Jobs at Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF)

MSF France Mathare project is looking to fill the position of a Trauma Nurse. The successful candidate reports to the Emergency Services Supervisor.

Objective of the Position:

To provide nursing care, treatment and follow-up of patients, according to doctors’ prescriptions, protocols applied in service and universal hygiene standards/precautions, in order to ensure the quality and continuity of care for the targeted population.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Applying medical code and ethics at all time
• Patient centered care
• Know and apply MSF principles in any medical activity
• Provision of quality medical care according to medical priorities to ensure the quality of triage
• Trauma Room activities
• Clinical examination and assessment of patients in the trauma room with stabilization and referral to appropriate health facility.
• Manage medical emergencies and consult Clinical Officer on duty in any case that requires more technical capacity
• Examination of patients as per the standard emergency care guidelines on trauma patients, medical, surgical, obstetric and paediatric emergencies.
• Ambulance activities
• Provide First Aid, Basic Life Support including but not limited to airway management, ventilator support, circulatory and shock management, clinical assessment, orthopaedic care, and patient extrication and safety.
• Provide Advanced life support, medication administration, obstetrics management, medical emergencies and trauma care to medical emergencies
• Emergency Medical Dispatch activities
• Identifies and localizes the victim
• Evaluates the degree of emergency
• Organization/Pharmaceutical commodity management
• Support in pharmaceutical commodity management in Ambulance and Trauma room: inventory, consumptions and order (accordingly with the requirements of the department).
• Mass casualty Incidents
• Ensure team and patients safety during Mass casualty incidents.
• Ensure triaging and management of the patients according to triage category.
• Ensuring accurate and complete documentation
• Complete, comprehensive documentation of patient condition, all interventions and advice provided in the patient forms and/or medical legal documents as per protocols.

Requirements

Education

• Essential recognized nurse degree/diploma

Experience

• Desirable 2 years of previous experience as a Nurse and previous experience in other NGO’s.
• Previous experience with MSF is a plus

Languages

• Fluency in English and Kiswahili is a must, local languages essential.

Competencies/Skills

• Results, teamwork, flexibility, commitment, service
• Applicants MUST be Kenyan nationals and have the necessary statutory documents (ID, NSSF, NHIF, PIN certificate).

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MSF France Mathare project is looking to fill the position of a Nurse Counsellor. The successful candidate reports to the Youth Clinic Activity Manager.

Objective of the Position:

Provide counselling and nursing care during community health promotion and awareness forums to populations according to protocols applied in service in order to ensure the quality and continuity of care for the targeted population.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Provision of counselling activities to SGBV survivors during community awareness forums and further referral to the clinic.
  • To provide counselling support to the clients according to the protocol
  • To provide information to the general public including children, youth and adolescents during health promotion regarding sexual violence, prevention and management
• To provide psychological first aid to survivors in distress and schedule follow up appointments and referral.
  • Facilitate individual and group counselling sessions on site before referral to the clinic
  • Together with the Health Promotion team identify the medical, psychological and social challenges of clients and advise the medical team accordingly.
  • To provide online psychological support through phone calls, WhatsApp media
• To provide continuous medical education to facilities on SGBV management
  • In collaboration with the health promotion team identify facilities that require /request support in SGBV management
  • Capacity build health workers to identify and detect cases of sexual violence in their clinics
  • Provide routinely continuous medical education to nurses in the county in SGBV management
  • Provide education to schools, colleges and tertiary institutions on issues regarding SRH and sexual violence
•  To provide HTS (HIV testing services); carry out pre and post-test counselling and testing for clients during outreach programs and refer clients appropriately after testing
• For specific follows-up
  • To provide vaccines injections in schools or where group therapies have been carried
  • To do a basic medical follow-up if required, to document it in the patient file and in the data collection tool
• Responsible for documentation and communication
  • To document all consultations in the patient file and communicate as needed with the clinical psychologist, SGBV supervisor, and HP Supervisor
• To participate in any other program activities as will be required and provide input to the department: i.e. departmental and team meetings, ongoing education sessions
• To provide feedback from community on MSF services and activities to the trauma team and SGBV in regard to feedback received while on health promotion

Requirements

Education

• Essential recognized nurse degree/diploma; training in counselling

Experience

• Desirable 2 years of previous experience as a Nurse and previous experience in other NGO’s.

Languages

• Fluency in English and Kiswahili

Knowledge

• Required computer skills (e.g. excel, word)

Competencies/Skills

• Results, teamwork, flexibility, commitment, service
• Applicants MUST be Kenyan nationals and have the necessary statutory documents (ID, NSSF, NHIF, PIN certificate).