Full Time
Posted 11 months ago
Job Title: Nurse Supervisor – ITFC
Location: Batagarawa, Katsina
Line Manager: Nurse Activity Manager
Functional Manager: Med Referent
Line Management: Nurses, Nurse Aid and Nutritional Assistant
Mission and Main Activities
- To supervise the overall management and ensure the smooth running of nursing activities, including the supervision of nurses, nurse assistants and paramedic helpers, in order to ensure 24/7 good quality nursing care of patients admitted in ALIMA health program, in collaboration with the doctors and respecting a protocols & guidelines.
Job Description
Staff Supervision:
- Assign duties and coordinate nursing service.
- Updates monthly roster at least 10 days before the end of the month.
- Ensure safety and hygienic working conditions for the staff (know procedures in the case of accidental blood exposure)
- Ensure triage of patients in waiting areas, detecting the priority acute/emergency cases, carrying out first aid care when needed and referring to the doctor.
Managing Patient Flow:
- Ensure patients are properly received and installed into health services. Ensure patients with lack of autonomy are assisted.
- Ensure systematic follow-up of non-attending patients.
- Instruct professional and paraprofessional nursing staff about policies and procedures.
- Evaluate nursing activities to ensure a good patient care, good staff relations, and efficiency of service.
- Plan department workflow and determines priorities
- Observe nursing care (check that nursing care is carried out as directed, treatment administered in accordance with physician’s instructions) and provide direct care as needed
- Ensure cleanliness of clinics and adherence to Universal Precautions.
- Maintain and promotes standards of nursing;
- Instruct preparation and maintenance of patients’ clinical records.
- Identify staff development and training needs;
- Monitor the use of diagnostic services to ensure effective use of resources.
Structure and Equipment:
- Manage the availability, correct use and maintenance of medical supplies, equipment and clinic premises
- Ensure that the infrastructure is maintained in good conditions
- Report any problem to his/her direct supervisor
- Supervises the regular maintenance of the clinics
Human Resources Management Follow up of hospitalized patients:
- Technical referent if required in the selection of new nurses, Assist in the evaluation and professional development of nursing personnel
- Investigate and resolves complaints, or refers unusual problems to his/her direct supervisor.
Reporting:
- Incident report related to nursing activities shall be registered in a special book.
- Monthly data collection for patient referrals, patient education sessions, doctor and nurse consultations, and missed appointments
- Monthly data collection on number of dressings done.
Other activities:
- Attendance at weekly medical and project meetings
- Cover the gap of nurse when required in the project.
- Any other task as deemed necessary by the supervisor but in line with overall job responsibilities.
- Ability to adapt to new circumstances, flexibility
Implementation of prevention measures against abuse of power, gender-based and sexual violence:
- Ensures that his/her team, partners and community members are aware of ALIMA’s policy and have access to information (complaint escalation mechanism, focal point…).
- Facilitates the organization of training and awareness sessions
- Implements standards related to the prevention of abuse of power, gender-based violence and sexual violence.
- Ensures that team members and partners involved in the project (Ministry of Health, national partners, etc.) follow training and awareness sessions and apply the rules for preventing abuse.
- Contributes to creating and maintaining a nurturing and protective environment for his/her team, community members and project partners.
Education
- Diploma in Nursing and BNSc Degree is an added advantage.
- Nutritional training and childcare experience essential.
- 3 years’ experience in similar role
- NGO sector experience needed
Skills / Competencies:
- List of technical competencies required for the position, such as (not exhaustive):
- Planning capabilities, organizational skills,
- Management skills
- Communication skills
- Computer skills (good knowledge of MS Office and specifically excel)
- List of personal qualities required for the position, such as (not exhaustive)
- Diplomacy, good communication and interpersonal skills
- Multi-cultural flexibility or experience, Team Player
- Calm, stress management, patient
- Confidentiality, strong sense of integrity
HOW TO APPLY
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.
Deadline: June 27, 2023
Job Features
Job Category | Nursing/Health Care Work/Frontline |