Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international, independent, non-profit medical humanitarian organization that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, pandemics, natural disasters and exclusion from healthcare. MSF started working in Yemen since 1986 and have been present in the country continuously since 2007. Today, MSF works in 23 hospitals across the country and provides support to more than 17 health facilities across 13 governorates, in line with our principles of independence, impartiality and neutrality. For more information, visit our Arabic website, www.msf-me.org

Médecins Sans Frontières Belgium in Yemen mission is looking for Yemeni nationals to recruit for the NURSING TEAM SUPERVISOR position.

Location: PHCCs and outreach activities in Aden and Lahj governorates
Contract duration: Six (6) months, with the possibility of extension
Contract type: Fixed-Term contract 
Reporting to: Nurse Activity Manager

Main Purpose:

Plan, organize, and evaluate the activities concerning nursing and the team associated, according to MSF values, policies and protocols and universal health standards, in order to warrant the quality and continuity of the health care and the development of the plan of action. 

Accountabilities:

• Carry out the functions and tasks associated to nursing i.e. perform as a nurse or anesthetist, whenever required or needed, in order to optimize the resources, contributing with his/her knowledge and experience. 
• Implement all the protocols and hygiene procedures and supervise his/her team follow the same standards, in order to warrant the quality of the care and service in his/her specialty.
• Organize and coordinate the activities of his/her team (week’s schedule, annual leave, absences, etc.), evaluate their performance and define and ensure the needs for training of staff, in order to ensure the coverage of the hu-man resources needs and maintain high standards of quality.
• Carry out and/or supervise the (decentralized) pharmacy and medical equipment management (drugs orders, follow-up of the stock, storage conditions, inventories, follow-up of expired drugs and their destruction, drugs consumption, etc.) in his or her department, in order to satisfy the needs of material with efficiency and effectiveness.
• Ensuring that all staff using medical devices are qualified and trained. Ensuring that cleaning and minor maintenance tasks are performed according to the protocols. Reporting any malfunction to the project biomedical service.
• Carry-out and/or coordinate administrative (exit-paper, transfer-paper, etc.), information and data collection (patient files, forms, statistics, etc.) tasks, and elaborate regular reporting, in order to have updated and reliable information about the day-to-day activity in the project, output/ outcome and support decision-taking.
• Give feedback/ reports to medical focal point.

MSF Section/Context Specific Accountabilities:

• Supervise nursing activities and ensuring effective organization of primary health services and quality of care across the supported facilities.
• Provide ongoing technical supervision and capacity building to MSF/non-MSF nursing staff, identifying training needs. 
• Monitor and ensure the correct implementation of MSF and national clinical protocols, guidelines, and infection prevention and control standards, taking corrective action when gaps are identified.
• Support continuous quality improvement initiatives and respond to fluctuations in patient load or emergency situations as needed.
• Provide coverage for nursing gaps when required and act as the focal point in the absence of the NAM.
• Contribute to initial and ongoing health facilities assessment, identifying needs and gaps in services, staffing, IPC, patient flow, etc.
• Collaborate closely with the medical team (MDs, pharmacy, mental health, midwifery, health promotion and data) to ensure integrated service delivery, appropriate referrals, rational drug use, and accurate data reporting.
• Contribute to project medical reporting and data collection by ensuring accurate, timely, and complete documentation.
• Collaborate and report to NAM/Logistics and EH team when identify structural damage, infrastructure issues, and facility needs requiring maintenance or improvement.
• Networking and maintain a professional and collaborative relationship with MoH staff and other relevant health actors operating in the area to support coordination and continuity of care.
• Identify and report any security concerns or contextual risks to the Operations/ Medical Coordination team.
• Provide regular feedback and reporting to NAM/PMR regarding challenges, planning, gaps, and improvement actions.
• Attend and participate in MSF medical and project meetings and capacity building activities.
• Maintain flexibility to work across all project locations according to operational needs.

Job requirements

Education: Nurse diploma essential

Experience:     

• Essential 2 years of previous experience as a nurse. 
• Having worked in MSF or other NGOs and in developing countries is desirable. 
• Essential 1 year of previous experience as a nurse supervisor.
• Desirable experience in Primary health centers settings.

Knowledge:     

• Fluent in written and spoken English (at least B2 level)
• Essential computer literacy