November 5, 2014
Job Description
Position: Nurse Counsellor, Harm Reduction
Status: Employee
Starting date: ASAP
Country: Kenya
Base: Nairobi, KenyaContext of the mission: Médecins du Monde (MdM) is an international
humanitarian organization whose mission is to provide medical care for the most vulnerable populations, the world over, including France.
It seeks to stimulate voluntary commitment from doctors, other health care providers, and from those whose expertise in other fields is needed for its activities, to enlist all competent support required for the achievement of its projects, and to seek at all times to encourage close working relationships with population in its care.
The present job description might be adapted according to the regional context and the uprising potential emergencies.
Duties
He / she will, with the program team, ensure the following responsibilities.
1. Perform daily medical activities in the clinic in Drop In Center
Welcome the patients, prepare the medical records and sort patients depending on degree of gravity and refer to the clinic urgently if needed.
Perform nursing care in assigned position:
take vital signs of the patients before consultation
Carry out wound care / dressing
Assist clinician in collecting blood samples and other samples for HIV, STI and OIs when necessary
Provide Hepatitis B vaccination
Provide medication to patients based on medical prescription and fill the pharmacy data accordingly
Control the medical equipment and maintain clinic hygiene and equipment standards to a high level in accordance with best practice, ensure sterilization of medical instruments.
Handle patients’ charts, store and file the records.
Provide and perform :
Pre- and post-test HIV counselling as well as tests.
Pre and post-test Hepatitis counselling as well as tests
Perform ART/TB counselling and adherence follow up
Participate in mobile clinic and other campaigns
2. Perform specialized counselling activities for patients
Organize proactively individual counselling sessions (VCT, ART, Methadone) for patients on request or as referred by outreach workers
Set up a strict follow-up of those patients
Pro-actively involve family members, relatives and friends of the patients if required, taking prior patient’s agreement.
Regularly consult outreach team to discuss on individual cases as the need arise
Participate in decision making process to refer (with clinical officer) patients to specialist services if required
Respect at all times patient requests and confidentiality.
Organize proactively collective support groups (PLH, ART, Partner, Methadone etc.) on a regular basis in collaboration with other staffs
3. Participate in Training and sensitization activities
Participate in monthly peer trainings and sensitization of local stakeholders on request
4. Data collection and information management
Collect information on counselling, blood tests according to MdM data collection tools
Support the data clerk in getting proper information by maintaining the (systematic) patients’ chart flow among the consultation room, counselling room and mobile clinic
Maintain confidentially of patients files and keep the clinic data well organized
Ensure systematic filing of lab results
Update the death register of patients.
Provide input to his/her line-manager in preparation of monthly report.
5. Perform other duties upon request
Participate in weekly meetings and other program related meetings.
Perform cash management for costs related to referral
Promote skills and knowledge transfer to other MDM staff, eventually replicating the contents of attended trainings.
Behave professionally; showing at all times respect and empathy for patients / target group.
Show initiative, participate in developing/adapting MDM strategy to target group’s needs
Functional LinksLine of management: He/she works inside the project’s HR organizational chart. (See related document).
Line manager: Clinical Officer, Harm Reduction (answerable to Program coordinator) Background of the CandidateSex: Male / Female
Nationality: Kenya
Language: English (fluent),Swahili (fluent)
Humanitarian Experience: Experience in similar position at least 3 years
Experience in working with marginalized population preferably people who use drug
Computer: Able to use Windows environment (word, excel)efficiently
Skills Required :
- Degree/diploma in Nursing
- High national diploma [HND] / Degree/ diploma in counselling
- Working experience in hospital settings or similar experiences on INGO (international NGO)
- Working experience with most at risk populations (MARPs)/key affected population
- Ability to work quickly, under pressure, and with short deadlines
- Necessity to manage priorities and to adapt them daily according to the context
- Ability to manage own tasks
- Must demonstrate flexibility to adapt to changing requirements.
- Excellent nursing and counselling skills
- Ability to listen and share decisions
- Flexibility, Reactivity, anticipation, adaptability, initiativeness
- Non-judgemental attitude towards (injecting) drug use and (injecting) drug users
- Respecting confidentiality of beneficiaries and security of data bases
- Good communication skills
- Report writing (an asset)
If you believe you are the ideal candidate we are looking for, please submit your application and CV to the following email address recruitement.mdm@gmail.com with the title: Harm Reduction Nurse Counsellor, Kenya by Friday, 7th November 2014.
Only shortlisted applicant will be contacted.
No application will be considered after the closing date as well as any application received by phone or in our office.
MDM is an equal employer and female candidates are encouraged to apply.
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