Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), is an International Humanitarian Organization providing medical aid to populations in distress, victims of natural and man-made disasters and victims of armed conflict, regardless of race, religion and political believes. For more information, visit our Arabic website, https://www.msf-me.org/ar

Médecins Sans Frontières Brussels is looking for Yemeni nationals to recruit for the following position:

HEAD NURSE

Location: Mocha Project
Contract type: Fixed-term contract 6 months 
Reporting to: Project Medical Referent

MAIN PURPOSE

Defining, ensuring, monitoring and evaluating all patient care related activities in the hospital by providing effective nursing leadership and management of team according to MSF standards and protocols in order to guarantee the continuity and quality of health care in the project.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:    

• Ensuring high quality nursing care, proper functioning of the hospital and the continuity of general medical care provided for patients according to MSF Nursing Guidelines, standards and protocols. 
• Defining nursing objectives, developing/amending nursing guidelines and protocols and collaborating with the Deputy Head Nurse to achieve training objectives and empowerment of supervisors. Ensuring the respect of patient interest and autonomy and the proper implementation and adherence to MSF protocols, standards and procedures.
• Regularly auditing and ensuring the maintenance of and adherence to infection control standards within the health facility.  Keeping a safe hospital environment, intervening and alerting the Medical Coordinator in case of security incidents and hygiene concerns in the hospital.
• Supervising the departments and team under his/her responsibility (IPD, OT, Laundry, strelisation and Hygiene) and following up unit activities with the supervisors. Participating at rounds, attending meetings and facilitating collaborations.
• Planning and supervising, with the support of the HR department, the associated HR processes (recruitment, training/induction, evaluation, potential detection, motivation, development and internal communication) of the nursing staff in the project and other staff under his/her responsibility, in order to ensure having the appropriate team in terms of size, capabilities and skills.
• Ensuring efficient management of the pharmacy (ensuring the weekly orders are done to avoid exceptional orders, managing expired items and regular inventories).
• In coordination with the project biomedical service supervising the appropriate use of medical devices and anticipating and communicating future needs.
• Coordinating with logistics and the Hospital Facilities Manager to ensure that the infrastructure is maintained in good condition, non-food items are tracked and kept and transfer systems in the hospital are organized (e.g. patients and medicines) ensuring appropriate staff and support equipment. 
• Ensuring proper and timely data collection from supervisors and assists in the analysis of monthly data for inpatient and outpatient departments. Prepares the monthly nursing and hygiene SitReps. Reviewing all nursing incident reports and intervenes when necessary.

QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILL REQUIREMENTS:    

Education    

• Nursing diploma

Experience:

• Nursing and systems-level experience (either supervisory or managerial). paediatric experience is an asset.
• MSF experience desirable. 
• Experience in both medical and surgical nursing.
• Good computer competency in all the Microsoft Office programs.

Language: 

•  Fluent in English written and spoked (C1 level minimum).

Competences:

• People Management and Development L2
• Commitment to MSF principles L2
• Behavioural Flexibility L3
• Results and Quality Orientation L3 
• Teamwork and Cooperation L3