirements.