Médecins Sans Frontières-Holland
Médecins Sans Frontières (also known as Doctors without Borders or MSF) is a private, non-profit, international humanitarian medical organization that intervenes in emergencies and crisis situations to relieve human suffering resulting from unmet medical needs. MSF observes strict neutrality with respect to politics and provides its assistance without discriminating on the basis of race, religion, ideology, or political affiliation. MSF’s members are required to respect humanitarian principles and principles of medical ethics at all times.
MSF Holland is looking for: NURSING TEAM SUPERVISOR |
· Number of Position: one · Place of work: Abdurafi, Amhara Region · Terms of employment: 10 month with a possibility of extension · Remuneration and Benefits: - Starting gross salary/month: 23,917 ETB - Medical Coverage100% - Hardship allowance 25% - Relocated status: ETB 4000 (one instalment ) · Date of application: March 26 - April 05 2018
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Main Purposes
Plan, organize, and evaluate the activities concerning his/her field of action (Nursery, laboratory, midwifery, anesthesiology) 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 his/her speciality, i.e. perform as a nurse, midwife, labtech and anesthetist, whenever required or needed, in order to optimize the resources, contributing with his/her knowledge and experience. I
· 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 speciality.
· 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.List item
· 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..
Education | Speciality (nurse, labtech, midwife 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 language and local language essential |
Knowledge | Essential computer literacy (word, excel and internet) |
Competences | • Results • Teamwork • Flexibility • Commitment · Stress management |