Nurse - Back-Up Position

Main purpose:

• Providing nursing care, treatment and follow-up of patients, according to doctors’ prescriptions, protocols applied in service and universal hygiene standards/precautions, in order to ensure the quality and continuity of care for the targeted population.

Accountabilities:

• 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 with procedures and exams in the emergency and or consultation room.

• Collects and perform patients' lab tests, vital signs and documentation of the same in the patients file.

• Responsible for the emergency rooms medical equipment and updating the emergency trolley at the request of the MAM.

• Carrying out other duties as assigned by the line manager