Nurse

Responsibilities:

• 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. Respect medical secrets and confidentiality at all times.
• Organizing and carrying out care and treatments according to medical prescriptions, and assisting during consultations, and other medical procedures. Participating in health education of the patient (and family) when necessary.
• Maintain high standard of infection control rules in the sterilization room in accordance to MSF protocols.
• 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. Participation 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.
• Overlook chain of supply from log and pharmacy by informing the supervisor on items running low and general organization of the store rooms and consultation rooms
• Dispensing medication as prescribed by MDs and give patient counseling.
• Perform quick medical screening and assessment to new patients and existing patients on medical or psychological problems and initiate medical care according to the triage category; and inform the clinician on timely manner.
• Prioritizes & sorts emergency patients received at the front office and passes them through to the MDT responsible for emergencies.
• Increase efficiency of triage process in order to reduce the waiting time for emergency patients by identifying emergency patients and directing them to the MDT responsible.
• Helps to establish and implement client flow with the receptionists and medical team.
• Accompanying patient to referral hospital as requested by referring clinician
• Assists with emergency procedures/first aid when needed
• Assists doctors on consultation room for gynecological examinations.
• Organize the flow of patients and identify possible delays and problems, seeking to solve.
• Carrying out other duties as assigned by the line manager