Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, February 05 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
MAIN PURPOSE
ACCOUNTABILITIES
· Carry out the functions and tasks associated to nursing i.e. perform as a nurse or anesthetist, whenever required or needed, in order to optimize the resources, contributing with his/her knowledge and experience.
· Implement all the protocols and hygiene procedures, and supervise his/her team follow the same standards, in order to warrant the quality of the care and service in his/her speciality.
· Organize and coordinate the activities of his/her team (week’s schedule, annual leave, absences, etc.), evaluate their performance and define and ensure the needs for training of staff, in order to ensure the coverage of the human resources needs and maintain high standards of quality.
· Carry out and/or supervise the ( decentralized) pharmacy and medical equipment management (drugs orders, fol-low-up of the stock, storage conditions, inventories, follow-up of expired drugs and their destruction, drugs con-sumption, etc.)in his or her department, in order to satisfy the needs of material with efficiency and effectiveness.
· Ensuring that all staff using medical devices are qualified and trained. Ensuring that cleaning and minor mainte-nance tasks are performed according to the protocols. Reporting any malfunction to the project biomedical service.
· Carry-out and/or coordinate administrative (exit-paper, transfer-paper, etc.), information and data collection (patient files, forms, statistics, etc.) tasks, and elaborate regular reporting, in order to have updated and reliable information about the day-to-day activity in the project, output/ outcome and support decision-taking.
· Give feedback/ reports to medical focal point.

MSF SECTION/CONTEXT SPECIFIC ACCOUNTABILITIES
· Supervise all quality of care tasks in the department which include, appropriate nursing care according to protocols, documentation of care provided and quality of care assessment (Files evaluation and practical clinical care) quarterly and bi-annually.
· Supervise, motivate, caoch and train the nurses in his/her department.
· Creation, monitor and evalution of the ojectives for the nurses.
· Monitor admission and discharge criteria in his/her department.
· Monitor morbidities trends in his/her department, analyze the situation and report the results to the supervisor
· Ensuring the flow of patients is respected and patients are admitted to the right ward.
· Daily, weekly, and monthly data are collected accurately, on time, and submitted to the data office.

IPC responsibilities
– Carry out the functions and tasks associated to infection prevention and control (IPC).
– In collaboration with each service activity manager/supervisor, maintain and support the day-to-day implementation of infection prevention and control practices includes standard precautions and risk assessment in health structures in all departments including sterilization, laundry and kitchen.
– Based on a given patient-diagnosis, collaborates with the medical team to evaluate the need and support for IPC implementation, if needed, for transmission-based precautions (air, droplet and con-tact).
– In collaboration with the service supervisor, implement transmission-based precautions for air, droplet and contact transmissible diseases when indicated, and monitor adherence.
– Provide regular clinical and technical supervision, training and support to the staff on IPC related is-sues using existing tools such as audits, checklists, or surveillance.
– Ensure that organizational aspects in the facility are respected (bed spacing, number of handwashing stations etc…), the correct ‘clean and dirty flows’ inside the healthcare facility and together with the Logistics Manager and Water and Sanitation Supervisor, that the essential WatSan requirements are available in the health structures.
– Improve compliance with aseptic care technique and the correct use of antiseptics, detergent and disinfectants, through training and audits.
– Ensure quality, correct and rational use of IPC material and equipment and monitor consumption in-cludes cleaning materials and equipment, PPE, etc.
– As core member of the Infection Prevention and Control Committee, make sure the meeting is regular, lively and pro-active, facilitating the development and following up the Infection Prevention and Control Action Plan.
– Participate and coordinate actively in other group/ as Antimicrobial Stewardship and Quality of Care.
– Provide effective response in case of epidemics and MDRO alert/outbreak and activation of contingen-cy plan and outbreak response committee.
– Active participation to nursing care regarding IPC aspects.
– Elaborate regular reporting, and meeting minutes to have updated and reliable information about IPC activities.
– Shares regular feedback/reports to IPC committee and concerned Supervisors, NAM, MAM, MTL, PMR and staff as needed on positive and points to be improved.

Minimum Educational Qualification:
· Essential: Diploma in Nursing.
· Desirable : Bachelor of Science in Nursing. Specialization or training in tropical medicine would be an asset.
· Must be registered and allowed to practise Under Tanzania Nurses and Midwives Council (TNMC).

Experience:
Essential: Working experience of at least two years in nursing activities related jobs.
Desirable: Working experience in MSF or other NGO’s in developing countries

Knowledge:
· Computer literacy (word, excel and internet)

Languages:
• Essential mission language: English and Swahili (Kirundi and/or French will be a plus.)

Competencies
· Results
· Teamwork
· Flexibility
· Commitment
· Stress management

Women, people living with a disability or any person feeling like being part of a minority is encouraged to apply. MSF is dedicated to fostering a safe work environment with zero tolerance for any form of abuse.

APPLICATION DETAILS
All interested candidates shall submit their motivation letter, CV and copy of relevant professional certificates no later than Wednesday , February 12th 2025 at 4:00 PM. Please quote the job title on the email subject NURSING TEAM SUPERVISOR

. The applications can also be submitted at MSF offices situated at Mikocheni B, Daima street House no 16 Dar es Salaam, or in Nduta Refugees Camp, Kibondo District or MSF Guest House Kibondo or at MSF office situated in Liwale, Lindi.


Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 24

Level of Education: Associate Degree

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