Title: Nurse
Direct Reports: Nursing Activities Manager/ Medical Coordinator
Position status: Full Time
Location: Nduta Camp
INTRODUCTION
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international, independent, medical humanitarian organisation that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural disasters and exclusion from healthcare. MSF
offers assistance to people based on need, irrespective of race, religion, gender or political affiliation. MSF is therefore guided by the principles of neutrality and impartiality. These principles must apply to all MSF staff.
Required Criteria
Main competencies and knowledge
Main Responsibilities
Interested candidates are invited to submit their application letter and a detailed CV together with the relevant certificates by 04pm on 14th March 2017.
All applications should either be in English or French.
Direct Reports: Nursing Activities Manager/ Medical Coordinator
Position status: Full Time
Location: Nduta Camp
INTRODUCTION
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international, independent, medical humanitarian organisation that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural disasters and exclusion from healthcare. MSF
offers assistance to people based on need, irrespective of race, religion, gender or political affiliation. MSF is therefore guided by the principles of neutrality and impartiality. These principles must apply to all MSF staff.
Required Criteria
- Minimum Educational Qualification
- Essential recognized nurse degree/diploma
- Experience:
- Required – previous nurse experience of at least two years
- Desirable – Experience with MSF or other NGO
- Languages:
- English and/or French, Swahili, Kirundi (fluent, oral & written)
Main competencies and knowledge
- Sens of service and care
- Result, Teamwork and flexibility
Main Responsibilities
- Know, promote, implement and follow at all times the universal hygiene standards/ precautions, bio-hazard prevention and infection control, security rules and other protocols and procedures in the medical premises and ensure high standards of hygiene of his/her working environment .
- Organize and carry out care and treatments according to medical prescriptions, as well as assist them during consultations/ daily rounds and other medical procedures.
- Ensure patients are properly received and installed in the health service. Ensures that patients with lack of autonomy are assisted, especially regarding their feeding, personal hygiene, movements and comfort.
- Respect medical secret and confidentiality
- Carry-out admission, surveillance and follow-up of patients meaning assessment of their health state evolution, and identification of emergency situation or any deterioration,
- Supervise and train nurse-aids, nutritional assistants, cleaners and other related staff under his/her supervision in their work with special focus in following all appropriate protocols and procedures and ensuring team work
Interested candidates are invited to submit their application letter and a detailed CV together with the relevant certificates by 04pm on 14th March 2017.
All applications should either be in English or French.
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