Current Opportunities at Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF)

Responsibilities include:

• Performing and carrying out, all necessary complex / advanced installation, maintenance and repair of MSF biomedical equipment and ensuring that as few items are out of service at any given time.

This includes the Following tasks :

• Organizing and participating in the installation of biomedical equipment
• Following the schedule and carrying out preventive and curative maintenance works for the equipment according to the MSF and/or manufacturer's protocols, manuals, and recommendations and ensuring that cleaning and simple maintenance are properly carried out by medical staff
• Reporting any issues or problems on biomed equipment to his/her supervisor and proposing solutions (training of staff on a device, operating procedures, etc.). If maintenance work requires further assistance, documentation or additional tools, this shall be requested from and provided by his/her supervisor.
• Participating in organizing user training where required
• Managing the stock of consumable items, filling in the stock cards, carrying out physical stock inventories, executing orders necessary for renewing stock, avoiding any shortage
• Responsible for the equipment and tools (including extinguishers), checking they are correctly and safely used, maintaining and renewing them when necessary and keeping the inventory updated.
• Keeping working area clean and tidy.
• Ensuring that all record sheets and books related to maintenance are always completed (including date of intervention, replaced parts, problems and solutions) and preparing needed reports before and after any repair or required maintenance
• Ensure the Project inventory (on MEMO) is updated and keep in sync with the medical team regarding machine movements or new arrivals.
• Continue to follow up on repairing pending devices and coordinate with the Mission Biomed team for services provided by the local supplier.
• Prepare the monthly Bio-medical project report and share it with the project and mission teams.
• Conduct biomedical user training sessions.
• Coordinate with the mission Biomed team to place international orders for spare parts and monitor stock levels and back orders.
• Conduct daily rounds in hospital departments with department supervisors to ensure biomedical machines are in good condition.
• In consultation with MoH BioMed/Electrician seek solutions for challenges related to biomedical equipments and installations in the IPD wards and MoH Lab
• Support in the installation, maintenance and repair of MSF supported Cold-chain equipment in decentralized sites
• Act as the backup for the Project Electrician

Qualifications & Requirements:
Education

• Diploma as Biomedical technician preferred; Diploma as mechanical or electrical technician; Demonstrable technical skills and understanding

Experience

• Experience in the technical field. (Minimum 2 years’ experience) ; Pedagogical skills are an asset

Languages

• Essential local language Kiswahili and English

Competencies/Skills

• Adherence to MSF principles; Flexibility of behaviour; Stress management
• Teamwork and cooperation; service oriented, results and quality oriented

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Accountabilities

• Participate in the planning, organization and coordination of Mental Health activities, in close collaboration with other medical team members, in order to ensure an efficient and effective implementation of the resources needed while maintaining high levels of quality in Mental Health MSF programs and activities.
• Coordinates activities of counselling services with other relevant actors and liaises with the local counterparts (like MoH, WHO, ICRC and NGO) on mental health matters, including referral services.
• Supervise the daily mental health activities and patient support according to MSF protocols and standards in order to provide the most appropriate support for clients with psycho social needs
• Liaise with the other MSF team members of the project.
• Supervise, in close coordination with the HR department, the associated processes (recruitment, training/induction, evaluation, potential detection, development and communication) of the staff under his/her responsibility in order to ensure both the sizing and the amount of knowledge required
• Oversee the administrative processes associated with psychosocial functioning.
• When needed, give psychological support to patients according to MSF protocols to improve mental health conditions of patients and enhance their functionality.
• Compile the data and statistic linked with MH activities and report to MAM.
• Offer clinical counselling supervision to mental health counsellors.
• Ensure the patient’s related information is kept confidential
• Ensure updated protocol and tools are used. Drugs are prescribed according to the standard list. Admission and discharge criteria for the MH patients are respected.
• Client files registration books maintenance: Compile and analyze data linked to MH activities and report to the Hospital Director.
• Ensure patient education is provided at the waiting are of mental health clinic as well as individually coordinate the defaulter tracing health education with the outreach supervisor.
• Train team under your supervision, and ensure/ follow up the implementation of knowledge training.
• Liaise with key staffs and team members in the project, in order to ensure an efficient and effective implementation of the resources needed, while maintaining high levels of quality in MH program and activities.
• Offer clinical supervision to MH officer, psychosocial counselor and MH auxiliary nurses in collaboration with the Hospital Director.
• Organize weekly departmental weekly meetings and document the recommendation /decision/ and the formulate action points in order to follow up.
• Upon request in the emergency set up coordinate or directly participate in the stabilization of unstable psychiatric patients in the clinical setting (ER or wards).
• Emergency preparedness team member: attend to any mass emergency in the project area. The role of the supervisor and other mental health officers is as indicated in the project Mass Casualty Plan.
• Use and enforce the use of appropriate PPE’s provided by the facility while in the clinical setting and also when attending to patients.
• Perform any other duty assigned by direct supervisor.

Requirements

Education

• Essential: Degree in psychology or other mental health related field.

Experience

• Mental health and psychosocial related experience of at least 2 years is essential.
• Supervisory skills are desirable.
• NGO experience is desirable