Join Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) as a NURSING TEAM SUPERVISOR ā this full time role is based in Mogadishu. Professionals with a background in Health/wash and at least 2 - 3 years of experience are encouraged to apply. Applications are open until Aug, 23. Don't miss this opportunity.
MSF is an independent humanitarian medical organization providing emergency medical aid to populationsin
need. MSF Somalia mission is seeking a qualified person for the position below:
Job Title: NURSING TEAM SUPERVISOR
Work
Location: MOGADISHU; Somalia
Start date: As soon as possible
Length of contract: Fixed term (1year) 100% with 3 monthsā probation period.
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 speciality.
- Organize and coordinate the activities of his/her team (weekās 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, followup 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/NAM/MWAM.
- 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.
Other tasks include, but are not limited to
At Benadir Hospital, among specific responsibilities, the Nursing Team Supervisor's duties include:
Management:
- Supervising and coaching nursing staff, manage the scheduling and assigning of nursing staff to ensure that the service
is covered day and night.
- Assessing and analysing the performance of nursing staff in order to provide them with training, support and guidance
where necessary.
- Evaluating existing initiatives to improve the quality of care and patient safety in order to develop and implement policies
and procedures to effectively achieve the project's objectives.
- Ensuring the availability of staff, medicines, equipment and necessary materials for the best possible care of patients
in the department according to MSF protocol.
- Managing Roster and Attendace sheets and submitting to HR department in timely manner.
- Routine communication and immediate information to line manager/concerned staff in case of any
hurdles/problem/absentees.
Patient Care:
- Ensuring that patients are correctly triaged and classified according to the severity of their condition and that they receive
nursing and medical care at the appropriate time.
- Ensuring quality nursing care (patient observation, vital sign monitoring, and medication administration) is provided to
patients in accordance to MSF nursing guideline, protocol and SOPs.
- Coordinating and overseeing patient care plans, delegating assignments based on staff competency and patient needs,
and ensuring high standards of care.
EXTERNAL VACANCY
- Supervising provision of quality care to the patients (reception, admissions, patient care, safety and comfort,
consultation, individual health education and drug provision) are timely administered, to avoid delays.
- Contributing to maintaining and strengthening the nursing team's capacity to provide effective and rapid emergency
care to critically ill patients admitted to the Neonatology .
- Ensuring nursing care in the departments meet patients' needs in accordance with the full implementation of MSF's
protocols and project strategy.
- Ensuring that in the performance of their duties, the nursing team applies a Ā« Person-centred care Ā» approach to
patients and their families.
Quality of Care:
- Ensuring good scores for quality of care indicators (Patient Identification Audit, Nursing Care Monitoring, Patient
Experience Score, Medical incident Report, Morbidity & Mortality Review, Rational Prescription), and ensure strict
compliance with infection prevention and control measures in Neonatology.
- Creating, implementing, and evaluating policies, procedures, and protocols to maintain standards of care and ensure
staff and patient safety.
Data management and reporting:
- Ensuring qualitative data collection of NICU activities and maitain data confidentiality.
- Compiling and sharing monthly medical report (MMR) with the NAM.
- Ensuring all data collection tools such as registers and sheets are always available and ready to use by the team.
- Sharing on a daily basis with the NAM, the movement of patients (admission, discharge, referral, death, bed occupancy
and average stay) as well as the challenges and proposals for improving the quality of nursing care provided to patients.
Pharmacy management:
- Preparing the medical order of drugs, consumables and materials to respond the needs of NICU.
- Ensuring rational usage of drugs and consumables to correspond with patients in NICU.
- In collaboration with the pharmacy carrying out weekly/biweekly stock inventroy and reporting to line manager.
Teamwork:
- Working in close collaboration with MoH and/or MSF staff according to MSF principles and project objectives, promote
medical ethics, comply with the code of conduct and consider the person at the center of care.
- Working closely with the team to identify training needs and organize sessions within his/her scope of work.
- Make staff roster to quarantee proportionate staff allocation base on need.
- Is available to cover for the absent nurse on duty but only in case of real and urgent need (Should not be a practice to
cover each other).
- Assisting and working closely with the medical doctor and other team members during ward rounds.
Behaviour:
- Promoting and maintaining confidentiality regarding all patientās information and strict compliance with code of conduct.
- Demonstrating flexibility to assume other responsibilities and additional tasks over normal working hours and
according to the needs of the project.
Other duties :
ļ· Participate in Emergency response.
ļ· Carryout anyother duties assigned by line manager.
About Mogadishu
Mogadishu, known locally as Muqdisho, is the capital of Somalia and the country's largest city. It serves as the political, economic, and cultural heart of the nation. The city hosts the headquarters of numerous UN agencies, international NGOs, and government institutions, offering diverse career opportunities for development and humanitarian professionals.
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