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, creed or political affiliation.

 

Nurses

 

Job Description

•  Provide nursing care, treatment and follow-up of patients, according to doctors’ prescriptions, protocols applied in service and universal hygiene standards/precautions, in order to ensure the quality and continuity of care for the targeted population.

•  Know, promote, implement and follow at all times the universal hygiene standards/ precautions, bio-hazard prevention and infection control, security rules and other protocols and procedures in the medical premises and ensure high standards of hygiene of his/her working environment .

•  Organize and carry out care and treatments according to medical prescriptions, as well as assist them during consultations/ daily rounds and other medical procedures.

•  Ensure patients are properly received and installed in the health service. Ensures that patients with lack of autonomy are assisted, especially regarding their feeding, personal hygiene, movements and comfort.

•  Respect medical secret and confidentiality

•  Carry-out admission, surveillance and follow-up of patients meaning assessment of their health state evolution, and identification of emergency situation or any deterioration,

•  Participate in the department-related pharmacy and medical equipment control and maintenance (carrying out inventories, carrying out stock takes of medicines and material at every team changeover, ensuring no material is taken out of nursing area/wards without prior authorisation, checking its quality and its functioning, storage conditions, doing follow-up of expired drugs, etc.).

•  Carry-out and supervise administrative procedures and documents (fill in patients files, forms, consumptions, statistics, etc.), ensure an appropriate •  written/oral handover, and report any problematic situations and cases that may arise. fill in all necessary registers and health files, participate in data collection and keep doctors/supervisors informed.

•  Report any problem arising in the care unit, especially the loss, robbery or damage of equipment or medicines.

•  Work together with the nurses, cleaners and care-takers.

 

 

Requirements

•  Essential recognized nurse degree

•  Desirable 2 years of previous experience and previous experience in other NGO’s

•  Fluency in spoken English and Hausa language

•  High level of motivation and ability to lear

 

Method of Application

Submit your CV, copies of diplomas, qualifications and a cover letter (with reference NAIDJU15) with contact details to:

 

ADMIN OFFICE – MSF

Plot 82, OLD GRA (behind Lagos house) Kolo Road Galtimari, 

Maiduguri, Borno state, Nigeria

 

Deadline for the submission of applications: 16th of August 2015.

 

NB: only successful applicants will be called for interview.