Registered Nurse for Dispensary

Mental health nurses work as part of a team of professional and medical staff that includes doctors, social workers, therapists and psychiatrists. The nurse is responsible of providing quality nursing care to all patients at Restart Center projects.

1. Assessing and planning nursing care requirements
2. Organizing workloads - Medication management - Vaccination
3. Reporting

• Distribute and deliver drugs according to the medical prescription
• Ensure chronic therapy/drugs are available and at reach for patients at all times.
• Ensure the chronic therapy is strictly followed, as advised by doctor
•  Follow-up with the medical consultants to complete their prescription in case of incomplete information (dosage, duration, follow up dates…).
• Indicate the dosage of the drugs on the drug dispensing bag.
• Provide the needed Guidance to the patients on how to take and comply to the treatment and explain the side effects.
• Build relationships with, reassuring, listening and talking to patients. As well as combating stigma and helping patients and their families deal with it.
• Agree and review care plans and monitoring progress.
• Giving advice and arranging support for patients, relatives and liaising with doctors, social workers and other professionals.
• Assess treatment success at case conferences and meetings.
• Closely collaborate (on regular basis) with the pharmacist and pharmaceutical companies regarding the procurement of medications.
• Write and update patient records.
• Closely Collaborate with the Senior Finance Officer and Project coordinator regarding procurement of drugs and related expenditures.
• Conduct physical examination a first assessment when needed.
• To prepare and perform health education sessions, where the nurse Is intitled to diffuse key messages re hygiene, safe water, nutrition, family planning ….)
• Participate actively in the monitoring and the reporting of medical activities (correctly fill in patient files, forms, statistics, reports)
• Ensure a relevant transfer of information to line manager
• Perform monthly report on the number of patients receiving drugs and other variables…
• In emergency cases, referral/ accompany/ follow-up of the patient to higher level care.

Competences

• Analytical skills (decision-making capacity and global vision of the project)
• Teamwork (ability to work with other people, whether they be medical or non-medical – bear in mind other priorities...)
• Ability to act as part of a multi-cultural and multidisciplinary team.

• Quality-driven (go beyond his/her “formal” responsibilities seeking quality outputs and improvement of working processes)
• Problem solving capacity
• Communication skills (capacity to listen and communicate in an effective, specific, positive way)
• Flexibility (capacity to adjust to changes, willing to go beyond her/his job profile if needed).