Position Title: Community KMC Nurse
Location: Saradhna, District Ajmer, Rajasthan, India
Contract Type: Short-term (3-month contract, per-visit payment per baby)
Reporting To: Supervisor and Program Manager
Job Purpose
The Community KMC Nurse will provide dedicated support for Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) to newborns (especially low birth weight / preterm) and their mothers, primarily in community-based settings. The nurse will deliver KMC counselling, monitor newborn health in the first month of life, ensure infection prevention, record and manage data, and conduct follow-up visits to improve newborn survival, exclusive breastfeeding, and overall newborn/maternal health outcomes.
Key Responsibilities
• Provide KMC support by guiding and counselling mothers on:
• Skin-to-skin contact (“kangaroo care”)
• Exclusive breastfeeding and proper breastfeeding techniques
• Newborn care (hygiene, temperature regulation, danger-sign recognition)
• Ensure infection control protocols are followed for self, equipment, and during
• community/home visits.
• Monitor and record newborn health data (weight, vital signs, growth, danger signs) and refer to clinicians when needed.
• Use IEC (Information, Education, and Communication) materials such as flipbooks, posters, and videos to educate mothers and families about KMC and newborn care.
• Perform data entry and management using a mobile application (e.g. CommCare) and physical registers, to track each baby’s care and follow-up schedule.
• Ensure mothers understand the KMC and breastfeeding guidance, and the follow-up care plan.
• Conduct regular follow-up visits with mothers and newborns after birth/discharge to monitor newborn health, breastfeeding practices, KMC adherence, and address any issues or concerns.
• Provide respectful, empathetic, and mother-centred care; build trust and maintain positive relationships with beneficiaries, their families, and the broader community / health-system staff.
• Report experiences, challenges, suggestions, and any issues (clinical, logistic, social) to the Program Manager to support program improvement.
• Be flexible to changing program needs, community outreach, home visits, hospital visits (if applicable), or other settings as required by pilot projects.
• Participate in meetings, trainings, and feedback sessions as required by the program.
• Identify low birth weight (LBW) babies from both hospital records and community register them, and follow up as per the KMC protocol schedule (including 7–9 visits over the first 28 days, as part of the community-based KMC pilot).
• Use own vehicle for field visits (if required), to reach mothers/newborns in the
community and remote areas.
Required Qualifications & Skills
• Certification: ANM / GNM / Bsc Nursing— from a recognised institute; registration with the competent authority as applicable.
• Experience: Minimum 1–2 years of clinical and/or field experience — preferably in newborn care, maternal care, mother–baby care, or similar health setting.
• Knowledge of newborn care, exclusive breastfeeding, hygienic newborn care, referral processes, and KMC fundamentals.
• Communication skills: Able to counsel mothers in Hindi (spoken and written); basic functional English (for documentation) is preferred.
• Personal attributes: Empathetic, patient-centred, respectful, good interpersonal and counselling skills, ability to build trust with mothers and families.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team; self-initiative, reliability, flexibility, and willingness to adjust to changing demands.
• Data-entry and basic digital literacy: Comfortable using mobile health applications (e.g. CommCare) and maintaining physical registers.
• Willingness to travel/conduct home visits as needed for community-based newborn care.
• Commitment to quality of care, hygiene, infection control, and respect for beneficiaries.
Role Details & Payment Model:
• This is a per-visit payment role: payment is per baby per visit (including travel cost).
• You will identify and register LBW/preterm babies (from hospital or community), and provide follow-up for 28 days in a month for each baby.
• Field visits schedule: newborns must be visited approximately 7–9 times over the first 28 days (e.g. on days 1–3, 5, 7, 10, 14, 21, 28), per community-based KMC pilot protocol.
Interested candidates are requested to fill out the application form
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