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.
Emergency Team Nurse
Job Description
• Participate in exploratory missions and assessments.
• Together with the other members of the Emergency Team to evaluate, propose and implement plans for medical emergencies.
• Responsible for the management of the pharmacy in the field during medical interventions.
• Evaluation of the sanitary condition and/or the nutrition level of the population in a specific geographical area, using pre-established evaluation methods
• Work as an activity manager/supervisor in an emergency program, such as a vaccination campaign, case management, response to violence.
• Replace nurse supervisors or medical activity managers within an MSF-France program in Nigeria.
Requirements
• Emergency Nurse Supervisor must be a qualified, registered nurse with at least 4 years of experience. Adheres to the deontology of the Nigerian Nurses’s Association.
• Reactivity in the face of emergency.
• Capacity to live and work in precarious conditions and as part of a team with people of different competences and cultures
• Capable to be simultaneously “present” in the field in the practical sense (pragmatic, reactive, etc.) and have enough detachment from the situation (consider the dynamics of an epidemic, pertinences of the solutions proposed, etc.)
• Capability of composing and managing teams.
• A great deal of flexibility and a capacity for adaptation.
• MSF field experience as well as a working Knowledge of MSF tools (organization, medical protocols, national/international orders, etc.) would count as an added advantage.
Nurse Supervisor
(Short Term positions, 2 months)
Job Description
• Together with the other members of the Emergency Team to evaluate, propose and implement plans for medical emergencies.
• Responsible for the management of the pharmacy in the field during medical interventions.
• Work as an activity manager/nurse supervisor in an emergency program, such as a mass casualty response.
• Replace nurse supervisors or medical activity managers within an MSF-France program in Nigeria.
Requirements
• Emergency Nurse Supervisor must be a qualified, registered nurse with at least 4 years of experience. Adheres to the deontology of the Nigerian Nurses’s Association.
• Reactivity in the face of emergency.
• Capacity to live and work in precarious conditions and as part of a team with people of different competences and cultures
• Capable to be simultaneously “present” in the field in the practical sense (pragmatic, reactive, etc.) and have enough detachment from the situation (consider the dynamics of an epidemic, pertinences of the solutions proposed, etc.)
• Capability of composing and managing teams.
• A great deal of flexibility and a capacity for adaptation.
• MSF field experience as well as a working Knowledge of MSF tools (organization, medical protocols, national/international orders, etc.) would count as an added advantage..
Work Location
• The Emergency Team Nurse will be based in Abuja with frequent travel throughout Nigeria, particularly Northern East part of the country. (20% MSF Abuja Office and 80% Field).
Contract
• 208 working hours per month and roster flexibility required.
Method of Application
Submit your CV, qualifications and a cover letter with contact details to the MSF Admin Office in Abuja ("Application Box" at the Watchmen Desk).
Applications can be submitted in person or by email to: [email protected]
Deadline for the submission of applications: 26th December 2014.
Please make sure to submit your application on or before this date.
NB: only successful applicants will be called for interview.
Notice: No monetary transactions, neither demands of favours in kind, nor other types of favouritism will be tolerated in the recruitment process.
MSF reserves the right to refuse hiring of a candidate having benefitted from such acts. All illicit demands of these types may be pursued through the judicial system.
ABUJA: Training Schedule for Basic Life Support BLS, Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support ACLS, First Aid, CPR, AED
PORTHARCOURT: Training Schedule for Basic Life Support BLS, Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support ACLS, First Aid, CPR, AED
LAGOS: Training Schedule for Basic Life Support BLS, Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support ACLS, First Aid, CPR, AED
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