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Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international, independent, medical humanitarian organisation that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural disasters and exclusion from healthcare. MSF offers assistance to people based on need, irrespective of race, religion, gender or political affiliation...
Job Description
Participate in exploratory missions and assessments.
Together with the other members of the Emergency Team to evaluate, propose and implement plans for medical emergencies.
Responsible for the management of the pharmacy in the field during medical interventions.
Evaluation of the sanitary condition and/or the nutrition level of the population in a specific geographical area, using pre-established evaluation methods
Work as an activity manager/supervisor in an emergency program, such as a vaccination campaign, case management, response to violence.
Replace nurse supervisors or medical activity managers within an MSF-France program in Nigeria.
Requirements
Emergency Nurse Supervisor must be a qualified, registered nurse with at least 4 years of experience. Adheres to the deontology of the Nigerian Nurses’s Association.
Reactivity in the face of emergency.
Capacity to live and work in precarious conditions and as part of a team with people of different competences and cultures
Capable to be simultaneously “present” in the field in the practical sense (pragmatic, reactive, etc.) and have enough detachment from the situation (consider the dynamics of an epidemic, pertinences of the solutions proposed, etc.)
Capability of composing and managing teams.
A great deal of flexibility and a capacity for adaptation.
MSF field experience as well as a working Knowledge of MSF tools (organization, medical protocols, national/international orders, etc.) would count as an added advantage.
(Short Term positions, 2 months)
Job Description
Together with the other members of the Emergency Team to evaluate, propose and implement plans for medical emergencies.
Responsible for the management of the pharmacy in the field during medical interventions.
Work as an activity manager/nurse supervisor in an emergency program, such as a mass casualty response.
Replace nurse supervisors or medical activity managers within an MSF-France program in Nigeria.
Requirements
Emergency Nurse Supervisor must be a qualified, registered nurse with at least 4 years of experience. Adheres to the deontology of the Nigerian Nurses’s Association.
Reactivity in the face of emergency.
Capacity to live and work in precarious conditions and as part of a team with people of different competences and cultures
Capable to be simultaneously “present” in the field in the practical sense (pragmatic, reactive, etc.) and have enough detachment from the situation (consider the dynamics of an epidemic, pertinences of the solutions proposed, etc.)
Capability of composing and managing teams.
A great deal of flexibility and a capacity for adaptation.
MSF field experience as well as a working Knowledge of MSF tools (organization, medical protocols, national/international orders, etc.) would count as an added advantage..
Work Location
The Emergency Team Nurse will be based in Abuja with frequent travel throughout Nigeria, particularly Northern East part of the country. (20% MSF Abuja Office and 80% Field).
Contract
208 working hours per month and roster flexibility required.
Submit your CV, qualifications and a cover letter with contact details to the MSF Admin Office in Abuja ("Application Box" at the Watchmen Desk).
Applications can be submitted in person or by email to: msff-abuja@paris.msf.org
Deadline for the submission of applications: 26th December 2014.
Please make sure to submit your application on or before this date.
NB: only successful applicants will be called for interview.
Notice: No monetary transactions, neither demands of favours in kind, nor other types of favouritism will be tolerated in the recruitment process.
MSF reserves the right to refuse hiring of a candidate having benefitted from such acts. All illicit demands of these types may be pursued through the judicial system.
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