Nursing Team Supervisor Job Vacancy at Médecins Sans Frontières

JOB VACANCY –- FULL TIME – 100%,  FOR  NATIONAL STAFF ONLY.

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international, independent, medical humanitarian organisation that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural disasters and exclusion from healthcare. MSF offers assistance to people based on need, irrespective of race, religion, gender or political affiliation. MSF is therefore guided by the principles of neutrality and impartiality. These principles must apply to all MSF staff.

Title:                        NURSING TEAM SUPERVISOR

Direct Reports:      NURSING ACTIVITY MANAGER

Location:                 NDUTA KIBONDO      

MAIN PURPOSE

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 speciality.

·         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 human resources needs and maintain high standards of quality.

·         Carry out and/or supervise the ( decentralized) pharmacy and medical equipment management (drugs orders, fol-low-up of the stock, storage conditions, inventories, follow-up of expired drugs and their destruction, drugs con-sumption, 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 mainte-nance 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 all quality of care tasks in the department which include, appropriate nursing care according to protocols, documentation of care provided and quality of care assessment (Files evaluation and practical clinical care) quarterly and bi-annually.

·         Supervise, motivate, caoch and train the nurses in his/her department.

·         Creation, monitor and evalution of the ojectives for the nurses.

·         Monitor admission and discharge criteria in his/her department.

·         Monitor morbidities trends in his/her  department, analyze the situation and report the results to the supervisor

·         Ensuring the flow of patients is respected and patients are admitted to the right ward.

·         Daily, weekly, and monthly data are collected accurately, on time, and submitted to the data office.

IPC responsibilities

–          Carry out the functions and tasks associated to infection prevention and control (IPC).

–          In collaboration with each service activity manager/supervisor, maintain and support the day-to-day implementation of infection prevention and control practices includes standard precautions and risk assessment in health structures in all departments including sterilization, laundry and kitchen.

–          Based on a given patient-diagnosis, collaborates with the medical team to evaluate the need and support for IPC implementation, if needed, for transmission-based precautions (air, droplet and con-tact).

–          In collaboration with the service supervisor, implement transmission-based precautions for air, droplet and contact transmissible diseases when indicated, and monitor adherence.

–          Provide regular clinical and technical supervision, training and support to the staff on IPC related is-sues using existing tools such as audits, checklists, or surveillance.

–          Ensure that organizational aspects in the facility are respected (bed spacing, number of handwashing stations etc…), the correct ‘clean and dirty flows’ inside the healthcare facility and together with the Logistics Manager and Water and Sanitation Supervisor, that the essential WatSan requirements are available in the health structures.

–          Improve compliance with aseptic care technique and the correct use of antiseptics, detergent and disinfectants, through training and audits.

–          Ensure quality, correct and rational use of IPC material and equipment and monitor consumption in-cludes cleaning materials and equipment, PPE, etc.

–          As core member of the Infection Prevention and Control Committee, make sure the meeting is regular, lively and pro-active, facilitating the development and following up the Infection Prevention and Control Action Plan.

–          Participate and coordinate actively in other group/ as Antimicrobial Stewardship and Quality of Care.

–          Provide effective response in case of epidemics and MDRO alert/outbreak and activation of contingen-cy plan and outbreak response committee.

–          Active participation to nursing care regarding IPC aspects.

–          Elaborate regular reporting, and meeting minutes to have updated and reliable information about IPC activities.

–          Shares regular feedback/reports to IPC committee and concerned Supervisors, NAM, MAM, MTL, PMR and staff as needed on positive and points to be improved.

Minimum Educational Qualification:

·         Essential:   Diploma in  Nursing.

·         Desirable : Bachelor of Science in  Nursing. Specialization or training in tropical medicine would be an asset.

·         Must be registered and allowed to practise Under Tanzania Nurses and Midwives Council (TNMC).

Experience: 

Essential:  Working experience of at least two years in nursing activities related jobs.

Desirable:  Working experience in MSF or other NGO’s in developing countries

Knowledge:

·         Computer literacy (word, excel and internet)

Languages:

• Essential mission language: English and Swahili (Kirundi and/or French will be a plus.)

Competencies 

·         Results

·         Teamwork

·         Flexibility

·         Commitment

·         Stress management

Women, people living with a disability or any person feeling like being part of a minority is encouraged to apply. MSF is dedicated to fostering a safe work environment with zero tolerance for any form of abuse.

APPLICATION DETAILS

All interested candidates shall submit their motivation letter,  CV and copy of relevant professional certificates no later than Wednesday  , February 12^th 2025 at 4:00 PM. Please quote the job title on the email subject NURSING TEAM SUPERVISOR

Please send your application to the email address MSFCH-Tanzania-Recruitment@geneva.msf.org. The applications can also be submitted at MSF offices situated at Mikocheni B, Daima street House no 16 Dar es Salaam,  or in Nduta Refugees Camp, Kibondo District or MSF Guest House Kibondo or at MSF office situated in Liwale, Lindi.  

ONLY SHORT-LISTED CANDIDATES WILL BE CONTACTED

If you receive no contact within 6 weeks, you can consider that you have not been pre-selected

The protection of your personal data is important to MSF. By submitting your application, you consent to MSF using your data only for the recruitment process to have all the information and documents necessary to proceed with the recruitment, validation of your application and selection of the most suitable candidate. Your data will be treated confidentially. Only people part of the recruitment process have access to your data. MSF does not sell your data under any circumstances.

If you have any questions or requests, you can contact msfch-tanzania-hrmanager@geneva.msf.org

At MSF, we are committed to an inclusive culture that encourages and supports the diverse voices of our staff members. We strive to create workplaces where teams of people with diverse backgrounds, characteristics, perspectives, ideas, and experiences work together for the social mission of MSF to create better outcomes for the patients and the communities we work with. We welcome applications from individuals of all genders, ages, sexual orientations, ethnicities, background, religions, beliefs, ability status, and all other diversity characteristics.

MSF does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of discrimination or harassment, including sexual harassment. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo reference checks.

Please note that applying to MSF is free of charge, MSF does not charge applicants to consider their application