Nursing Team Supervisor At Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)

Médecins Sans Frontières is an international, independent, medical humanitarian organisation that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, healthcare exclusion and natural disasters. MSF offers assistance to people based only on need and irrespective of race, religion, gender or political affiliation.

Vacancy Announcement:

Position: Nursing Team Supervisor – Hopital – Lassa Project
Place of Recruitment: Bauchi
Work location: Bauchi
Type of Contract: Fixed Term Contract (Renewable)
Deadline for the applications: September 30th, 2025, at 4:00PM

Main Purpose

Plan, organize, and evaluate the activities concerning nursing and the team associated, according to MSF values, policies and protocols and universal health standards, in order to warrant the quality and continuity of the health care and the development of the plan of action.

Accountabilities

• Carry out the functions and tasks associated to nursing i.e. perform as a nurse or anesthetist, whenever required or needed, in order to optimize the resources, contributing with his/her knowledge and experience.

• Implement all the protocols and hygiene procedures and supervise his/her team follow the same standards, in order to warrant the quality of the care and service in his/her specialty.

• Organize and coordinate the activities of his/her team (week’s schedule, annual leave, absences, etc.), evaluate their performance and define and ensure the needs for training of staff, in order to ensure the coverage of the human resources needs and maintain high standards of quality.

• Carry out and/or supervise the (decentralized) pharmacy and medical equipment management (drugs orders, follow-up of the stock, storage conditions, inventories, follow-up of expired drugs and their destruction, drugs consumption, etc.) in his or her department, in order to satisfy the needs of material with efficiency and effectiveness.

• Ensuring that all staff using medical devices are qualified and trained. Ensuring that cleaning and minor maintenance tasks are performed according to the protocols. Reporting any malfunction to the project biomedical service.

• Carry-out and/or coordinate administrative (exit-paper, transfer-paper, etc.), information and data collection (patient files, forms, statistics, etc.) tasks, and elaborate regular reporting, in order to have updated and reliable information about the day-to-day activity in the project, output/outcome and support decision-taking.

• Give feedback/reports to medical focal point.

MSF Section/Context Specific Accountabilities

• Ensure the implementation of the National Lassa Fever case management protocols within the treatment centre, including IPC measure, fluid management, and psychosocial support in coordination with the medical and mental health teams.

• Support the organization and supervision of Lassa Fever patient flow within the facility, from triage to admission, treatment and discharge in alignment with pathways and IPC guidelines.

• Ensure proper donning and doffing procedures are followed by all staff working in the facility and daily supervision and support are provided to maintain safety and protocol compliance in collaboration with IPC supervisor.

• Supervise and support safe sample collection, proper handling and transport to laboratory.

• To ensure good collaboration with the outreach and HP teams to support early detection, referral, and follow-up of suspected Lassa Fever cases, including assisting with community sensitization, contact tracing, and referral.

• Participate in interdepartmental meetings (e.g., medical, surveillance, pharmacy, IPC committee, Lab committee, hospital management and outreach meeting) to align nursing activities with project objectives and MSF standards.

• Provide input into the development or revision of Lassa-specific tools, nursing checklists, reporting formats, and training modules, ensuring they are adapted to the evolving outbreak context.

• Actively contribute to morbidity and mortality reviews, nursing audit, and patient chart reviews.

• Support in managing psychosocial stress and burnout risk among frontline staff in LFTC and holding areas by ensuring reasonable shifts, peer support, and communication with the Mental Health team where applicable.

• To supervise in close collaboration with NAM and other managers and supervisors carry out any trainings that will help in staff capacity development (knowledge, attitude and skills).

• Ensure the order and reception of patient’s food, organize testing and distribution in collaboration with kitchen staff.

• Operate according to the contextual needs of the project.

• Ensure that good relationship is maintained with MoH counterparts.

• Perform any other activities as assigned by the NAM or PMR.

Requirements

• Education: Specialty (nurse or anesthetist) diploma essential.

• Experience: Essential 2 years of previous experience. Having worked in MSF or other NGO’s and in developing countries is desirable.

• Languages: Mission and local language essential.

• Knowledge: Essential computer literacy (Word, Excel and Internet).

• Competencies:

  • Results

  • Teamwork

  • Flexibility

  • Commitment

  • Stress management

Application Process

Applications must be in English and include:

• Complete CV and Cover Letter.

• Updated contact details and ID.

• Contact information of the previous employer/s for reference.

Use the position as the subject of the mail.

All applications should be sent through the link below only:

Go to Nursing Team Supervisor At Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) to Apply

No hand delivered applications will be accepted.

Important Notes

• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

• Incomplete applications will be automatically discarded.

• MSF is an equal opportunity employer, both men and women are encouraged to apply.

• No monetary transactions, neither demands of favors in kind, or other types of favoritism will be tolerated in the recruitment process. MSF reserves the right to refuse the hiring of a candidate having benefitted from such acts. All illicit demands of these types may be pursued through the judicial system.

• MSF thanks all the candidates for their interest in this position.