Nurse at Medecins Sans Frontieres Belgium

Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) is an international, independent, medical humanitarian organization that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural disasters and exclusion from healthcare. Médecins Sans Frontières provides assistance to populations in distress, to victims of natural or man-made disasters and to victims of armed conflict. They do so irrespective of race, religion, creed or political convictions.

About the Job

Job Title: Nurse – Reserve Pool

Location: Kebbi

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Knowing, promoting, implementing and following up the universal hygiene standards/ precautions, bio-hazard prevention and infection control, security rules and other protocols and procedures in the medical premises and ensuring high standards of hygiene of his/her working environment.
• Respect medical secrets and confidentiality at all times.
• Organizing and carrying out care and treatments according to medical prescriptions, and assisting during consultations, daily rounds and other medical procedures.
• Participating in health education of the patient (and family) when necessary.
• Identifying Sexually Gender Based Violence victims and referring them to the medical team so they can receive the necessary treatment. Knowing and is aware of the importance and appropriate use of the Post Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) Kit
• Ensure patients are received, installed and that those with lack of autonomy are assisted, especially regarding their feeding, personal hygiene, movements and comfort.
• For ER and OPD nurse, ensuring triage of patients in waiting areas, wards or during emergencies, detecting the priority acute/emergency cases, carrying out first aid care and referring them to the doctor when necessary
• Sending material to be sterilized and recuperates it from sterilization
• Carrying out admission, surveillance and follow-up of patients (i.e. assessment of the evolution of their state of health and the identification of any emergency situation or deterioration
• Carry and supervise administrative procedures and documents (fill in patient’s files, forms, consumptions, statistics, registers, health files, etc.), ensuring an appropriate written/oral handover, and reporting any problematic situations and cases that may arise. Participating in data collection and keeping doctors/supervisors informed.
• Participating in the department-related pharmacy and medical equipment control and maintenance (quality and its functioning, storage conditions, follow-up of expired drugs inventories, stock takes of medicines and material at every team changeover ensuring no material is taken out of nursing area/wards without prior authorization.
• Perform cleaning and minor maintenance for biomedical equipment used. Following the user manual and protocols and alert supervisor in case of malfunctioning.
• Supervising and training nurse-aids, nutrition assistants, cleaners and other related staff under his/her supervision, ensuring teamwork and adherence to all appropriate protocols and procedures.

MSF Section / Context Specific Accountabilities:
Administration:

• Ensure all the new admissions in the waiting area are seen and sort them according to our triage system to rapidly identify life threatening conditions in patients that must be treated immediately (priority1), those with serious conditions that should be treated rapidly (priority2) and those who should be treated in turn (priority 3).
• Regular monitoring of general status of patients, giving priority for consultation to those that present with signs of severity such as; lethargy-unconsciousness, convulsions, fever, dehydration, respiratory distress and malnutrition.
• Provide routine nursing care to ATFC and ITFC patients as per Dr’s prescription and NTS recommendation, or specific cares driven by finding from routine patients monitoring activities.
• When called upon, together with the ER team, be able to assist in resuscitation of critical patients.
• Lead patients to their respective department decided by the MD and give an in-depth handover to the nurses there.
• Support in data collection by proper filling of registers, tally sheet, etc. as assigned by the supervisors.
• Maintain adequate IPC measures during all cares and ensure correct waste segregation and disposal according to MSF guidelines- respect the bucket system in place.

Patient orientation:

• Participate in health education of the patient (and family) when necessary while checking the admission checklist.

Teamwork and cooperation:

• Participate in meetings organized by the department or supervisor.
• Participate/go to mandatory trainings requested by the supervisor.

Requirements

• Interested candidates should possess a B.Sc Degree in Nursing.

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Application Closing Date
2nd May, 2025.

Method of Application
Apply for Nurse at Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) – Belgium

Note: Interested and qualified candidates should submit their application, including cover letter, resume and copy of relevant certificates and NYSC cetificate / exemption letter to the link above.