Marjolaine, nurse in the Congo
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NURSING QUALIFICATION
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Degree level or 3-year equivalent program as a professional entry requirement
ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE
- a minimum of 3 years experience post qualification
- a minimum of 2 years acute care experience working in 2 different departments, in a hospital setting, is essential within the past 5 years
DESIRABLE EXPERIENCE
- nurses with experience in areas such as: emergency and critical care, neonates, perioperative, oncology, palliative, non-communicable diseases
- 6 months’ or more experience in pediatrics is an asset
- an experience as a manager or supervisor of a department or facility
- a postgraduate qualification in tropical nursing, medicine or diseases
- an experience living and working in a low resource or remote healthcare setting different to your usual working context
- a significant experience in coaching, teaching or mentoring
- participation in meetings or committees (outbreak, mortality, infection prevention and control)
- an experience with another humanitarian organization
AVAILABILITY
- 6-9 months per assignment
LANGUAGES
- English proficiency (B1 level)
- French proficiency (B1 level)
Please kindly note that we are not recruiting any nurses currently. A recruitement campaign for nurses will be launched from 02/02 to 19/02/2026 for online applications.
POSSIBLE POSITIONS
MSF nurses provide evidence-based and person-centered quality of care to all patients, their families, and their communities.
CLINICAL SUPPORT NURSE (TECHNICAL SUPPORT POSITION)
- Plan, organize, and evaluate the nursing team and nursing activities with the knowledge, skills, resources, and materials to deliver evidence-based, person/family/community-centered quality nursing care according to adapted and updated nursing knowledge, MSF protocols, values and universal hygiene standards to improve the patient’s health conditions
- Analyse operational needs for nursing quality of care including but not limited to spatial environment, equipment and supplies and human resources
- To develop/update/continue in the project defined Nursing Learning and Development Strategy using validated quality improvement tools and mixed methodologies, identifying needs, setting objectives and implementing realistic objectives.
HEAD NURSE (HOSPITAL) / NURSING ACTIVITY MANAGER (HOSPITAL OR WARD/DEPARTMENT) / NURSE SUPERVISOR (WARD/DEPARTMENT)
- Management of the hospital activity, coordinating patient flow/inpatient pathways and ensuring and monitoring quality of care
- Managing infectious diseases outbreak response and planning, and emergency/ mass casualty planning
- Lead interdisciplinary teams, implement strategic improvements, and ensure compliance with MSF guidelines and project standards
- Support and/or manage human resources, pharmacy and biomedical logistics, data analysis, and budget planning.
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