Nurse (Maternity Cover)

Overview

Provide nursing care to patients and support clinicians and other healthcare professionals in a health facility. Ensure compliance with national and international health guidelines and protocols.

Tasks Summary

• Assist clinicians, Midwives, lab, vaccination and pharmacy in running of general duties.
• Manage triage, taking vital signs and organize patients for consultation.
• Conduct vaccination for children and pregnant women.
• Undertake dressing, Suturing of deep wounds etc.
• Conduct Nursing care of patients as per Doctors guidelines & Instructions.
• Ensure compliance to MoH/WHO guidelines of rational drug use.
• Provide treatment as per MOH/WHO treatment guidelines and protocols.
• Follow disease surveillance and trends through review of weekly and monthly morbidity data.
• Work with other Medical Team and PHC Nurses to operationalize emergency preparedness.
• Collect laboratory spacemen and prepare them for test.
• Monitor medical consumptions and re-supply.
• Provide pre referral and referral nursing care.
• Promote health and well-being through health promotion, health education, screening and therapeutic communication skills.
• Clearly communicate the health status of the patient.
• Provide safe, evidence-based, cost-effective, individualized patient care.
• Set, practise and maintain infection prevention control measures.
• Maintain accurate and contemporaneous records.
• Drug dispensing.
• Reporting (HMIS, monthly or quarterly drug consumption, Monthly inventory report).
• Complete all tools of drug or medical equipment management.
• Work with the nursing team in developing new roles.
• Facilitate and participate in multi-disciplinary education.
• Maintain own professional development.
• Promote evidence-based practice.
• Monitor the effectiveness of clinical practice.
• Participate in continuing professional development opportunities.
• Pro-actively promote the role of the nursing professional.
• Assessing, planning, implementing nursing interventions and evaluating patient’s outcomes.
• Support other healthcare team members and accept referrals.
• Participate as a key member of the multi-professional team.
• Complete records, audits, and reports.
• Support effective communication channels.
• Ensure common patient complaints might also be the catalyst for change.
• Ensure children, pregnant and lactating women are identified, admitted and discharged from emergency nutrition programs.
• Establish referral mechanisms for malnourished children and women.
• Conduct health and nutrition education sessions, screening children for malnutrition, systematic treatment, supplementary and therapeutic food distribution.

Experience Requirements

• Significant nursing experience working in public or private health facilities.
• Experience of working in humanitarian settings is an asset.
• Having training in hygiene and tropical medicine is an asset.
• Experience of working in remote health centers preferably in Refugees settings.

Qualification Requirements

• Advanced diploma(A1) or bachelor’s degree (Ao) in General Nursing registered by from National Council of Nurses and Midwifes (with VALID license)

Other Details

Languages Required: • Excellent liaison abilities and good communication skills (French, Kirundi and English preferred).

Languages Preferred: • Language skills in Kinyarwanda, Kirundi, English, and French

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