Working as nursing activity manager in the field
Our Nursing Activity Managers manage health centres or hospital departments. You are at the frontline of providing primary health care in our projects.
Responsibilities
- Plan and organise all nursing-related activities within the MSF project (e.g. in hospitals and mobile clinics), and participate in defining the annual project planning and updating the associated budget
- Oversee and monitor the rational use of medicines and the proper administration of treatments in step with MSF protocols
- Oversee proper management of the pharmacy (inventory, orders, supervision of distribution)
- Handle international orders for medicines and medical supplies
- Ensure that all administrative procedures and documents (individual patient cards and registration book, discharge forms, transfer forms, etc.) and existing data management tools are used correctly
- Monitor adherence to hygiene procedures for materials (sterilisation, waste disposal), rooms and equipment in general
- Ensure correct use of data management tools (collection and analysis of patient data and laboratory data)
- Support the development and implementation of protocols and standards
- Supervise the national nurses’ activities in liaison with the various departments in the hospital so as to ensure good nursing practices throughout the facility
- Train, supervise and manage local nursing staff or community health providers through activities such as recruitment, defining job descriptions, capacity-building, briefing/debriefing and evaluation of staff
- Coordinate the duty roster, shifts and on-calls of nursing staff
- Contribute to monthly reports according to guidelines
Requirements
- Three years of study : registered nurse diploma
- Two years’ post-qualification nursing experience, preferably in the following areas: internal medicine, emergency room, paediatrics, neonatology, intensive care, geriatrics, surgery (versatile experience is required)
- Recent clinical experience (at least six months within the last 24 months)
- Diploma in tropical medicine (minimum eight-week course) or two months’ relevant nursing experience in a tropical environment; a tropical medicine diploma is not mandatory for specialised nurses in emergency or neonatology settings
- IT skills (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
- Fluency in English and/or French; any other languages are an asset (Arabic, Portuguese, Spanish, Russian)
- Available for a minimum of six months
General skills
- Commitment to MSF’s work and values
- Strong team player
- Willingness to work in all kinds of contexts worldwide, including unstable areas
- Adaptable and able to work in a multicultural team
- Flexible and able to manage stress
- Self-driven with a solution-oriented approach
- Ability to train others
Assets
- Experience or diploma in infection prevention control
- Experience working in developing countries
- People management experience
Depending on our activities and needs, your responsibilities may be adapted and evolve. You will not face these challenges alone; other MSF team members (both international and locally hired staff) will support you.
We encourage applications from people of all genders, ages, sexual orientations, backgrounds, religions, beliefs, abilities and all other characteristics of diversity.
MSF does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of discrimination or harassment, including sexual harassment. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo reference and criminal record checks.
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