Médecins Sans Frontières is a private, non-profit international humanitarian organization dedicated to providing medical assistance to populations in crisis, without discrimination and regardless of race, religion, creed or political affiliation. MSF is looking for a Clinical Support Nurse for its activities around Soran.
MAIN PURPOSE
Plan, organize, and evaluate the nursing team and nursing activities with the knowledge, skills, resources, and materials to deliver evidence-based, person/family/community-centered quality nursing care according to adapted and updated nursing knowledge, MSF protocols, values and universal hygiene standards to improve the patient’s health conditions.
Analyse operational needs for nursing quality of care including but not limited to spatial environment, equipment and supplies and human resources.
To develop/update/continue in the project defined Nursing Learning and Development Strategy using validated quality improvement tools and mixed methodologies, identifying needs, setting objectives and implementing realistic objectives.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Supervises and collaborates with nurse supervisors/manager and actively identifies the nurses’ learning and development needs, updating learning and development strategy regularly and before end of contract.
- Improve the global quality of nursing care within all departments/facilities.
- Technically supervise the nursing team in the nursing process within their scope of practice (routine nursing care, assessments, treatments and procedures) according to the patient needs and medical prescriptions including:
- Implement and/or ensure the continuity of MSF nursing standards and nursing indicators.
- Accompany the nursing team in evaluating nursing indicators and defining/adapting their quality improvement strategy
- Together with the head nurse/nursing manager, develop the capacity of nursing team supervisors and strengthen their leadership.
- Assessing with them nursing care, using tools such as NCAT, documentation audits, setting priorities and objectives
- Coach, guides and supports nursing communication through nursing documentation (patient file), handover, patient transfers between departments and rounds.
- Participates in regular nursing meeting and hospital meetings/committees where gaps in nursing care may be identified
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Education |
Essential recognized nurse degree/diploma Desirable bachelor’s in science of nursing |
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Essential Experience |
5 years of previous experience in Emergency Room as nurse Hands-on technical nursing care within the last 5 years: ER management, MCI experience is a plus |
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Desirable Experience |
2 years of previous experience in mentoring and technically supervising nursing teams Experience +/- additional qualification in designing and implemented a learning and development strategy (example: delivering trainings and curriculums) Previous experience in other NGO’s |
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Competencies |
Essential computer literacy (word, excel and internet) Results and Quality Orientation Teamwork and Cooperation Behavioural Flexibility Commitment to MSF Principles Stress Management |
To apply, please complete the questionnaire available on the following link :
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.