Nurse at Medecins du Monde

Médecins du Monde (MdM) is an international humanitarian organization whose mission is to provide medical care for the most vulnerable populations, the world over, including France. It seeks to stimulate voluntary commitment from doctors, other health care providers, and from those whose expertise in other fields is needed for its activities, to enlist all competent support required for the achievement of its projects, and to seek at all times to encourage close working relationships with populations in its care. MdM operating in Nigeria, Borno state since October 2016.

We are recruiting to to fill the position below:

Job Title: Nurse

Locations: Maiduguri and Damboa, Borno
Line Manager: Medical Doctor Supervisor
Line reports: N/A
Length of contract: 6 months
Possibility for extension: yes

Job Tasks
Under the supervision of the Medical Doctor Supervisor, the Nurse will be responsible for the following main activities in order to ensure the quality of care in the mobile clinics:

• Realization of the patients triage and taking vital signs
• Realization of paramedics acts including vaccination
• Implementation of health education sessions
• Collection, computerization and analysis of weekly epidemiological data
• Reporting and attendance to different meetings

Tasks Description

• Preparation of the medical site
• Install the furniture and the material before the start of each mobile clinic
• Prepare all the necessary drugs, material and equipment for mobile clinics and ensure that everything is ready before starting the activities
• Realization of the patients triage and taking vital signs
• Prepare all the necessary drugs, material and equipment for mobile clinics and ensure that everything is ready before to leave MdM office
• Keep always the nurse tools clean and organized
• Do the triage of the patients with the medical doctors and give an MDM number to the patients needing a medical consultation
• Take weight, temperature and BP for all the patients who have been registered
• Give deworming drugs to all the targeted children according to the protocol
• Ensure patient confidentiality is respected and treat all the patients with respect and dignity
• Identify medical emergencies and refer them immediately to the medical doctor
• Realization of paramedics acts including vaccination
• Follow the basic medical rules of hygiene when performing paramedics acts
• Realize malaria rapid diagnostic tests according to necessity and/or prescription
• Urine dipstick tests to the patients according to necessity and/or prescription
• Haemoglobin test according to prescription
• Make dressings according to MdM protocols
• Do injections according to necessity and/or prescription
• Ensure the cleaning and sterilisation of dressing material on a daily basis
• Check the immunization status of the children and proceed to proper immunization of targeted children according to EPI calendar
• Evaluate the right quantity of vaccines and consumables  per day
• Health education sessions
• Give health education sessions to the patients in the different waiting areas
• Spread main messages about health education for the following topics: hygiene, safe water, nutrition, immunization (explain vaccination importance to mothers and caregivers, explain immunization schedule, ensure that all mothers or caregivers have understood adverse event following Immunization), antenatal care, post-natal care, assisted delivery, family planning, ARI, diarrhea, malaria, cholera,
• Collection, computerization and analysis of weekly epidemiological data
• Perform the daily data collection regarding paramedics acts
• Participate to the weekly computerization  and analysis of the paramedics data
• Reporting and attendance to different meetings
• Prepare a weekly activities report to submit to Team Leader
• Participate in a pro-active way to MdM internal meetings (medical, security…)
• Participate to all the  trainings organized by MDM

Profile Required

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing or Registered Nurse
• Experience with an INGO will be an added advantage
• Experience in similar position for at least 2 years
• Good knowledge in nutrition
• Capacities in team management
• Strong sense of responsibilities and organization skills
• Strong work ethic and rigor
• Languages (spoken and written): English
• Flexibility
• Team player.

Application Closing Date
3rd June, 2018.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should submit a two page Curriculum Vitae, three work-related references and one page cover letter, in One Document (MS Word or PDF) explaining how your skills and experience match the job requirements stated above to: [email protected] Please write the "Job Title and your Name" in the subject line.

Note

• Only applications by email will be considered
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted
• We are unable to accept phone calls.
• We’ll pay attention only to the complete files in English.
• Our process of selection include some written tests and oral interviews.
• Please notice that if you have not heard from MdM within 2 weeks, you should presume you were not short listed for this position. However, MdM thanks you for your interest and encourages you to apply for other openings where your skills and experience match.
• MdM stands up for the integration of people living with disabilities and fights against discrimination.