Nursing Activity Manager at Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) - West and Central Africa

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, gender, creed, or political affiliation.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Nursing Activity Manager

Location: Kano
Job type: A fixed-term contract and working hours according to Nigerian Law

Responsibilities

• Planning and organizing all nursing related activities (IPD, OPD, maternity, nutrition, etc.) and participating in the definition of annual planning and update of its associated budget in order to efficiently maintain the continuity of the standard quality healthcare. When needed, being responsible for scheduling duty rosters, shifts and on call of nursing staff.
• Coordinating and supervising the implementation of the legal therapeutic protocols, procedures and standards, depending on project objectives (PPTCT, PEP, VCT, IEC, SGBV, MH services, etc.) and providing technical support when needed, to ensure the quality of the nursing care, confidentiality and information traceability, patient surveillance, and the application of the therapeutic and sterilization rules by the health care personnel.
• Supervising the nutritional activities in order to ensure that therapeutic food is provided regularly and that it complies with quality and quantity standards
• Ensuring all administrative procedures and documents (individual patient’s card and registration book, discharge paper, transfer paper, etc.) and existing data management tools are used correctly.
• According to MSF protocols and in collaboration with the Pharmacist and Medco, supervising the distribution (according to medical prescriptions) and pharmacy activity, preparing new orders when required, supervising expiration terms and consumption patterns, in order to ensure that pharmacy stock levels are permanently updated and above minimum safety point.
• In coordination with the project biomedical service supervising the appropriate use of medical devices and anticipating and communicating future needs.
• In close coordination with the Logistics Manager, supervising laboratory outputs related to nursing activities (blood test) to ensure samples are collected correctly and results are provided on time.
• In close coordination with the HR department, planning and supervising the associated processes (recruitment, training, evaluation, development and communication) of the nursing staff of the project in order to improve staff capabilities and ensure both the sizing and the amount of knowledge required. Training nursing staff on PTE.
• Reporting to the line manager on any relevant information linked to nursing activities and participating in monthly reports
• Be involved in the management of the team of nurses in the ITFC including rosters of nurses as well as rotation of nursint team supervisors.
• Participate in all the activities related to quality of care including the NCAT, the rational prescription and the patient satisfaction survey.
• Be involved in the forecasting of human resources during the period of pic and out of pic including the downsizing and upgrading the number of human ressources in various services while respecting the various ratio nurse/number of patients

Note:

• PPTCT = Prevention Parent To Child Transmission;
• PEP= Post Exposure Prophylaxis;
• VCT = Voluntary Counselling and Testing;
• IEC = Information, Education and Communication;
• SGBV = Sexually Gender Based Violence;
• MH = Mental Health;
• PTE = Patient Therapeutic Education

Requirements
Education:

• Essential nursing diploma for general or specialized health services (bachelor’s in science of nursing Desirable, Diploma in general nursing); and licensed with the Nursing and Midwifery council in Nigeria. Specialization or training in tropical medicine would be an asset,

Experience:

• Essential working experience of at least two years in nursing activities and supervision related jobs. Desirable working experience in MSF or other NGO’s.

Language:

• Ability to communicate in English is essential and Hausa language is desirable.

Knowledge:

• Essential computer literacy (word, excel and internet).

Competencies:

• Results and Quality Orientation, Behavioural Flexibility, teamwork and cooperation, stress management and commitment to humanitarian objectives and to MSF Principles.

Benefits
According to the MSF salary scale (Level 10) plus 13th month allowance equivalent to 1 month of gross salary.

Application Closing Date
14th February, 2025.