VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT: MATERNITY NURSE JOWHAR, SOMALIA

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Médecins San Frontières Spain (MSF-Spain) is currently recruiting for the position of maternity nurse, based in Jowhar.

MSF-Spain has been running continuous operations in Somalia since 1992. MSF-Spain currently operates two projects in South Central Somalia: Jowhar/Middle Shabelle and Mogadishu. The Mogadishu project is currently running 3 health facilities and mobile activities (OPD/IPD, vaccination and nutrition activities) in 4 districts of the capital.  The Jowhar/Middle Shabelle project currently comprises of 6 health structures (maternity, OPD/IPD, TB, vaccination and nutrition activities) in 2 districts.


MAIN OBJECTIVE OF POSITION
Ensure the nursing care, treatment and follow-up of maternity patients in accordance with doctors’ prescriptions, MSF protocols, respect of universal hygiene standards and context. 

RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS

1.   Patient care.
•   Know, apply and make sure universal hygiene standards and security rules are respected for medical premises, routing of patients, routing of linen. Ensure asepsis rules during all nursing cares. Ensure quality of the sterilization process.
•   Compensate (or make sure that someone can compensate in the right way) patient lack of autonomy especially regarding his feeding, his personal hygiene, his movements and his comfort.
•   Organise and carry out care and treatments according to MSF protocols.
•   Ensure that quality and continuity of care are respected.
•   Carry out surveillance of the patient, assessment of his health state evolution, identification of emergency situation and information of the doctor
•   In case of emergency, carry out first aid care and treatment according to prior written protocol done by the doctor.
•   During medical consultations/admissions, ensure the sorting and detect priority acute cases.
•   Carry out when necessary a therapeutic education of the patient (and family) using a patient based approach.


2.   Management.
•   Manage daily and motivate a team of nurse-helpers and cleaners. Supervise the quality of care. Ensure staff training (formal and informal), under the supervision of the hierarchical referent.


 3. Monitoring, analysis and reporting.
•   Participate in the development of the plan of action.
•   Participate actively in the monitoring and the reporting of medical activities (correctly fill in patient files, forms, statistics, reports) and propose analyse of these statistics.
•   Ensure a relevant transfer of information to the next duty team.
•   Report immediately to the technical referent any problem arising in the service, especially the loss/ robbery/damage of medical equipment or medicines.
 4. When working in the Admission Room.
•   During the afternoon and night shifts take a proper history and do a physical examination of the patients presenting in the admission room.
•   Assess the condition of the patients and fill in the patient file and partogram accordingly.
•   Fill in correctly the register book.
•   Provide nursing care according to the prescription.
•   Inform the patients and caretakers about the routines in the health centre, the locations and use of water sources, use of latrines, feeding times etc.


REQUIREMENTS
   
Education   :   Nurse degree/diploma
Experience MSF and Other   :   MSF experience desirable
Languages   :   Somali and English highly desirable
Personal Qualities   :   •   Rigour
•   Flexibility
•   Ability to work with multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural people
•   Open-minded
•   Good communication skills
•   Ability to listen
   
All applicants should send an application letter (explaining relevant experience and motivation), CV, and recommendation letters by email to msfsrecruitment@gmail.com

Please state the reference no. 1163 in the subject line of the email.

Only short-listed applicants will be contacted. 

Closing date: 22nd July 2012, 17:00hrs. Foreseen starting date: ASAP