Emergency Nurse

Main Purpose:

Providing 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

Accountabilities:

• Knowing, promoting, implementing and following up the universal hygiene standards/ precautions, bio-hazard prevention and infection control, security rules and other protocols and procedures in the medical premises and ensuring high standards of hygiene of his/her working environment. Respecting medical secrets and confidentiality at all times.
• Organizing and carrying out care and treatments according to medical prescriptions, and assisting during consultations, daily rounds and other medical procedures. Participating in health education of the patient (and family) when necessary.
• Identifying Sexually Gender Based Violence victims and referring them to the medical team so they can receive the necessary treatment. Knowing and is aware of the importance and appropriate use of the Post Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) Kit
• Ensuring patients are properly received and installed and that those with lack of autonomy are assisted, especially regarding their feeding, personal hygiene, movements and comfort. For ER and OPD nurse, ensuring triage of patients in waiting areas, wards or during emergencies, detecting the priority acute/emergency cases, carrying out first aid care and referring them to the doctor when necessary
• Sending material to be sterilized and recuperates it from sterilization
• Carrying out admission, surveillance and follow-up of patients (i.e. assessment of the evolution of their state of health and the identification of any emergency situation or deterioration
• Carrying and supervising administrative procedures and documents (fill in patient’s files, forms, consumptions, statistics, registers, health files, etc.), ensuring an appropriate written/oral handover, and reporting any problematic situations and cases that may arise. Participating in data collection and keeping doctors/supervisors informed .
• Participating in the department-related pharmacy and medical equipment control and maintenance (quality and its functioning, storage conditions, follow-up of expired drugs inventories, stock takes of medicines and material at every team changeover ensuring no material is taken out of nursing area/wards without prior authorisation, etc.)
• Perform cleaning and minor maintenance for biomedical equipment used. Following the user manual and protocols and alert supervisor in case of malfunctioning.
• Supervising and training nurse-aids, nutritional assistants, cleaners and other related staff under his/her supervision, ensuring teamwork and adherence to all appropriate protocols and procedures.
• Contributes in MSF support and collaboration with the emergency rooms of MOH hospitals, that prevails in smooth fashion and the challenges are observed and reported to project medical referent in timely fashion.
• Knows, promotes, implements, and follows up the universal hygiene standards and precautions in the working area with the MOPH colleagues in the supported emergency rooms of MOPH hospitals, moreover ensures that the proper PPEs are used.
• Apply the nursing knowledge and skills to coach and train the nurses/nurse aids of MOH emergency rooms to properly nurse the patients.
• Ensures that the nurses are following properly the prescribed treatment of the patients and that 5 rights of medications are observed and practiced.
• Gives constructive feedback to the nurses working in the emergency rooms for the gaps and lacks in the nursing care of the patient for the quality nursing care.
• Observes and elicits needs of trainings among nursing team working in emergency rooms, and in collaboration with project medical referent prepare /plan and deliver trainings to build the capacity of the nursing teams.
• In collaboration with the head nurses hold regular meetings with the nursing teams to listen to their challenges and inputs for further improvement in the quality of care delivered to the patients.  Proper minutes are taken and shared with the project medical referent.
• Participates in collection and analysis of the medical data of emergency rooms, check it’s validity and share with project medical referent in time.
• Daily/monthly attendance sheet of the nurses/nurse aids/hygienists is collected and submitted to HR department of BE.
• Ensures that the patients coming to emergency rooms are treated equaly, any challenge is reported to the project medical referent.
• In collaboration with the ER in charge/head nurse keep a record of the consumption and stock inventory for the donated drugs/consumables from MSF and report any additional request of donation timely to the project medical referent.
• Ensures that the vulnerable patients who are in need of emergency surgeries are timely referred to MSF BE hospital for surgical treatment based on MSF surgical admission criteria.
• Ensures that the Triage system is in place, for the any gaps and improvement prepare and deliver the training, in collaboration with the project medical referent.
• Participate in the organization of the emergency room and ensures proper flow of the patient in the emergency room is observed and maintained.
• Ensures that the patient documents/registers are well maintained and up to date.
• Ensures patient safety is not compromised at all times.
• Ensures patient confidentiality is well maintained

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS:

Education

• Nursing diploma (BS bachelor or science in nursing – from university)
• Or Technical Diploma (LT = license techniques; 4 years and accomplishment of 3 years minimum education)
• MoPH’s license to practice in Lebanon as registered nurse
• Certificate of registration at the Order of Nurses in Lebanon.

Experience

• Minimum 2-years of experience in emergency room is essentials
• A demonstrable experience in supervising and training others in a team setting is desirable

Knowledge

• Essential computer literacy (word, excel)

Languages

• Fluent in English and Arabic (written and spoken)