Working as nursing activity manager in the field
As a nursing manager, you will generally manage teams. In a hospital, you may be required to work in any department.
For example, you could help organize a mass vaccination campaign or participate in health assessments when there is a mass influx of people fleeing conflict. You may also lead a prevention programme, for example to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV/AIDS, or work in a nutrition centre, or on malaria.
Responsibilities
- Supervise the nursing care provided by teams in the various contexts where MSF operates (hospitals, clinics) to ensure good nursing practices while respecting human dignity, with the aim of improving the quality of care and listening to patients.
- Provide technical assistance when needed to ensure the quality of nursing care, confidentiality, traceability of information, patient monitoring and the application of therapeutic and sterilisation rules.
- Manage, train and supervise nursing staff or community healthcare providers in activities such as recruitment, job description definition, skills development, staff briefing/debriefing, staff evaluation and schedule monitoring
- Participate and ensure good resource management:
- pharmacy management and orders
- administrative procedures, patient files, registers, data collection
Requirements
- At least three years of study: certified nursing degree
- Two years of professional nursing experience after graduation, preferably in the following areas: internal medicine, emergency care, paediatrics, neonatology, intensive care, geriatrics, surgery. Versatile experience is required (adults and children)
- At least six months of clinical experience in the last 24 months
- Diploma in tropical medicine (minimum eight weeks of classes) or two months of nursing experience in a tropical environment. A diploma in tropical medicine is not mandatory for nursing staff specialising in emergency care.
- Fluent English and/or French
- Available for a minimum of six months
General skills
- Commitment to MSF’s work and values
- Strong team player, ability to work in a multidisciplinary team
- Willingness to work in all kinds of contexts worldwide, including unstable areas
- Adaptable and able to work in a multicultural team
- Flexible and able to manage stress
- Self-driven with a solution-oriented approach
- Ability to train others
- Ability to question yourself
Assets
- Experience or qualification in infection prevention and control
- Professional experience in contexts similar to our areas of intervention
- Experience in emergency situations
- Experience in team management
- Fluency in another MSF working language (Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, etc.)
Depending on activities and needs, your level of responsibility may be adjusted and evolve according to the specificities of each project and the composition of the field team. You will not face these challenges alone; other MSF team members (both international and locally hired staff) will support you.
We encourage applications from people of all genders, ages, sexual orientations, backgrounds, religions, beliefs, abilities and all other characteristics of diversity.
MSF does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of discrimination or harassment, including sexual harassment. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo reference and criminal record checks.
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