Belgium

Candidate profile

Qualifications

• Registered nurse
• 3 years field experience with MSF or a comparable organization in developing countries
• Experience in clinical and management roles in primary and secondary healthcare
• Experience in paediatrics/neonatology - ICU/ER - wound care
• Good oral and written communication in English and French.

Assets

• Any additional operational language
• Training skills: experience in coaching and training of staff.
• Analytical skills (i.e. assessment - analysis - action plan)
• Written and oral communications skills.
• Ability to set priorities and organize his/her own work
• Ability to plan and organize in stressful environmental.
• Good teamwork and cooperation capacity / Excellent team player
• Mobile & flexible
• Proactive and willing to propose innovative ideas and solutions rapidly

Adherence to the MSF principles

Adhere to our managerial values: Respect, Transparency, Integrity, Accountability, Trust, Empowerment

Conditions

• Fixed-term contract 9 months - Full-time
• Based minimum 70% in the field and the rest of the time at OCB HQ Brussels
• Field position : salary according to MSF-OCB Field salary scale, legal leaves + “recuperation” leaves
• Starting date: 1th of April
  

Deadline for applications: February, 07th 2018

Interested candidates should send a cover letter and curriculum vitae stating MIO NURSING in the title, by e-mail to Caroline Maes - caroline.maes@brussels.msf.org

Context

Following the operational trends that include bigger hospitals with increased number of beds, volume of activities, complexity of care and a higher level of technicality, OCB wants to invest in ensuring adequate, sustained and good quality nursing care.

The MIO Nursing Care will provide direct technical support to nurses in the field, in strict collaboration with the Nursing Care referent.

She/he will be in charge of assessing the nursing care practices in the field and giving guidance and support for implementing nursing care best practices in line with OCB recommendations, protocols and guidelines.

Job Profile

In order to improve the quality and safety of nursing care, the MIO Nursing Care will :

1.       Assess the current nursing care practice in the project, in collaboration with the concerned people and with special attention to:

• general overview of the unit/service: unit structure - general material - medical equipment - staff safety and confort - patient safety and confort.
• supervision of activities at unit level: nursing HR management - nursing activities - knowledge management - learning and competencies development - follow up of the quality of care/nursing indicators - end-user pharmacy management (GPP protocol/policy).
• clinical nursing care: patient admission and discharge - patient information management - medical round - patient observations - basic patient nursing care - medications administration - IV line management - pressur ulcers - patient feeding - urinary catheter - pain management - peri-operative care - wound care - emergency/critical cases.

2.       Compile and analyse the results of the assessment, always in collaboration with the concerned people, in order to identify gaps in the curent nursing care practice in the project.

3.       Support the field nursing team in preparing an improvement plan which includes:

• specific objectives;
• clear priotities;
• a comprehensive strategy;
• tools for the correct deployment of the strategy.

4.       Set-up a follow-up plan which includes:

• guidance for  the field team for regularly assessing nursing care practices;
• promotion of correct use of tools for monitoring the evolution of the quality and safety of the patient care with standard indicators.

The MIO Nursing Care will support the field during the deployment of new protocols, guidelines and medical devices/material linked to nursing care. He/she will:

• help projects in adapt strategies and tools for training and competencies development of nursing staff;
• give advices on how to plan changes in practices due to new protocols, guidelines and medical devices/material in order to maximaxie the positive impact on the quality of care and minimize risks

• propose follow-up strategies to monitor the impact of those deployment on the nursing care provided to our beneficiaries.

Following the continuous development of specialized nursing care in the field, the MIO Nursing Care will support projects in specific topics such as:

• Neonatal care (NICU, step-down and kangaroo mother care);
• Paediatric care (PICU and paediatric care);
• Emergency care (ER and in-hospital emergency care);
• Intensive care (ICU level 1-2-3).

As MSF hospital based projects are increasing in number, size (in terms of beds and staff) and level of care, the MIO Nursing Care will:

1.       Support Ward Head Nurses in:

• implementing MSF nursing care protocol and hygiene procedures;
• organizing and coordinating care activities;
• managing human resources (at unit level);
• managing the end-user pharmacy;
• assessing and improving nurses technical competencies.

2.       Support Nursing directors in:

• planning and organizing all nursing related activities;
• coordinating and supervising the implementation of MSF protocol and guidelines;
• ensuring administrative procedures and documentation;
• supervising the management of pharmacy and biomedical ctivities (in cooperation wothall other relevant actors);
• planning and supervising all HR related process (recruitment, training, evaluation, etc..);
• monitoring the overall quality and safety of the nursing care provided to patients.

CANDIDATE PROFILE

Qualifications

• Previous humanitarian experience with an IO/INGO is mandatory
• Minimum 5 years in the field with an IO/INGO, 2 years in volatile context
• 2 years’ experience in a coordination position (Field Coordinator, Head of Mission, Emergency Coordinator)
• Strong interest and commitment to evolve in the risk management field of activity
• Experience in coaching and training of staff
• Excellent written and oral communications skills
• Ability to set priorities and organize his/her own work
• Fluent written and spoken English and French

Personal competences

• Ability to work independently
• Ability to plan and organize in stressful environment
• Strong capacity to work under pressure
• Sense of humor (even caustic) is highly appreciated

CONDITIONS

• 1 year “MIO contract” (fixed-term field contract) -  full-time
• Field position : salary according to MSF-OCB Field salary scale
• Position based in Brussels but mainly carried out (up to 70% of the time) in the field.
• starting  as soon as possible
  

Deadline for applications: February 15, 2018

Please submit all applications only by email to Delphine Evrard, at Recruit-HQ-Operations@brussels.msf.org stating “RM Trainer & Advisor” in the title

To apply, please, provide:

−      CV and Motivation letter

−      Your answers to the following questions (word document,A4, “Calibri” police, size 11)

1)    What are the main topics to consider in a NGO risk management framework? (bullet-points)

2)    How do you see your role regarding the decision making line? (5 lines max.)

3)    If you have to design training, what are the main elements to consider? (bullet-points)

4)    What evokes, for you, the concept of human factor in the risk management? (10 lines max.)

5)    From your NGO experience, describe a situation where you had to take a decision under uncertainty. What were the factors you have considered? (20 lines)

CONTEXT

The MIO Risk Management (RM) Trainer & Adviser contributes to the security and safety support to the missions of MSF-OCB in terms of training, assessment and advisement.

He/She is a member of the Risk Management Unit (RMU), belonging to the Operation (OPS) department  

He/she reports regularly to the MSF-OCB Security Focal Point on the state of projects within his/her domain.

JOB PROFILE

Capacity Building and Training

• Conduct RM trainings at the headquarter and field level
• Evaluate needs for new trainings
• Contribute to the design & elaboration of the training’s offer in the RM area of expertise

Security assessment, Risk Analysis & Risk reduction

• Conduct RM assessment & contribute to the Risk Analysis and Risk Reduction process for the benefit of the missions
• Contribute to the design and elaboration of operational tools concerning RM of the MSF-OCB missions
• Contribute to the RMU operational research projects

Security support to the field

• On request, provide an operational support to the missions for the design and implementation of RM procedures in the field
• Contribute to promote an embedded RM culture among MSF-OCB missions

Other Tasks

• Assist and back-up the Security Focal Point on request.
• Participate to the daily administration of the MSF-OCB incident reporting system.
• Participate to the researches of MSF-OCB in the RM area of interest.

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