Nurses Aid at Medecins Sans Frontieres

Job Description

• Assist in nursing activities with hospitalised patients, according to nurses and doctors prescriptions, protocols applied in service and universal hygiene standards, in order to ensure delivering a comfort care and a proper management of patients’ basic needs.
• Assist the nurse in organizing and providing care and treatments to patients, respecting the rules of hygiene, safety, comfort, dignity, medical secret, at all times.
• Ensure cleanliness of his/her working environment (including facilities, material, linen, equipment, and carrying out the sorting and disposal of waste)
• Compensate patients’ possible lack of autonomy by assisting and helping them in feeding, personal hygiene, movements and general comfort.
• Participate in the surveillance and monitoring of the patient and report to the nurse of any relevant information.
• Give response to nurse’s requirements in case of an emergency.
• Participate in the basic health education sessions.
• Participate in the monitoring of nursing activities (correctly fill in patient files, etc.) and ensure a relevant transfer of information between duty teams.
• Report any problem arising in the care unit, especially the loss, robbery or damage of equipment or medicines.
• Work together with the nurses, cleaners and care-takers.
• Participate actively in the hospital platform (meetings, committee,.) and trainings
• Participate in any other related activities as requested by the line manager

Requirements

• Experience as auxiliary nurse is required
• Diploma of CHEW or EHO is desirable
• Fluency in spoken English and Hausa language

Method of Application
Submit your CV, copies of diplomas, qualifications and a cover letter (with reference NAIDJU15) with contact details to:

ADMIN OFFICE – MSF
Plot 82, OLD GRA (behind Lagos house) Kolo Road Galtimari,
Maiduguri, Borno state, Nigeria

Deadline for the submission of applications: 16th of August 2015.

NB: only successful applicants will be called for interview.

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Job Description

• Assist in nursing activities with hospitalised patients, according to nurses and doctors prescriptions, protocols applied in service and universal hygiene standards, in order to ensure delivering a comfort care and a proper management of patients’ basic needs.
• Assist the nurse in organizing and providing care and treatments to patients, respecting the rules of hygiene, safety, comfort, dignity, medical secret, at all times.
• Ensure cleanliness of his/her working environment (including facilities, material, linen, equipment, and carrying out the sorting and disposal of waste)
• Compensate patients’ possible lack of autonomy by assisting and helping them in feeding, personal hygiene, movements and general comfort.
• Participate in the surveillance and monitoring of the patient and report to the nurse of any relevant information.
• Give response to nurse’s requirements in case of an emergency.
• Participate in the basic health education sessions.
• Participate in the monitoring of nursing activities (correctly fill in patient files, etc.) and ensure a relevant transfer of information between duty teams.
• Report any problem arising in the care unit, especially the loss, robbery or damage of equipment or medicines.
• Work together with the nurses, cleaners and care-takers.
• Participate actively in the hospital platform (meetings, committee,.) and trainings
• Participate in any other related activities as requested by the line manager

Requirements

• Experience as auxiliary nurse is required
• Diploma of CHEW or EHO is desirable
• Fluency in spoken English and Hausa language

Method of Application
Submit your CV, copies of diplomas, qualifications and a cover letter (with reference NAIDJU15) with contact details to:

ADMIN OFFICE – MSF
Plot 82, OLD GRA (behind Lagos house) Kolo Road Galtimari,
Maiduguri, Borno state, Nigeria

Deadline for the submission of applications: 16th of August 2015.

NB: only successful applicants will be called for interview.