Nurse – Arsal PHC

-Scope of responsibility:

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

-Function accountabilities include:

• Know, promote, implement and follow at all times the universal hygiene standards/ precautions, bio-hazard prevention and infection control, security rules and other protocols and procedures in the medical premises and ensure high standards of hygiene of his/her working environment .
• Organize and carry out care and treatments according to medical prescriptions, as well as assist them during consultations/ daily rounds and other medical procedures.
• Ensure patients are properly received and installed in the health service. Ensures that patients with lack of autonomy are assisted, especially regarding their feeding, personal hygiene, movements and comfort.
• Respect medical confidentiality
• Carry-out admission, surveillance and follow-up of patients meaning assessment of their health state evolution, and identification of emergency situation or any deterioration,
• Participate in health education of the patient (and family) when necessary
• Participate in the department-related pharmacy and medical equipment control and maintenance (carrying out inventories, carrying out stock takes of medicines and material at every team changeover, ensuring no material is taken out of nursing area/wards without prior authorisation, checking its quality and its functioning, storage conditions, doing follow-up of expired drugs, etc.).
• If applicable, carry out lab tests at the point of care, ensure material is functioning, equipment controlled and maintenance done, follow-up of expiry date consumables and storage conditions done.
• Carry-out and supervise administrative procedures and documents (fill in patients files, forms, consumptions, statistics, etc.), ensure an appropriate written/oral handover, and report any problematic situations and cases that may arise. fill in all necessary registers and health files, participate in data collection and keep doctors/supervisors informed.
• For ER and OPD nurse, ensure triage of patients in waiting areas, wards or during emergencies, detecting the priority acute/emergency cases, carrying out first aid care when necessary and referring them to the doctor.
• If applicable, identify Sexually Gender Based Violence victims and refer them to the medical team, so they can receive the necessary treatment.
• Knows and is aware of the importance and appropriate use of the Post Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) Kit
• Sends material to be sterilized and recuperates it from sterilization.
• Ensuring teamwork and adherence to all appropriate protocols and procedures

-Specific activies linked to the context:

• In case of emergency, carry out first aid care and treatment according to prior written protocol done by the doctor.
• Ensure a relevant transfer of information to the next duty team.
• Report immediately to the direct manager any problem arising in the service, especially the loss/ robbery/damage of medical equipment or medicines.
• Write ECG’s
• Responsible for POC (point of care machine): On a daily basis, tests for NCD patients are done at point of care and results given to the MD
• Perform any other tasks, as requested