Summary
Date Posted: Saturday, March 19, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
MSF France Mathare project is looking to fill the position of a Trauma Nurse. The successful candidate reports to the Emergency Services Supervisor.

Objective of the Position:
To provide nursing care, treatment and follow-up of patients, according to doctors’ prescriptions, protocols applied in service and universal hygiene standards/precautions, in order to ensure the quality and continuity of care for the targeted population.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
• Applying medical code and ethics at all time
• Patient centered care
• Know and apply MSF principles in any medical activity
• Provision of quality medical care according to medical priorities to ensure the quality of triage
• Trauma Room activities
• Clinical examination and assessment of patients in the trauma room with stabilization and referral to appropriate health facility.
• Manage medical emergencies and consult Clinical Officer on duty in any case that requires more technical capacity
• Examination of patients as per the standard emergency care guidelines on trauma patients, medical, surgical, obstetric and paediatric emergencies.
• Ambulance activities
• Provide First Aid, Basic Life Support including but not limited to airway management, ventilator support, circulatory and shock management, clinical assessment, orthopaedic care, and patient extrication and safety.
• Provide Advanced life support, medication administration, obstetrics management, medical emergencies and trauma care to medical emergencies
• Emergency Medical Dispatch activities
• Identifies and localizes the victim
• Evaluates the degree of emergency
• Organization/Pharmaceutical commodity management
• Support in pharmaceutical commodity management in Ambulance and Trauma room: inventory, consumptions and order (accordingly with the requirements of the department).
• Mass casualty Incidents
• Ensure team and patients safety during Mass casualty incidents.
• Ensure triaging and management of the patients according to triage category.
• Ensuring accurate and complete documentation
• Complete, comprehensive documentation of patient condition, all interventions and advice provided in the patient forms and/or medical legal documents as per protocols.

Requirements
Education
• Essential recognized nurse degree/diploma
Experience
• Desirable 2 years of previous experience as a Nurse and previous experience in other NGO’s.
• Previous experience with MSF is a plus

Languages
• Fluency in English and Kiswahili is a must, local languages essential.

Competencies/Skills
• Results, teamwork, flexibility, commitment, service
• Applicants MUST be Kenyan nationals and have the necessary statutory documents (ID, NSSF, NHIF, PIN certificate).

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 24

Level of Education: Associate Degree

Job application procedure
Candidates meeting the above qualifications are requested to submit a motivation letter and an updated Curriculum Vitae as a single file mentioning on the subject email line, “Trauma Nurse”, or “Nurse Counsellor” to:
Email: msff-kenya-recruitment@paris.msf.org

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