Job Type Full Time
Qualification BA/BSc/HND , Others
Experience 3 years
Location Borno
City Maiduguri
Job Field Medical / Healthcare 
Salary Range ₦300,000 – ₦400,000/month
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES
Under the supervision of the Medical Doctor Supervisor, the Nurse will be responsible for the following main activities in order to ensure the quality of care in the mobile clinics:
Realization of the patients triage and taking vital signs
Realization of paramedics acts including vaccination
Implementation of health education sessions
Collection, computerization and analysis of weekly epidemiological data
Reporting and attendance to different meetings
TASKS DESCRIPTION:
Preparation of the medical site
Installation of the clinic setup and the material before the start of each mobile clinic
Prepare all the necessary drugs, material and equipment for mobile clinics and ensure that everything is ready before starting the activities
Realization of the patients triage and taking vital signs
Prepare all the necessary drugs, material and equipment for mobile clinics and ensure that everything is ready before to leave MdM office
Keep always the nurse tools clean and organized
Do the triage of the patients with the medical doctors and give an MDM number to the patients needing a medical consultation
Take weight, temperature and BP for all the patients who have been registered
Give deworming drugs to all the targeted children according to the protocol
Ensure patient confidentiality is respected and treat all the patients with respect and dignity
Identify medical emergencies and refer them immediately to the medical doctor.
Realization of paramedics acts including vaccination
Follow the basic medical rules of hygiene when performing paramedics acts
Realize malaria rapid diagnostic tests according to necessity and/or prescription
Urine dipstick tests to the patients according to necessity and/or prescription
Haemoglobin test according to prescription
Make dressings according to MdM protocols
Do injections according to necessity and/or prescription
Ensure the cleaning and sterilisation of dressing material on a daily basis
Check the immunization status of the children and proceed to proper immunization of targeted children according to EPI calendar
Evaluate the right quantity of vaccines and consumables per day
Health education sessions
Give health education sessions to the patients in the different waiting areas
Spread main messages about health education for the following topics: hygiene, safe water, nutrition, immunization (explain vaccination importance to mothers and caregivers, explain immunization schedule, ensure that all mothers or caregivers have understood adverse event following Immunization), antenatal care, post-natal care, assisted delivery, family planning, ARI, diarrhea, malaria, cholera.
Collection, computerization and analysis of weekly epidemiological data
Perform the daily data collection regarding paramedics acts
Participate to the weekly computerization and analysis of the paramedics data
Reporting and attendance to different meetings
Prepare a weekly activities report to submit to Team Leader
Participate in a pro-active way to MdM internal meetings (medical, security…)
Participate to all the trainings organized by MDM
OTHERS:
Give suggestions to improve the functioning of MDM mobile clinics
Participate to the loading and unloading of the vehicles and to the setting up of the mobile clinics
Participate to weekly physical inventory of mobile clinic pharmacy
Be flexible in performing his/her duties to ensure that beneficiaries are getting good quality services
Perform other additional duties on request of the team leader
Inform immediately the security focal point in case of any security problem in the field.
Because of the emergency relief nature of MDM’s work, working hours may be irregular and employees are expected to be flexible in their approach to working hours under emergency conditions.
He/she works under the supervision of the Medical Supervisor.
The employee shall respect Médecins du Monde – France’s schedule and Terms and Conditions of Engagement for National Staff and is expected to be available anytime in order to answer to an emergency situation and be flexible and available beyond normal working hours if requested.
This job description can be modified according to changes in MDM activities or in the context. It can be amended at any time after mutual consultation, in order to fit the requirements of the programs.
Skills Required
Education (Essential): Diploma / bachelor’s degree in nursing
Experience: 2 years
Confidentiality, Team Player, ability to work with little or no supervision, people management, Report Writing
Additional Skills: Ability to work in low resource field environments.
Language Skills: Fluent in English (Speaking, Reading, Writing), Kanuri and Hausa are added advantage
Personal Skills: Ability to work under tight deadline steam-work, negotiation skils and flexible working hours
IMPORTANT NOTICE:
Only successful applicants will be called for the next steps and are obligated to disclose any information about family member(s) currently in the employment with MDM-France in any location.
No monetary transactions, neither demands of favors in kind, nor other types of favoritism will be tolerated in the MDM recruitment process.
MDM reserves the right to refuse hiring a candidate having benefitted from any such acts. All illicit demands may be pursued through the judicial system.
MDM is an equal opportunity employer and encourages any Nigerian citizen to apply irrespective of race, gender, religion, creed, political affiliation.
Dual Employment is considered gross misconduct and hence not acceptable.
MDM reserves the right to cancel any step or whole of the recruitment process at any stage.
MDM France takes this opportunity to thank all potential candidates for their application.
Candidates are required to submit references upon application.
DISCLAIMER: Please note that MdM does not engage in or accept bribes in exchange for job opportunities. Any attempts to offer or accept bribes will result in immediate disqualification from the recruitment process.”
Due to the nature of this role we will be reviewing applications on an ongoing basis and the role might be filled and closed before the closing date. Early applications are encouraged.
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