Project Nurse II (Nurse Mentor)- NMR Project (SANKALP)

St. John's Research Institute; Koppal District; On-site; INR 264,000 - 316,000; Full time

Job summary

St John's in India seeks a contract-based Implementation Research professional to develop an optimized intervention package and delivery strategies aimed at reducing neonatal mortality. The role emphasizes field implementation and collaboration with district health facilities.

Responsible for mentoring healthcare staff, data collection, and ensuring data quality. Minimum 1 year experience and essential graduate qualifications are required; joining is tentatively 16 November 2026.

Qualifications

• Essential: Any graduate; Nursing qualifications may be preferred (BSC/GNM).
• Desirable: BSC/GNM nursing with obstetrics and pediatric experience.

Responsibilities

• Care for small and sick newborns at facilities.
• Onsite mentoring and supervision of healthcare personnel in district facilities.
• Assist in evaluating competencies and data collection from the community.
• Ensure data quality from community and health facilities.
• Capacity building and mentoring of health personnel.
• Report project activities to the core team regularly.
• Plan and develop quality improvement initiatives at health facilities.
• Take part in other project-related activities as needed.

Skills

Newborn care

Clinical nursing

Education

Any graduate

BSC / GNM nursing (desirable)

Job description

Posted on: 05 Nov 2026

Employment Type: Contract

Experience: Minimum experience 1 year

Job Summary:

Implementation Research to develop an optimized model of comprehensive intervention package and delivery strategies to reduce neonatal mortality rate

Salary : Rs. 26,000/- p.m

No of Vacancy :One

Key Responsibilities:

• Clinical competence in the care of small and sick newborns at facilities
• Onsite mentoring and supportive supervision of health care personnel in the health facilities within the district
• Assist in the evaluation of competencies of health care personnel and collection of data from the community,
• Ensure the quality of data collected from the community and health facilities.
• Capacity building and mentoring of health personnel.
• Report the project activities being implemented to the core team regularly.
• Plan and develop quality improvement initiatives at the health facilities to help achieve the project objectives.
• Be prepared to do any other project-related activities as needed

Eligibility Criteria:

Preferred Qualifications: Desirable - BSC / GNM nursing with experience in obstetrics and pediatric nursing Essential: Any graduate

Experience : Minimum experience 1 year

Preferred Language: English, Hindi and Kannada

Tentative Date of Joining : 16th November 2026