Nurse – North Bekaa - 100% ACTIVITY RATE

Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international medical humanitarian organization created by doctors and journalists in 1971. Today, MSF provides independent, impartial assistance in more than 60 countries to people whose survival is threatened by violence, neglect, or catastrophe, primarily due to armed conflict, epidemics, malnutrition, and exclusion from health care or natural disasters.

MSF is committed to achieving diversity, equity, and inclusion within its workforce irrespective of gender, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, culture, religious and ethnic backgrounds. All job applications will be treated in strictest confidence.

Starting date: ASAP

Type of contract: 100% Intervention Contract, Renewable based on need.

Updated competitive salary package with benefits including allowances, medical coverage, and 5 weeks of paid leave.

Place of work: North Bekaa

Scope of responsibility:

Providing 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.

Function responsibilities include:

• Knowing, promoting, implementing, and following up the universal hygiene standards/ precautions, bio-hazard prevention and infection control, security rules and other protocols and procedures in the medical premises and ensuring high standards of hygiene of his/her working environment. Respecting medical secrets and confidentiality at all times.
• Organizing and carrying out care and treatments according to medical prescriptions, and assisting during consultations, daily rounds, and other medical procedures. Participating in health education of the patient (and family) when necessary.
• Identifying Sexually Gender Based Violence victims and referring them to the medical team so they can receive the necessary treatment. Knowing and is aware of the importance and appropriate use of the Post Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) Kit
• Ensuring patients are properly received and installed and that those with lack of autonomy are assisted, especially regarding their feeding, personal hygiene, movements, and comfort. For ER and OPD nurse, ensuring triage of patients in waiting areas, wards or during emergencies, detecting the priority acute/emergency cases, carrying out first aid care and referring them to the doctor when necessary.
• Sending material to be sterilized and recuperates it from sterilization.
• Carrying out admission, surveillance, and follow-up of patients (i.e. assessment of the evolution of their state of health and the identification of any emergency situation or deterioration.
• Carrying and supervising administrative procedures and documents (fill in patient’s files, forms, consumptions, statistics, registers, health files, etc.), ensuring an appropriate written/oral handover, and reporting any problematic situations and cases that may arise. Participating in data collection and keeping doctors/supervisors informed .
• Participating in the department-related pharmacy and medical equipment control and maintenance (quality and its functioning, storage conditions, follow-up of expired drugs inventories, stock takes of medicines and material at every team changeover ensuring no material is taken out of nursing area/wards without prior authorization, etc.)
• Perform cleaning and minor maintenance for biomedical equipment used. Following the user manual and protocols and alert supervisor in case of malfunctioning.

Supervising and training nurse-aids, nutritional assistants, cleaners, and other related staff under his/her supervision, ensuring teamwork and adherence to all appropriate protocols and procedures.

Specific activities:

• To triage the patients upon arrival
• To prepare the patients before the examination (medical history, allergies, VS, glucose test….) and to fill properly his health card
• To admit patients to the physicians of the Mobile Medical Unit (MMU)
• To assist the medical doctor during consultations, and to perform medical procedures (wound and burn dressings, IV insertions…etc.)
• To provide the patients with medical drugs according to the physician’s prescription
• To participate in health education of the patient (and family) when necessary (how to monitor Body Temperature, educating on medicine use and frequency, isolation of patients…etc.)
• To work on data collection using Kobo Collect data collection tool
• To participate actively in the monitoring and the reporting of communicable diseases (correctly fill in patient forms, statistics, and reports)
• To be aware of patients’ referral options and pathways, and to assist in the facilitation of the movement of referred patients across the checkpoints in collaboration with PC Support
• To witness for any abnormalities in the community (population movement, red flags…etc.), and to respond to any concerns after communication with the supervisor
• To prepare the visit of the next day by replenishing the medical drugs, and to follow-up on the stock and the storage conditions of the drugs
• To ensure that medical equipment is properly operated and maintained and to report malfunctioning to supervisor
• To ensure supply needs for the MMU operations and to make sure all material and equipment are ready for daily activities
• To carry out additional tasks upon MMU FP's request based on the need
• To be flexible to work in the Mobile Clinics, or Hermel or Arsal clinic based on the need

Requirements 

Education

• Essential: Recognized Nursing Degree/Diploma.
• Essential: Bachelor’s degree in science of nursing from a recognized university.
• Essential: Ministry of Public Health - MOPH Practice license as Nurse in Lebanon.
• Essential: Valid certificate of registration at the Order of Nurses in Lebanon.

Experience

• Essential: 2 years of working experience as a nurse.
• Desirable: Previous experience with local and/or international NGOs.

Languages                            

• Essential: Full professional proficiency using the Arabic Language.
• Essential: Limited to full professional proficiency using the English language.
• Desirable: Elementary to limited professional proficiency using the French Language.

Competencies

• Results and Quality Orientation L1
• Teamwork and Cooperation L1
• Behavioural Flexibility L1
• Commitment to MSF Principles L1
• Stress Management L2