EPI Nurse at Medecins Du Monde

Location: Maiduguri, Borno
Contract Duration: 3 Months
Supervisor: Medical Supervisor
Technical Supervisor: Nutrition Technical Advisor
Line Reports: None

Tasks Description
Ensure safety vaccination of children:

• Ensure hygiene before administering of vaccine
• Use appropriate dose of vaccine in the right route
• Minimize vaccine wastage
• Follow-up adverse event following immunization (AEFI) among vaccinated children
• Collect all wastes and garbage in link with vaccination activities and transport into the right place
• Cold chain and vaccine management:
• Evaluate the right quantity of vaccines and consumable per day
• Ensure that cool chain are maintained
• Collect data in link with vaccination activities and submit to the nurse or team leader
• Provide sensitization about immunization:
• Sensitization about hygiene and prevention infection
• Explain vaccination importance to mothers and caregivers
• Explain immunization schedule
• Ensure that all mothers and caregivers are understand adverse event following Immunization
• Minor nursing procedures:
• Administering treatment to the patients as per the doctor’s prescription
• Minor dressing and wound care procedures for the patients
• Monitoring patient vital signs
• Reporting and attendance to different meetings:
• Prepare a weekly activities report to submit to MC medical supervisor and Technical Supervisor
• Participate in a pro-active way to MdM internal meetings (medical, security…)
• Participate to all the trainings organized by MDM.

Others:

• Participate in a pro-active way to MdM internal meetings (general management, security…)
• Participate to all the trainings organized by MDM
• Supporting the medical staff for manual tasks
• Profile of the ideal Candidate

Qualifications

• Education (Essential): Diploma in Nursing
• Experience: 2 years
• (Confidentiality, Team Player, ability to work with little or no supervision, people management , Report Writing)
• Additional Skills: Ability to work in low resource field environments.
• Language Skills: Fluent in English (Speaking, Reading, Writing), Kanuri and Hausa are added advantage
• Personal Skills: Ability to work under tight deadlines, team-work, negotiation skils and flexible working hours.